This £350 spec ok?

Energize · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:06

Can anyone see any problems with this setup?

yantorsen · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:10

well it looks fine, but I don't see that it will offer a massive performance increase over the rig in ** sig.

semi-pro waster · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:15

Insert standard "argh Maxtor comment" here.

Nah, it all looks fine. As said it won't offer much of a performance benefit over your current PC but if it is for someone else then it is a good system for the price.

bledd · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:16

i'd switch the maxtor for a WD or a Samsung drive

-also, do you need agp and pci-e on the motherboard?

lee87 · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:17

The X1950 pro is slower than a 7800GTX so you would see a performance drop in most games. I would keep your current graphics card and spend more on a good overclocking motherboard (Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R).

If it's for someone else then it looks good.

Energize · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:17

semi-pro waster said:
Insert standard "argh Maxtor comment" here.

Nah, it all looks fine. As said it won't offer much of a performance benefit over your current PC but if it is for someone else then it is a good system for the price.

Yeah it's for my brother.

bledd. said:
-also, do you need agp and pci-e on the motherboard?

Nope.

yantorsen · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:17

bledd. said:
i'd switch the maxtor for a WD or a Samsung drive

-also, do you need agp and pci-e on the motherboard?

maxtor drives are fine, I have a 500gb maxtor ide drive, and it's fine.

yantorsen · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:18

lee87 said:
The X1950 pro is slower than a 7800GTX so you would see a performance drop in most games. I would keep your current graphics card and spend more on a good overclocking motherboard (Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R).

If it's for someone else then it looks good.

i thought the x1950 is faster?

lee87 · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:22

yantorsen said:
i thought the x1950 is faster?

My mistake. I was looking at a chart and compared it to a 7900GTX.

Still looks like the 7800GTX is still a bit faster.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=725&model2=713&chart=299

Ch3m1c4L · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:23

yantorsen said:
i thought the x1950 is faster?

only if its an xtx i think.
The motherboard only supports DDR2 677 or below, so unless everyone else ahs heard that it supports 800Mhz DDR2 fine then id lower your RAM. All i remember hearing is that it was tested and it was tempremental as hell with 800Mhz Memory in it.

yantorsen · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:27

Ch3m1c4L said:
only if its an xtx i think.
The motherboard only supports DDR2 677 or below, so unless everyone else ahs heard that it supports 800Mhz DDR2 fine then id lower your RAM. All i remember hearing is that it was tested and it was tempremental as hell with 800Mhz Memory in it.

that 800mhz ram is cheaper than any 667mhz ram anyway atm.

yantorsen · 12 Oct 2007 at 19:27

Ch3m1c4L said:
only if its an xtx i think.
The motherboard only supports DDR2 677 or below, so unless everyone else ahs heard that it supports 800Mhz DDR2 fine then id lower your RAM. All i remember hearing is that it was tested and it was tempremental as hell with 800Mhz Memory in it.

yeah but the pro is just a lower clocked version of the xtx anyway.

Energize · 12 Oct 2007 at 20:13

Ch3m1c4L said:
only if its an xtx i think.
The motherboard only supports DDR2 677 or below, so unless everyone else ahs heard that it supports 800Mhz DDR2 fine then id lower your RAM. All i remember hearing is that it was tested and it was tempremental as hell with 800Mhz Memory in it.

The 800Mhz ram is cheaper than any other ram from ocuk anyway. Running the 800Mhz ram at 667Mhz is the same as using native 667Mhz ram.

Energize · 13 Oct 2007 at 20:57

Does anyone know if this will have all the cables I need? Or do I have to get a kettle lead and sata cables?

V|per · 13 Oct 2007 at 22:40

sata cables should come with the baord, and kettle lead should come with the psu, although i have had psu's in the past which haven't supplied me with a kettle lead.

PeteLucky7 · 14 Oct 2007 at 02:21

Oh, and go for the 450w corsair psu for a couple of qudi extra instead

Energize · 14 Oct 2007 at 02:31

PeteLucky7 said:
Oh, and go for the 450w corsair psu for a couple of qudi extra instead

Cheers hadn't noticed that. Though only having one 12v rail concerns me.

semi-pro waster · 14 Oct 2007 at 11:31

Energize said:
Cheers hadn't noticed that. Though only having one 12v rail concerns me.

It shouldn't really, one 12v rail is still fine. Even the HX520w and HX620w while nominally being multirail PSUs are actually only single railed.

steve258 · 14 Oct 2007 at 11:44

yantorsen said:
yeah but the pro is just a lower clocked version of the xtx anyway.

No the XT is. The 1950pro is a different core altogether with fewer pixel/vertex shaders.

@OP: I'd go for the E2140 with an EVGA 650i ultra mobo, it'll give you a lot more overclocking headroom.

9designs2 · 14 Oct 2007 at 12:33

Hey guys can I jump in, been away from build for a year or two, (P4 - P4C800E era !!)

Need to put a simple machine together for my mother, the Athlon 700 with 512 Ram, Win ME, is complaining with Broadband and dig camera!!! ....don't think I can keep it going much longer !

I had got nearly the same spec, cheaper/lower ram..... this all ok ???

For the few quid extra might up the CPU to a real one !!...but it's only for surfing, view pictures and playing cards !!! LOL