Ideas For New System

pcscustompcscustom Oklahoma
edited June 2003 in Hardware
Ok men i need ideas for a new system i am going to be building in the next month or so.... I want it to be semi overclockable 2800 at least n force 2 mb no onboard video/sound....DDR memory and the most important part under 600.00

Trev :rarr:

Comments

  • MattMatt
    edited June 2003
    i would go along the lines of

    2100+ B core
    epox 8RDA+
    DDR400 / PC3200
    60GIG harddrive maxtor
    52x24x52x burner
    ~ATI9600pro
    any case
  • AMD-FanAMD-Fan Virginia Beach
    edited June 2003
    Under 600$ ??? maybe if your lucky !!! Abit NF-7 with corsair
    memory and a AMD chip with western digital 8mb cache drive
  • SpYSpY
    edited June 2003
    is the 9600 pro really any better than the 9500? ive heard such mixed things.
  • karatekidkaratekid Ogdensburg, NY
    edited June 2003
    In reality, the 9500 Pro is better than the 9600 Pro. The 9500 Pro has 8 pipelines vs. the 4 that the 9600 Pro sports. At the same time the 9600 Pro is clocked higher, but not enough to make up for the lose of 4 pipelines. The key is that the 9600 Pro is cheaper to produce because it is smaller, there for ATI gave it the high number and is quickly phasing out existing 9500 Pros.
  • MattMatt
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by SpY
    is the 9600 pro really any better than the 9500? ive heard such mixed things.

    the 9500pro is better than the 9600pro by alot.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    It's very do-able if you are recycleing your old case, optical drives and such. I do ask why you wouldn't want onboard sound??? It has come so far and really does better than the creative stuff (please no flameing as that isn't my intent). I am running real nice home audio connected to my onboard and am real impressed!
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited June 2003
    I'm with goat here, the onboard song with the nf2's are really good compared to the pci versions you can buy these days. So in the long run if you want to save the money from a sound card, you can put it into another upgrade.
  • -Ben-Ben
    edited June 2003
    AMD XP 1700+ $44
    CORSAIR MEMORY XMS 512MB 32MX8 PC-3200C2 $112
    Maxtor 80GB Ultra ATA133 7200rpm Hard Drive $85.99
    Abit NF7 nForce-2 Socket A Motherboard $102.99
    Sapphire ATI OEM RADEON 9500 $145
    Thermalright SLK-800(U) $37.99
    Thermaltake Smart Case Fan II with "Coolmod" $14.99

    = $539

    maybe you can upgrade processor i dunno :D
  • MattMatt
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by ^Ben
    AMD XP 1700+ $44
    CORSAIR MEMORY XMS 512MB 32MX8 PC-3200C2 $112
    Maxtor 80GB Ultra ATA133 7200rpm Hard Drive $85.99
    Abit NF7 nForce-2 Socket A Motherboard $102.99
    Sapphire ATI OEM RADEON 9500 $145
    Thermalright SLK-800(U) $37.99
    Thermaltake Smart Case Fan II with "Coolmod" $14.99

    = $539


    i would go with the 2100+
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Only go with the 1700+ if you can be sure that it is going to be a B Core.

    NS
  • -Ben-Ben
    edited June 2003
    That is my new system specs :)

    But i think its a good starting point
  • pcscustompcscustom Oklahoma
    edited June 2003
    well ive decided , i am gonna wait for the a64's and by then ill beable to save 300 a month and afford one... lol i hate bad ecomonys heh

    TRev :rarr:
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