Building a new machine how do these parts sound?

Puddin · Posted: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:22:58 Post Subject:

yea my previous computer about year and a half 2 years ago i went AGP cause i for a x800 pro with xt speeds for 399.99. I got 100-150 bucks off so i figured it would pay for the mobo and lasted a while but yea. DDR2 would require different ram and more money i wouldn;t really liek going that way. I am the type to build a machine about every 2 years. Canabilze what parts i cn like psu and the like and then move on. build new machines out of the left overs to miix an dmatch and have some fun with. But yea.
I read up some the best article i could find was form may 23rd so i don;t know if any chhanges are due up. There isn;t much difference, but since the 939's are cheaper, while lack of upgrades, i figure in what a year i could upgrade to the top end 939 now for a decent price if i wanted to so i am not completly out of options.

From what i have read, with the current duel cores, and the power that everything is pushing it its got some powerfull stuff, and it would not make sense, economically, to make anythign to powerfull untill you the money off the duel cores now.

Oh well. I am leanign toward the 939. Sucks that everythign is gonna cost 956 with shipping included, thats a hell of a lot... All from new egg still looking for prices but yea.

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

I understand Smile

Regardless your system will be good for a while.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:57:46 Post Subject:

Yea, as hell states. You do that upgrade, you're good to go for a while.

Puddin · Posted: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:46:29 Post Subject:

alrighty. Also found a pretty good deal as well a 4600 939 X2 for only 342 with shipping. Since the 3800 is 175 and the 4800 is 280 i was suprised to find a 4600 so cheap, in comparison. have ytou heard anythign bad about them, or are they just trying to get rid of them off the market because new egg doesn;t have them?
http://www.chiefvalue.com/product/productdetails.aspx?item=19-103-545

I know i am asking alota questions btu i am just double checking alot of my information, making sure.

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

For the extra $40 go with the 4800. Has 1mb cache on each core, so that should provide better performance than only 512k on each core (even if the clocks were the same).

Puddin · Posted: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:45:16 Post Subject:

ok. well it loks like this is my final answer to my new comp parts.
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811146029
Video Card:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130061
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103544
MoBo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136166
cost around $950... so expenisve.... sigh. but at least i wil get some damn good graphics Smile

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:51:46 Post Subject:

Case, CPU, and Mobo all link to the x2 4800+... video card link doesn't load for me.

Puddin · Posted: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:16:13 Post Subject:

i don;t know why but its the saqme as the one at newegg, just 5 bucks cheaper, heres the link.
http://www.chiefvalue.com/product/productdetails.aspx?submit=&item=14-130-061&ATTVideo%20Cards

i have 2 gigs of ram already and i am lookign at this CPU heatsink. ITs the Zaleman Faitality, looks nice a 120mm all copper so heat disapation for an air cooled system would be nice i belive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118221

And thats about it. Looks promising, should be a nice machine if everything works.....

**Modulok** · Posted: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:55:27 Post Subject:

links are the same in the last post as well...put your system specs in your signature for now...and update that with latest parts your building.

Puddin · Posted: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:24:45 Post Subject:

Links fixed in the post above Bruin's didn;t reealize what he was sayign to me untill i got some more sleep.

New parts
Video card: eVGA 512-P2-N635-AR Geforce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 2.4GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core
MOBO: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Case: NZXT Zero Black/Silver Aluminum/Plastic ATX Full Tower

Current parts
RAM: 2 gigs Patriot DDR400 2-2-2-5 (4 sticks)
PSU: 480 Antec modular
Sound card: Sound blaster Extigy
HDs: 80 Ratptor, 2 250sata , 2 120 IDE
2 optical drives DVD/CD RW, IDE config
No floppy drive Smile

I believe thats the whole list.