Opinions on new rig

[Techy]

Any opinions?

not definate yet, still checking compat, reviews etc.

Asus A8N-E AMD Skt939 nForce 4 Ultra HT 1000FSB PCI-E SATA RAID Giga LAN +8ch.audio ATX (MOTASUA8NE)£58.95

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Core 64 bit 512k L2 Cache Retail inc.fan Skt 939 (3 yr.warr.) (CPUFXV3000939)£90.47

Corsair® Value Select 512Mb DDR PC3200 (VS512MB400) (MEMCORVS512D32)£28.90 X 2

36 GB Western Digital Raptor 10Krpm 8Mb Cache Serial ATA HDD (HAR036WESSA10)£64.90

Gainward GF 6600GT PP Ultra 1960PCX Golden Sample, 128MB DDR PCI-E DVI TV Out Retail (VIDGAIFX66GT128G)£96.00

ThermalTake Tsunami Silver Aluminum (VA3000SNA) c/w 2x case fans +USB2 +Firewire NO PSU (CASTHETSUVA30SN)£56.45

ThermalTake Butterfly 480W (Silver) PurePower,8cm Case Fan+ Dual LED, +Fan Speed Control,SATA Ready (PSUTHEPP480LEDS)£42.10

19" Samsung SM913N Silver TFT 8ms analogue 700:1 3yrs Onsite (MON19SAM913NS)£164.99

Total Price Excluding VAT £631.66
VAT @ 17.5% £110.54
Total Price Including VAT £742.20


Regards,

Techy

 

[Me__2001]

looks good to me, are you just getting the one raptor and no other drives?

 

[Techy]

think so, i store most data on a server so i was going for small and fast.

If i need more i can always stick another one in at6 a later date.

 

[Me__2001]

are you sure about getting it from microdirect ?

 

[floppybootstomp]

All looks good to me, I'm going to assume it's built to a budget?

But Microdirect? Are you sure?

 

[Ian]

All looks good to me!

I use MicroDirect sometimes, as they seem fine over the counter (as I'm sure you'll do as you're close). Aria are only 1 min away too, so they might be worth a look for price checks.

 

[BigJock2005]

Corsair RAM

If the Mobo you select has a dual channel memory controller, then you are better to go for a matched pair of 256MB modules rather than a single 512MB. Better still, get a matched pair of 512MB and have a Gig!

I think the dual controllers are slightly faster if a matched pair are fitted to the correct slot pair. This is the case with the Asus board I have.

Jock.

 

[floppybootstomp]

If the Mobo you select has a dual channel memory controller, then you are better to go for a matched pair of 256MB modules rather than a single 512MB. Better still, get a matched pair of 512MB and have a Gig!

I think the dual controllers are slightly faster if a matched pair are fitted to the correct slot pair. This is the case with the Asus board I have.

Jock.

Hey bj, if you take a close look at Techy's spec, it does in fact say 'x 2' at the end of his memory link.

So I'd assume that two sticks of 512 totalling one gig

Memory's cheap atm ain't it? I make that £66.00 inc VAT for a Gig of Corsair basic. I think I paid over a hundred quid for same thing not too long ago.

 

[BigJock2005]

Yeah, but that's always the way. I bought 2x512MB Value Plus Corsair abt 4 months ago, cost me £90. You can save alot of money if you buy the "next best" instead of the leading, and the performance drop is often not much. Think I'm going to splash out on anothe 2x512MB simply because the performance improvement going to 1GB was immense - especially if you're dealing with big files as I do.

Jock

 

[floppybootstomp]

Yeah, but that's always the way. I bought 2x512MB Value Plus Corsair abt 4 months ago, cost me £90. You can save alot of money if you buy the "next best" instead of the leading, and the performance drop is often not much. Think I'm going to splash out on anothe 2x512MB simply because the performance improvement going to 1GB was immense - especially if you're dealing with big files as I do.

Jock

You're absolutely right

One of the biggest improvements in overall system performance was going from 512 to 1 Gig.

I noticed it especially when rendering captured video files.

And Corsair value select is fine, stable memory, just don't try overclocking it too much

 

[Me__2001]

If the Mobo you select has a dual channel memory controller

dont the Athlon 64's have the memory controller built into the CPU ?

 

[PotGuy]

thats about identical to the pc i am building, except for an a8n-sli and 3700+ :O - case, psu and everything