Computers.. take 2 !

[Llixeraxu]

Okay.

My knowledge is little. My pockets are deep so im taking a leap into computer building.

Going for the kick ass home gaming puter for £1500. then buying a lap top for college on the cheap.

So heres what i have. I want wicked sound for my loads of MP3s 7.1 surround??(home cinema style) Have a 17' tft already, good to play daoc on and fast... very fast.


Heres what Im thinking of so far componants wise.

Asus K8V (Socket 754) Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 3200 (Socket 754) - Retail

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI

Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy ZS Platinum Pro 7.1 - Retail

*speakers* Creative Inspire 7.1 T7700 - Retail (SP-019-CL)

LiteOn SOHC-5232K 52x/52x/32x/16x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive - Retail (CD-025-LO)

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 Serial ATA 160GB 8MB Cache


Mouse and keyaboard.

Subtotal £931.85
VAT £163.10
Total £1,094.95



Help please

 

[Silverblast]

I dunno but I like your avatar.




Its a good comp spec .

 

[Llixeraxu]

I dunno but I like your avatar.




Its a good comp spec .

its a guy waiting for a piss.

 

[Lejemorder]

Okay.

My knowledge is little. My pockets are deep so im taking a leap into computer building.

Going for the kick ass home gaming puter for £1500. then buying a lap top for college on the cheap.

So heres what i have. I want wicked sound for my loads of MP3s 7.1 surround??(home cinema style) Have a 17' tft already, good to play daoc on and fast... very fast.


Heres what Im thinking of so far componants wise.

Asus K8V (Socket 754) Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 3200 (Socket 754) - Retail

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI

Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy ZS Platinum Pro 7.1 - Retail

*speakers* Creative Inspire 7.1 T7700 - Retail (SP-019-CL)

LiteOn SOHC-5232K 52x/52x/32x/16x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive - Retail (CD-025-LO)

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 Serial ATA 160GB 8MB Cache


Mouse and keyaboard.

Subtotal £931.85
VAT £163.10
Total £1,094.95



Help please

nice comp.. i just dont like the motherboard for the first c if u can find a motherboard there support duel channel and the 2nd the on board sound will take some cpu (even if u dont use it) and it r actully pretty compared that u get some of best.

and another thing get some really cooling for u cpu and gfx as they get pretty hot (gfx w/o cooling get nearly 100 degrees after a good day of playing) and the cpu can also get very hot and specally coz it r amd (but amd still beats intel)

 

[Ssera]

I got pretty much the same yesterday but going the intel/nvidia way. P4 2.8Ghz with hyperthreading, gig of pc3200 ram, asus P4P800 and fx5700 256mb. Same sound, speakers and hd (tho got another 120gig one too) .

 

[Llixeraxu]

nice comp.. i just dont like the motherboard for the first c if u can find a motherboard there support duel channel and the 2nd the on board sound will take some cpu (even if u dont use it) and it r actully pretty compared that u get some of best.

and another thing get some really cooling for u cpu and gfx as they get pretty hot (gfx w/o cooling get nearly 100 degrees after a good day of playing) and the cpu can also get very hot and specally coz it r amd (but amd still beats intel)

cheers.

gonna look for a new motherboard now. But heard asus were the best :x.

As for cooling.. dosnt the processer come with a fan? and i have never heard of a fan for a gfx card.

 

[SilverHood]

you will need a case to stick it in too

~£100 for the CoolerMaster Praetorian PAC-T01-E1 - Silver (No PSU) (CA-045-CM) is the daddy for cooling. I have one, and it's amazing... a bit noisy though, but with music playing whenever the pc is on, it's not really a problem

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Coolermaster_Cases_126.html

You'll also need a PSU: £29.32 for the Q-Tec 550W Dual Fan Gold PSU (CA-001-QT) is amazingly good for its price - I have this one in 2 pc's, its a bit noisy if it's on your desk, but not really a major problem.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Q_Tec_139.html

Fans for GFX cards are standard, so dont worry about those.... they'll be built on.

Regarding heatsink fan - the one that comes with your CPU is fine unless you plan on doing some overclocking.... if you're getting the above mentioned case, then dont worry about it, you will fine.

 

[tris-]

the heat sink comes with a fan if you buy the retail version in the box. buy the OEM version and stick on a Jet 7+ with an external fan contoler.

also get the deluxe version of the board.

 

[Conchabar]

id get a 64 bit mother board a herc 9800 gfx card erm 200 g or more... 1 gig of ram .. top of my head

 

[SilverHood]

the K8 mobo is 64bit

regarding GFX cards, not that much difference between the various card makers.

 

[Conchabar]

im a big herc fan :worthy:

 

[Deadmanwalking]

nice comp.. i just dont like the motherboard for the first c if u can find a motherboard there support duel channel and the 2nd the on board sound will take some cpu (even if u dont use it) and it r actully pretty compared that u get some of best.

and another thing get some really cooling for u cpu and gfx as they get pretty hot (gfx w/o cooling get nearly 100 degrees after a good day of playing) and the cpu can also get very hot and specally coz it r amd (but amd still beats intel)

Erm, right. Using the onboard sound won't have any adverse effect in this instance. 100 degrees? Mine cuts out at 60!

1) Get a better soundcard. Creative need to be avoided if you have the cash.
2) Same for the speakers, as you have cash you can get some nice speaker setup. I'm not too versed in that side. But you can get a nice amp/speaker setup running on Digital output for some serious sounds.

(NB: Having a nice sound system makes fuck all dif if your mp3s are just shitty 128kb rips.)

3) Get a western digital raptor SATA drive.
4) Avoid COMBO drives. Get seperates.

 

[Llixeraxu]

id get a 64 bit mother board a herc 9800 gfx card erm 200 g or more... 1 gig of ram .. top of my head

It does have a gig of ram and the motherboard is 64 bit. as is the processor.

Dunno if i can find one with dual channeling.. what is this anyway??

ANyone able to point me to a dogs motherboard thanks socket 740 though as im not doubling the ocst of the processor for the 900.

 

[Lejemorder]

It does have a gig of ram and the motherboard is 64 bit. as is the processor.

Dunno if i can find one with dual channeling.. what is this anyway??

with duel channel both of rams blocks r used at same time instead of the machince first check the first then 2nd, this use more ram but also make u PC works faster (u can really c it when zoning)

 

[Lejemorder]

Erm, right. Using the onboard sound won't have any adverse effect in this instance. 100 degrees? Mine cuts out at 60!

100 degrees w/o any problems my irls made old cpu was 144 degrees after a good day of daoc (there r a burning mark on the cabinet )

the reason why i recommand cooling on both cpu and gfx is that they will last alot longer then if u dont got and specially if u use amd cpu as they got hotter the intel (but amd got the fast cpu atm )

 

[SilverHood]

144 degrees???? Must be a pentium, cos my AMD starts smoking at 70

 

[Llixeraxu]

Hmm i cant find a dual channeling motherboard for amd 64 :s