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Anything out-of-place/incompatible/yucky in this setup?

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RahulM

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Motherboard
AMD64 S754/S939 ASROCK K8-COMBO-Z 2D3P1A

Processor
AMD ATHLON64 FX-53 2.40G/1600/1M/S940

Memory
CORSAIR 400MHZ DDR NO-ECC 2G TWINX

Hard Drive
SATA 74.0 W.D 10K RPM RAPTOR WD740GD

Video Card
BFG AGP GF6 6800GT OC 256DD3 6800GT

Optical Drive
DVD DRIVE 16X ASUS DVD

Floppy DRIVE
3.5IN 1.44MB OEM BLACK FLOPPY

Case CASE
ATX NIKAO OGRE BLACK

Hard Drive
200.0 W.D 7200 8MB WD2000JB

Sound Card
C.LABS SOUNDBLASTER AUDIGY2 ZS PRO PLAT.

Optical Drive
DVD+/-RW PLEXTOR PX-708A/SW-F BOX

Power Supply
450W POWER ATX P4 ANTEC SL450



This is my first draft of the rig from www.microbytes.com. I would appreciate any advice or recommendations you folks may have. I still have a few more weeks to go before purchasing it, so tell me if newer hardware is supposed to be released by then.

EDIT: I tried to find an S940 MOBO, but I couldn't, and the others were listed as incompatible, only this one wasn't.
 
95% of dvd burners already burn cdrs, so I would get rid of the plextor & replace it with a standard dvd drive so you won't wear out your rw reading everyday discs. The power supply seems like overkill aswell.
 
Looks good. A quality 400 watt (Antec) would do you fine unless you plan to have A LOT of crap in your case. Not sure of ASrock as a company, I only know of them as cheap socket A mobos mabye someone else could give you more feedback on that.
 
That s940 FX-53 wont fit in that ASRock mobo (s754/s939). Get a s939 FX-53 and a s939 mobo. Don't bother with the s940 FX since the s940 platform is dead.
 
Do you really need a Raptor? To be honest, I still cant fill my 80 gig HDD so on a capacity level a Raptor would be fine for me but the price premium for the speed it offers isnt worth it for me. That'd a consideration to make in my opinion.

If you need the speed then buy a Raptor, if not... look at 7200 rpm HDD's.
 
Thanks, I switched it to the S939 FX-53, it's cheaper too 🙂

EDIT: Someone recommended the Raptor drive to me for its performance. How much faster would it be? I don't think I'll ever fill it up to capacity either. But I wasn't sure, so I tacked on another 7200 RPM drive.
 
I'd rethink the motherboard, are you going to overclock the CPU? If not then just get an Athlon 64 4000+, it's basically the same CPU with a different name and slightly lower price.

EDIT: 2GB of RAM is a bit overkill as well.
 
i would ditch that motherboard and go for a msi, asus, or abit mobo. also, if you're gonna spend that much, might as well, get a more decent case...personally, i like lian li's or antec's all aluminum case.
 
Originally posted by: elecrzy
i would ditch that motherboard and go for a msi, asus, or abit mobo. also, if you're gonna spend that much, might as well, get a more decent case...personally, i like lian li's or antec's all aluminum case.
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definately ditch that mobo.....from the way I am reading it seems that it has two CPU formats....a 939 and a 754 socket....I believe that I have seen one of these but just get a proper 939 board....any 939 board will do well but I like the look of the MSI Neo2 platinum personally...but it's up to you
 
Originally posted by: RahulM
Thanks, I switched it to the S939 FX-53, it's cheaper too 🙂

EDIT: Someone recommended the Raptor drive to me for its performance. How much faster would it be? I don't think I'll ever fill it up to capacity either. But I wasn't sure, so I tacked on another 7200 RPM drive.
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If you transfer large files often or do hdd intensive operations where hdd speed is crucial then a raptor would be of a great benefit.

In gaming terms, a Raptor pretty much just speeds up loading times. FPS difference between a Raptor and a usual 7200 rpm hdd is minute at best.
 
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