I haven't been on the forum for a long time know but i am back.

I have decided to upgrade my p.c. I have got some ideas so i want to know what u think of them.

Thermaltake Xaser III V1000A Black(with window)
550w ATX Power Supply
Abit AT7 MAX 2
512mb PC2700 DDR SDRAM(DDR333)

now these may be the wrong things and they won't work together so please tell me if they don't.

and any recomanded to get cheap prices on any of the bove would be great.


Thanks

Those all seem like good components to me! Can you refresh my memory, as to your current setup and we can take a look and see if any of the components may conflict, or if there are any better choices

At the moment i have got a:

ABIT Silurio GF4 Ti4200 OTES
Creative Audigy 2 Soundcard
AMD Athlon XP 1.67Ghz
Liteon DVD & Rewriter
Maxtor 40Gigabyte Hard Drive

this are the commpents i am not upgrading if there is any more information you need just ask.

Thanks

From talking to my brother and a look on the inrenet i have changed my shopping list.

I am know getting:

Q-Tec 550w Dual Fan Gold PSU £24.90
ThermalTake Xaser III Black Case with window £95.18
Asus A7N8X-VM motherbord £78.43
512mb PC3200 DDR Memory £59.93

I am also getting some new cables. I am getting these from two websites, overclockers.co.uk and scan.co.uk. In total with delivery this is going to cost me £296.10. This is quite a lot of money so any changes you think i need i will welcome and any other sites with chepper prices then what i have i will gladly have


Thanks

That seems like a good choice to be honest - the power supply is good (I have the same one), as is the Ram. I cannot comment on the case, but I assume it will be good for that price (perhaps read up on it though), and the motherboard has had some good reviews

Thanks for all your help

I recomened the case for all the people who trying to keep their cases cool. They all come with 7 fans all around the case. They also come with a fan controller and temp monitoring. To find out more info you could go to scan.co.uk and go to cases and click on info on thermaltake cases or u could click on this link:

http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/xaser3/v1000a.htm

this is the case i am getting.

Thanks for you help

Whoa ... 'ang on a mo …

You're making a mistake with that MB ... with only a max of 333FSB and on-board video (an mx chip) give it a miss. Sticking 3700 in there may not work. (seen to many people make that mistake)

Go for the Asus A7N8X Deluxe 2 ... and you can get it at the same price. Granted you'll need a decent graphic card, say an FX5200, but at lest you'll have the freedom to choose.

Another point with any nForce2 MB is the 'duel in line memory', what that means is a little extra speed by using TWO sticks of memory ... in the case of the Deluxe board you fit 'em in the blue memory slots ... and unless you plan to use a 400FSB Barton stick with 333 (2700) memory.

Also consider the MSI K7N2 Delta-L - ATX, 400MHz, NVCrush18D, 5 PCI, 8X AGP, 3 DDR400, 5.1 AC, NV LAN, 2 USB2.0, ATA133 ... a little cheaper than the Asus, but a little more 'robust' in my opinion.

Oh, as for your case I could get you for £20 one that has 8 fans and will do the same job, however, if the ambient temp it 90c then no amount of case fans will cool your system. :brow:

First of all thanks for the warning.

Secondly if i did go with the mothebord you suggested the MSI K7N2 Delta-L would i be able to use the merory i wanted. I have never heard of this make are they a reliable compney.

I would of gone for the deluxe but the brother has got it so i wanted to be a bit diffrent. Also it said i would need a good make of memory like corsair but that is a bit more expensive then normal memory.

I would go with the MSI K7N2 Delta-L aslong as i know this is a good mothebord and is reliable.

Lastly could i have some information on the case you where talking about please

Thankyou again

DA ... I'm a system builder and the MSI Delta is my mainstay board.

You'll not have any problems with 400FSB memory, but unless you intend using a 400FSB Barton I would stick to 333, it’s up to you. Don't skimp on the quality of memory ... Kingston, Samsung and Crucial are all good. Corsair is ok but I seen a few complaints, I do not personally like it.

The case is a 'bog standard' (Blue Nokia) affair from one of my suppliers ... I was just kidding you on such an expensive case when a cardboard box will do ... it does look nice though, but I tend to look at the monitor when doing any work.

Thankyou for your help muckshifter


Another quick qiestion what do you mean by Barton