My attempt @ a 850 quid comp. what u reckon?

[Jpeg[LOD]]

didnt get much input from my last thread. so i made my own. what u guys reckon? gonna order it tomorrow to be built.

(MB) ASUS A7N8X-E Delux (DDR SATA150 AGP8X (66 Pounds)
(CPU) AMD SEMPRON 3000+ (333FSB) (89)
(RAM) 1GB DDR400 PC3200 (121)
(HD) 120GB MAXTOR UDMA133(7200ROM) (54)
(GFX) 128MB Geforce 6800DDR (189)
(CD) Artec 16X DVD DRIVE+POWER DVD (17)
(DVDRW) NEC 16X DVD DUAL LAYER R/W "w/software" (55)
(Flop) Floppy ALPS DRIVE (7)
(Mod) 56k v90 intrnal soft modem (8)
(Case) Mercury Black n Silver 400w NTX (32)
(OS) WINDOWS XP HOME (65)
(Mon) 17" REISYS DIGITAL MONITOR (74)
(KB) Keyboard (8)
(mse) Optical Mouse (10)
(Spk) Mercury 440 watt speakers (9)

814 pounds total
30 pounds fitting fee

grand total 844 pounds.


will this machine run DAOC well?

i know some bits could be better but afaik case is fine and allows for upgrades etc for future.

but primarily the mb/gfx card/ram and speed is ok for doac right ? which is most important?

got shitty dial up modem cos i have adsl at home.


i know some of u guys will tell me make my own.. but with the 30 fitting or professinal to do it i also get 12months return if anything fucks up. whereas if attempted myself and i mess up. or the comp messes up in future. im fooked.

 

[Gear]

Better than mine and mine has no problems

 

[Disorderly And Drunk]

For the money you're spending i really can't see how you could improve on that really It looks nice, good luck

Dump that 56k modem though ;D
Also, is that DVD RW "DVD±"?

 

[Dafft]

tbh, if you're planning on doing a new machine, imo, the main parts needed would be:


mobo, mem, CPU, PSU(if your old one cant handle the pressure) GFX card.

keep your old case, moniter, mouse & keyboard unless they are really really shite

 

[Jpeg[LOD]]

For the money you're spending i really can't see how you could improve on that really It looks nice, good luck

Dump that 56k modem though ;D
Also, is that DVD RW "DVD±"?

i got the 56k modem "JUST" incase my adsl goes tits up. so i can at least connect to internet via 56k to surf n stuff till adsl working again.

 

[Jpeg[LOD]]

Also, is that DVD RW "DVD±"?

im a tech idiot. duno wot it is

 

[Jpeg[LOD]]

Also, is that DVD RW "DVD±"?

im a tech idiot. duno wot it is

@dafft keeping bits from old comp not a issue. as i am keeping it as a 2nd comp

 

[Kaun_IA]

alll is ok but i would change 128mb gfx for 265mb.

i my self have right now:
(CPU) P4 2.4ghz (clocking that soon)
(MB) asus P4S8X SiS 648 chipset
(GFX) Ati Radeon X800Pro 256Mb DDR3 (Sapphire)
(HD nr1) 70gb 7200rpm
(HD nr2) 40gb 5400rpm (OLD)
(CD) 52x ordinary reader
(CDRW) Liteon 52x\24x\52x
(RAM nr1) 512mb ddr PC3200
(RAM nr2) 256mb ddr PC3200
(Monitor) 19" Hitachi 75hz (i can use 100hz easy nps)
(Mouse) Logitech Optical (black)
(Keyb) Standard (Estonian Letters)
(Speakers) Surround (4 Speakers 300w each) and a woofer. Creative
i have a integrated sound Card (C-Media) and a LAN card


dunno how much that has cost me

 

[Sycho]

A 6800 non ultra 256mb card has about 5% performance difference over a 128mb 6800 non ultra.

I would get the built athlon 3000 system+monitor+keyboard+speakers+mouse for £854 from overclockers.co.uk since it's a better system and a much more reliable company, that pc is decent though, you can overclock those semprons by quite an amount apparently.

 

[Jpeg[LOD]]

A 6800 non ultra 256mb card has about 5% performance difference over a 128mb 6800 non ultra.

I would get the built athlon 3000 system+monitor+keyboard+speakers+mouse for £854 from overclockers.co.uk since it's a better system and a much more reliable company, that pc is decent though, you can overclock those semprons by quite an amount apparently.

with the graphics card ..... the choices i have from the LOCAL shop im buying it from has these in on there componnts page of there website. ........

64MB GEFORCE MX4000 £23
128MB GEFORCE MX4000 £30
128MB GEFORCE FX5200 DDR £35
128MB GEFORCE FX5200 - PCI £46
128MB GEFORCE FX5500 DDR £43
256MB GEFORCE FX5700V DDR £68
128MB GEFORCE 6800 DDR £189



hence why i went for the 6800 .. because the price difference i PRESUME the perfomance of the most exspensive is a LOT better than the 256mb GEFORCE

 

[Sycho]

The geforce 6800 non ultra is the best value card on the market right now so you made a good choice.The geforce FX series cards do not even come anywhere in the same league as geforce 6 series in direct x9 games.In other words, the card you chose is the best by far out of those.

 

[Disorderly And Drunk]

im a tech idiot. duno wot it is

well if you are primarily using the pc for gaming then i wouldn't worry about it, i was only curious really.

 

[Jpeg[LOD]]

well if you are primarily using the pc for gaming then i wouldn't worry about it, i was only curious really.

i do download a LOAD of movies online also and burn them to cdr atm. but got the dvd/rw so i can burn the movies to dvd instead off shitty cdr

 

[Jpeg[LOD]]

The geforce 6800 non ultra is the best value card on the market right now so you made a good choice.The geforce FX series cards do not even come anywhere in the same league as geforce 6 series in direct x9 games.In other words, the card you chose is the best by far out of those.

i hope so . the card im using atm is a GeForce 5600FX it runs toa/si okm ... i do get lag spikes etc...and its ok with 2 acc's loaded (altho can b v laggy at times.. and i DONT have ANY effects on at all in big rvr and i dont have all the fancy graphics either turned on..


with the above setup will i be able to run around lag free with ALL effects AND all the fancy graphics turned on?

 

[Disorderly And Drunk]

i do download a LOAD of movies online also and burn them to cdr atm. but got the dvd/rw so i can burn the movies to dvd instead off shitty cdr

yeah it is much better than cdrs, you can fit like 7 movies on a dvd. ok anyway there are two formats of DVDs. DVD+ and DVD-. these are the formats the disks come in. Now some DVD/RWs only write to a certain format ie: DVD/RW- writes to DVD- disks. A DVD+/- gives you the flexability of being able to use either formats.

 

[Jpeg[LOD]]

is the list i made EVERYTHING i need to build a comp ? i dont need extra leads/fans etc?

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

[B][I]For AGP:[/I][/B]

mobo:		MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
CPU:		AMD Athlon64 3500+ Socket 939 Winchester
CPUCooler:	Zalman CNPS7700-**
Mem:		Dane-Elec 1024MB PC3200 Kit of 2
GFX:		MSI NX6800GT-TD256
HD:		2x Seagate S-ATA 120GB
PSU:		Tagan TG480-U01

[B][I]for PCI-E:[/I][/B] (+SLI?)

mobo:		MSI K8N Diamond
GFX:		MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E (x2?)

[B][I]Exterior:[/I][/B]

Case:		Antec PlusView1000AMG
Monitor:	LG F700P
Keyboard:	Logitech Media Keyboard
Mouse:		Logitech MX 1000 Lasermouse

MSI mobo.. sweet board, very good 7.1 audio onboard, dual Gbit connectors (1x nVidia, 1x Marvell). Very stable, and enough connectors for whatever you'd wish to put in there.

AMD Athlon64 ... okay, I'm an AMD nutter, but hey.. it's cheaper then intel, and finally I now I can say that intel is too hot for me besides, that 90nm winchester core is even cooler then the previous 130 nm core

CPU Cooler.. Looks cool, but more important: it's extremely effective at low noiseproduction. it's also huge, so it doesn't fit on every mobo out there, but these will do fine.

Memory... good quality memory for a better price. Not much for overclocking, but if you plan to, just buy the pc3700 or higher..

Graphics... a fine card, will do the job just fine.

HD's... Very reliable, very quiet, and fast enough. Never ever had a seagate fail on me.

PSU... Very powerfull, and very stable lines, and again.. also very quiet

Case... true antec quality, sturdy, heavy, and plenty of room for an optimal airflow. looks good too

Monitor... 17" CRT monitor made my LG. Very impressive resolutions and refreshrates for an affordable price. It also looks damn good (imo)

Keyboard... just a good, reliable, longlasting, goodlooking keyboard made by logitech. also plenty of extra multimedia buttons.

Mouse... very accurate and very good mouse. as always with logitech, it's reliable, longlasting and goodlooking.


If you like an industrial look.. check out the Lian Li computercases. In my opinion they are gawd-ugly, but the heatdissipation of the V-series is phenomenal.




PS. I think I got a bit carried away here. I doubt that you'll be able to buy a system like this for 850 pound... but perhaps I put you up to some idea's here

[EDIT] ohw... also get some arctic silver 5 paste... a LOT better then that white coolpaste you get normally