New PC...

[The Random One]

Hello. I am about to buy a new pc, and would love to get opnions...

Im a little confused as to what Motherboard i should invest it. This is what I got so far:

AMD Athlon64 3500 Venice Retail £158.95 1
AKASA 859 AMD64/FX55 all copper £22.49 1
Alpine EZ-Cool MIDI Case Silv 400W £41.00 1
200G Maxtor DMax+10 SATA150/7200/8M £58.50 2
Kingston 1GB Kit (512x2) PC3200 £60.75 2
Sapphire Radeon X850XT 256MB PCI-E £259.00 1
16X Sony DVD Silver £16.00 1
Sony DWQ28A 16x DVDRW Silver £28.95 1
Levicom 550W ATX V2.0 PSU £44.95 1
Netgear WG311T Wireless PCI Adapter £41.95 1
Microsoft Windows XP Pro OEM £77.95 1


Hmm.. do you have any does and do nots! Its a lot of money. want it to be right.

Buying through Aria Custom Build,

Motherboards:
http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductsList.asp?Category=282&SubCat=&Name=&Page=1&NumberPerPage=100&SortBy=

any comments on all components, would be very helpful!

 

[Me__2001]

system looks good, theres a one major thing that i dont like and thats the PSU make, change it to a Tagan, Antec or Enermax there expensive but its something that is important you get right, for a motherboard i'd recommend the Asus A8N-SLI or a DFI Lanparty series board

 

[The Random One]

system looks good, theres a one major thing that i dont like and thats the PSU make, change it to a Tagan, Antec or Enermax there expensive but its something that is important you get right, for a motherboard i'd recommend the Asus A8N-SLI or a DFI Lanparty series board

Thanks for the speedy response... I have my cursor hovering of the BUY button and this really helps!

better? http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductInfoComm.asp?ID=16569&custom=1

When i see SLI.. does this mean I will have to have SLI dual graphics card thingys..

 

[Me__2001]

the SLI means it can have up to 2 identical graphics cards working together, you can have just one no problem, the Enermax PSU is fine slightly overkill wattage wise maybe something in the 500W range would be better

also are you putting this together yourself or are aria building it for you ?

 

[The Random One]

http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductInfoComm.asp?ID=18030&custom=1

 

[Me__2001]

thats better, it is the newer version of the one i have and it is excellent

 

[The Random One]

hehe ok.. motherboards.

Asus A8N-SLi nForce4 SLi 5+ £84.95 £99.82

Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi 5+ £91.95 £108.04

Asus A8N-SLi Premium nForce4 SLi 4 £109.95 £129.19

Asus A8V Deluxe Out £58.95 £69.27

Best...?

 

[Me__2001]

the A8V deluxe is an AGP board so is no use unless you change to an AGP graphics card which isn't really worth doing, out of the other three theres not much between them, the A8N-SLI premium doesn't seem worth it, out of the other two, the difference between the deluxe and the normal A8N-SLI is you get more accessories and more hard drive connectors with the deluxe so its up to you, i'd go for the A8N-SLI Deluxe because it comes with all of the cables and accessories you could ever need and has four more SATA connectors

one thing i would check is that you CPU is definately a socket 939

 

[The Random One]

Thanks for your advice... going for it now!

 

[G~MAN]

just read ypur post.. but i hope you know you cant have the ati gfx card in your SLi mobo if you got one..

you will have to get a nvidia... hope you knew and its not to late... lol

i did read you may be able to use ati crossfire in a SLi mobo ... but they are in talks with nvida or sumin like that lol

 

[The Random One]

just read ypur post.. but i hope you know you cant have the ati gfx card in your SLi mobo if you got one..

you will have to get a nvidia... hope you knew and its not to late... lol

Someone please tell me hes jokeing right? I've accepted finance and they have took a DEPOSIT!!!

the SLI means it can have up to 2 identical graphics cards working together, you can have just one no problem

 

[Me__2001]

you can have ATI graphics cards, but only one at a time, where as you can have 2 nvidia cards together

just read ypur post.. but i hope you know you cant have the ati gfx card in your SLi mobo if you got one..

you will have to get a nvidia... hope you knew and its not to late... lol

i did read you may be able to use ati crossfire in a SLi mobo ... but they are in talks with nvida or sumin like that lol

G~man, he only wants one ATI card so its ok

 

[The Random One]

THANK YOU!

I was starting to sweat then!

 

[Me__2001]

i know what you mean, i had to double check the spec just to make sure i hadn't missed anything

 

[G~MAN]

sorry if i got you worried!!! lol

i was just saying that if you get a Sli mobo you cant have TWO ati cards in there...

why get a SLi mobo if you arnt going SLi ? surely you would have got a crossfire one... the express200 or somehting like that

 

[The Random One]

Grr... not good for my blood pressure!

At the time of ordering Crossfire was not out (not sure if its out yet on Aria)

and i've read that two graphics cards aren't worth it yet.. just go for a top notch new one.. i.e the X850xt.

 

[G~MAN]

lol SORRY ...

i think i read ... that maybe crossfire will be available on SLi motherboards... but they are in talks with Nvidia or something... and also u always have the choice of going SLi if need be ... not that much will come close to your X850 for some time

 

[Raje]

G-man, you are the source on video cards, I have to agree, I do think crossfire will be available on SLI boars, though nvidia will be preferred for optimal performance.

Though, I would recomend matching nVidia to nVidia....being an SLI Board and all.

 

[The Random One]

May I remind you again.

I have paid for it, a deposit has been taken. nice to see the advice comeing after i need it.

Don't meen to sound bitchy.. i appricate the commnts, about a week late

 

[Raje]

Sorry, was first time I saw your post.

May I remind you again.

I have paid for it, a deposit has been taken. nice to see the advice comeing after i need it.

Don't meen to sound bitchy.. i appricate the commnts, about a week late

Sorry, man, I just post and reply as I see them. I just made a post about an upgrade and will wait for feedback befoe I go anywhere. But like we said, your not at a loss....I don't think their is that major of a difference between the nVidia Ultra and the SLI, as a matter of fact the SLI board was probably I little bit more, so you have a feature to use later. Plus like me and G-man have been debating for weeks now. By the time any of us get around to getting the second card, they will be half the proce they are now, and their is rumor about updates being able to handle mismatched cards as well, so who knows.....

Also..... I don't know who your ordered from, but is it really that hard to exchange???? I don't see a need to but, the place I order from usually charges a stocking fee(10% of item cost) and then to ship it back out.