Spec Check!

Fenlock · 10 Apr 2006 at 16:33

Hi!

Ok, doing this over 2 months. Any comments/suggestions/points to watch out for on the following please

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Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
£99.95
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ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£319.95
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ (Socket 939) - Retail
£389.95
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Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400 TwinX (2x1GB)
£179.95
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Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black
£63.95
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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum - Retail
£104.95
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Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
£87.95
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Thermaltake Golden Orb II (Socket 939/754/775) CPU Cooler
£10.95
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Subtotal £1,257.60
VAT £220.08
Total £1,477.68
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Many Thanks

babyface uk · 10 Apr 2006 at 17:21

you got Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400 TwinX (2x1GB)
which is DDR2 and you want plain old DDR for the 939 mobo/chip, may I suggest Corsair 2GB DDR XMS4000PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3 (MY-094-CS)
@ £152.69 inc vat. Also save some money and get a 4400+ and overclock it, they go to 4800+ speeds at least.
Also no dvd r/w on list

Babyface UK

ACESHIGH · 10 Apr 2006 at 17:26

Yep only need DDR ram for AMD.

If not overclocking you may as well keep the X2 4800+.
If overclocking i would actually suggest ... AMD Opteron UP 175 Dual Core San Diego 2.2GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-153-AM)

As said no DVDRW, but also no HDD (unless you have these allreadY)

semi-pro waster · 10 Apr 2006 at 18:08

I agree with the above advice but I would also say that there isn't much point in buying the Crossfire card first, the X1900XTX is both faster and either the same price or cheaper than the Crossfire editions. If you aren't planning on going Crossfire immediately then I'd just get the ordinary card for the moment and get a Crossfire(master) card later if it should be needed

Fenlock · 10 Apr 2006 at 18:31

Nice, just what i needed to know. Didnt realise about the memory.

I will probably take the advice and get the standard card first - and cross fire later aswell, but ultimately i do want a crossfire setup so i'll have to get the master sooner or later.
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Yea i already have drives/dvdrw etc.

Thanks guys,

Fen