Advise before I purchase!!

[Epsilon97]

Hello everyone,

Would you please give me your thoughts on this system I am going to build?

ANTEC "SONATA"
NEC 8X Black DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model ND-2500A, OEM Bulk
SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model MPF920, OEM
Western Digital Special Edition 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model Logitech Premium Desktop USB/ PS/2 104keys Keyboard & Cordless
Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - Retail
ASUS "K8V SE Deluxe" K8T800 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor - Retail
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack SP1a - OEM
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL
Product total: $1,017.98


Thanks

 

[johnjkr1]

Looks good, I would prefer one of the newer nforce 250GB motherboards, but that is just me. And you got the 256-big 9800 pro, good, watch out for the 128bit version.

I have a Sonata case and love it. Be sure to pick up an extra 120mm fan though, it only comes with one.

 

[Mik3y]

perfect....

 

[Epsilon97]

Originally posted by: johnjkr1
Looks good, I would prefer one of the newer nforce 250GB motherboards, but that is just me. And you got the 256-big 9800 pro, good, watch out for the 128bit version.

I have a Sonata case and love it. Be sure to pick up an extra 120mm fan though, it only comes with one.

What do you mean by the 128 bit version? Why is it better than the 256 bit version?

thanks

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: Epsilon97

Originally posted by: johnjkr1
Looks good, I would prefer one of the newer nforce 250GB motherboards, but that is just me. And you got the 256-big 9800 pro, good, watch out for the 128bit version.

I have a Sonata case and love it. Be sure to pick up an extra 120mm fan though, it only comes with one.

What do you mean by the 128 bit version? Why is it better than the 256 bit version?

thanks

He is refering to the 9800 Pro that has the 128-bit memory bus, instead of the standard 256-bit. They are sold under the "9800 Pro" name with a cheaper price tag to fool ignorant consumers, and due the crippled memory bus it is far slower than full-blown 256-bit 9800 Pros.

Don't get burned.