Your thoughts on this set-up.....

andyt83

Hi,

This seems to be a good place to get advice on all things 64 bit, so i was wondering if you guys could give me your thoughts on a system i'm planning to build.

So far, after plenty of research, i've come up with this:

MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R SKT 754 K8T800
AMD Athlon 64bit 3400+ 754pin Retail Boxed with 3 Year Warranty CPU
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 120Gb 7200rpm 8mb Cache ATA133 - OEM
Crucial CT6464Z40B 512mb DDR 400MHz PC3200 CL=3 Memory Module
Xfx Gf 6600gt Agp 128mb, Tv Dual Dvi Agp (when it comes into stock in a few days)

I can get all this for £495.55 from ebuyer.co.uk. This seems to be the best deal, and i don't really want to spend much more than £500.

Do you think that instead of the athlon 64 3400, £50 would be better spent on an extra stick of ram and the slower athlon 64 3000?? Bearing in mind i can upgrade the ram anytime in the future.

Also, i'm thinking of buying this case:

http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10255243&pid=207&rstrat=3070

Is 300w enough for a system like this? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Andy

andyt83

I forgot to mention that i want it to last for a long long time, run engineering programs like visualNastran 4D and MATLAB simultaneously, and it would be nice if it could play half-life 2, and farcry at 1024*768 (my monitor doesnt go any higher..) at full detail. The last game i played on my old computer (900 celeron, 256 sdram, 64mb radeon 7000) was return to castle wolfenstein at 640*480 with rubbish settings....

Cheers again..

MediaMan

The one suggestion I have is to upgrade your power supply to 400 or 450 watts.