Motherboard - Asus A8N-E
Processor - Athlon 64 3800 including standard fan
Graphics - Asus 6600GT 128MB PCI Express
Memory - 2 x 1GB Crucial PC3200
Hard Drive - Samsung Spinpoint SP2504C SATA
...also anyone know if the above Athlon and/or graphics card will be
excessively hot or noisy?
Seems OK to me. Of course it really depends on the prices you get for
each item in terms of the prices and availability of items in your
region.
Ive got the 3800 and the stock AMD fans have seemed very quiet to me
but then Im comparing it to the old days. Up until I started buying
the retail AMD CPUs that come with heatsink and fan I was into buying
the latest and greatest coolers on the AMD XPs and way way back then
that was right before things started go more toward quieter fans
meaning bigger fans with lower RPMs. A long time ago things used to
be stuck in the 60mm size and they were putting higher and higher RPM
fans on them and those sounded like buzz saws or dentists drills.
Compared to that the AMDs are incredibly quiet.
AMDs also have cool n quiet and you can try to get even quieter fan
setups if it really bothers you that much.
Id like to get 2 gigs too. I think that would make the greatest
difference in my case. Dont know too much about the Samsung as they
dont really sell much of them around here but I noticed Compusa must
have signed some deal with them cause they used to push Maxtors all
the time and then Seagates and WDs. They never sold Samsungs much at
all if ever. I went the other weeks and they had tons of Samsung HDs
in stock. I guess they are trying to push their way into the HD
mainstream mkt.
Im using a Hitachi Sata and really like it. I think Ive noticed a
difference. It feels like it handles certain situations better that
were slowing my system down before. Depends on the pricing in your
area though. There have been some recent deals on the Hitachis now and
again finally at Compusa.