Building a new machine how do these parts sound?

Puddin

Seems i only visit these fourms when i want well informed opinons on new hardware, i should come around more often but always get tied up enjoy the new machine with games to much Smile

Anyhow, i had a koolance water cooled case ( i know very nubby) well i transported it 1,000 miles and had problems and some leakage on my videocard... and maybe the motherboard to i am not 100% sure. Either way i am going to to build a new machine with PCI express and have not kept up with current comp hardware. Video cards especially.

I am cannibalizing these parts:
PSU: 480 Antec i believe, modular.
CPU: Athlon 3000+ (1.8ghz) 939
RAM: 2 gigs ( 4 sticks) DDR 400 2-2-2-5 Patriot
Sound card: External Sound Blaster Extigy
Monitor: Hitachi 22 Inch CRT ( Outdated, but it stil work's and i am going for cheap yet effective)
HD: 80 Raptor, 2 250sata, 2 120 IDE ( thinking i need exernal enclosures for these takes up to much room.) Thinking of getting a 30 gig raptor and just putting my windows and a few other programs on there so formating is simple and easy.

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811146029
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130061
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121006
Mobo:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135175

I am going air cooled because i Will have to transport my comp back and fourth car rides, maybe outside shipping if i have to, going to to moving alot, i don;t want to have to worry about any leakage or anything. Case seems like it would have good airflow, plus i am Going to College in the UP of Michigan so if it gets hot, i figure an open window will be better then any kind of expensive cooling system Smile

The video cards i don;t know much on, i had a 4600 a while ago, thing was beautiful lasted me 3 years of good gaming, went ATI, i didn;t like it so i am staying with nvidea from now on i think.

The mobo, i just kind of picked out, didn;t do much reaserch on it, i checked the asus boards but read some mixed reviews on it, also i don;t believe i am going SLI, don;t have the cash so i don;t wanna pay for it.

Anyhow how does all of this look?

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:52:17 Post Subject:

ACK on the board. ECS is not on my approved list of a higher end system.

I would probably recommend this DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert if you're staying with a 939 system. Also, upgrade the CPU when you can.

Puddin · Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:15:14 Post Subject:

Any cpu upgrade recomendations? And are the 939 sytems wise to stay with??

Ok nice mobo, oh and also since i am swithcign from water cooling to air cooling i was thinking of this heat sink.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118221
Not for the namebut it has a 120mm fan in it, nice airflow i would assume.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:26:47 Post Subject:

Best bang for the buck is probably the X2 4400+

About $40 more and you can get a X2 4800+

Puddin · Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:48:50 Post Subject:

wow, quite a bit. But then With that CPU, would a $300 video card be able to push that so that or would i have to bump it up to a 400 or more? Wow this " minor problem" i thoguht i had... Ha.. i forget nothing is minor in computers.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:55:25 Post Subject:

Those Video cards are fine.

BTW I'd probably go with the EVGA.

Puddin · Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:12:52 Post Subject:

ok well since i am looing at the faitality Heatsink anyhow, it looks promising on keepign everythign cool, how about this OEM. 25 bucks cheaper then retail and it s4800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103540

Oh and thanks alot for the help cheese Smile

I appreciate it.

Also how do these cards look? both evga
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130033
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130061

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:52:17 Post Subject:

OEM -vs- Retail in CPU's comes down to this. How long do you think you're going to keep that CPU? The OEM CPU's warranty is only through the retailer so in this case I believe you have a 30 day warranty. For the extra bit of $$$ you get a 3 yr warranty direct from AMD.

Either I think would work, the more expensive one might be more "future proof", but not sure how much. Maybe a few months, maybe a year or two?

Puddin · Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:41:59 Post Subject:

But if i have a custom heatsink isnt that a nul and void warrenty then?

**Modulok** · Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:49:34 Post Subject:

yup you do...if you tell AMD you have an after market heatsink.

nothing should happen to the cpu...if you start to OC or really mishandle the cpu you could wind up breaking it.