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Building a SOHO and Gaming rigs...some advice?

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Xenon14

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General lists for both rigs. Please suggest better combos or diff products. Thanks.

Gaming Rig (minus the monitor):

1) nforce2 or viaKT400 ?
2) 2800+ 333 FSB
3) 512 or 1gig PC2700 ram?
4) Audigy 2 - if getting nforce2, is audigy 2 worth it?
5) Ati 9700 Pro
6) Lite on 52x/32x52x cdrw
7) DVD Burner - what kind? And they playback regular dvd's right?
8) Klipsch Promedia 4.1 or 5.1?
9) Floppy
10) TV Tuner card - what kind?
11) Ati USB Remote Control
12) Harddrive - 120gb - what kind, maxtor, WD, seagate?
13) keyboard/mouse
14) 400 or 500 watt case? Full atx.


any other recommendations?

SOHO:

1) viaKT400
2) 2500+ 333FSB
3) 512 PC2700
4) Maxtor G550 or Ati 7000?
5) Lite on 52x/32x/52x cdrw
6) 16x DVD
7) Floppy
8) Internal Zip Drive
9) 40/60gig harddrive...what kind?
10) keyboard/mouse
11) 350 or 400 watt? Midtower atx
12) standard speakers.
 
the SOHO looks good, though if money's tight you could go a little slower on the CPU.

for the gaming rig:

- 120 GB WD with 8MB cache and 3 year warranty is hard to beat. There were Hot Deals on rebates for several WD models, you might check to see if any this month.

- you might look at the TomsHardware P4 800 FSB article to compare gaming performance of P4 C vs. XP and decide whether you want to pay the extra money to get a P4 2.6C ( >= XP 3000+) or 2.8C ( >= 3200+). Don't get them if it means giving up the 9700 Pro though, since a 2500+ with 9700 Pro will beat a 2800+ with 9600 Pro in most games.
 


1) nforce2 or viaKT400 ? NFORCE2
2) 2800+ 333 FSB GOOD CHOICE
3) 512 or 1gig PC2700 ram? 1 GIG if you can afford, pc3200 if you can afford it
4) Audigy 2 - if getting nforce2, is audigy 2 worth it? Audigy two too expensive, TBSC
5) Ati 9700 Pro GOOD CHOICE
6) Lite on 52x/32x52x cdrw GOOD CHOICE
7) DVD Burner - what kind? And they playback regular dvd's right? PIONNER A05
8) Klipsch Promedia 4.1 or 5.1? 5.1 Of course
9) Floppy
10) TV Tuner card - what kind? LEADTEK at newegg
11) Ati USB Remote Control
12) Harddrive - 120gb - what kind, maxtor, WD, seagate? Western digital SE
13) keyboard/mouse
14) 400 or 500 watt case? Full atx. 400 W is plenty


 
Check out the P4 2.8 C processors. very impressive. plus I really want Hyperthreading... but with RDRAM & Intel chipset how much am i Looking at for a P4 2.8 / RDRAM/ Intel Chipset vs 2800+/DDRAM/Nforce or KT400?? Thanks ahead of time.
 
Originally posted by: Xenon14
Check out the P4 2.8 C processors. very impressive. plus I really want Hyperthreading... but with RDRAM & Intel chipset how much am i Looking at for a P4 2.8 / RDRAM/ Intel Chipset vs 2800+/DDRAM/Nforce or KT400?? Thanks ahead of time.
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No, for P4 2.8C you use pairs of DDR400 (2 x PC3200, for "dual channel" operation) and an intel 875 chipset motherboard. Cost will be higher for the faster DDR (400 vs 333) and right now many the 875 mobos are pricey.

But the performance is excellent, and the price is reasonable when you compare it to the slower-in-games (sometimes MUCH slower) XP 3200+.

AMD has the best value up to a 2500+, but (for games) above that speed the value shifts to P4 with 800 FSB where even the 2.4C beats the XP 2700+.

 
Originally posted by: Xenon14
Check out the P4 2.8 C processors. very impressive. plus I really want Hyperthreading... but with RDRAM & Intel chipset how much am i Looking at for a P4 2.8 / RDRAM/ Intel Chipset vs 2800+/DDRAM/Nforce or KT400?? Thanks ahead of time.
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Hehe.. it's been a long time aye? They don't
make rdram with Intel Pentium 4's anymore.

Either way you go, AMD or Intel the price really
comes out about the same. That is why I tell
most people to get an Intel computer so if the
fans brake things don't smoke and burn down
the house.. I know it's not fair to say that anymore
because some boards from Asus use the thermol
diodes on the XP chips.. anyway.. that's in the past.

I'd go with a new Intel Pentium4 CPU's at 800FSB...it's
really 200FSB x 4 pipelines = 800. Just like AMD
that has 2 pipes x (The speed) = something. But not
only is there more speed with the FSB, but you get HT
HyperThreading that gives you a boost in speed as well.

Intel Pentium 4 / 2.4CGHz 512k socket 478 Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB - RETAIL
$184.00

Abit IC7 + 2.4CGHz = 3.2 ~ 3.4GHz OverClock is easy..

 
I never thought the day would come... but here's my CPU timeline:

Pentium 90
AMD k6 233
AMD k7 1333
AMD k7 1600+ 1400
Petium 4 2.4C. - They use DDR now? hmmm this is news. Alright, thanks. The gaming rig and soho is actually for a friend of mine, but I'm going to be getting a new comp in a month, and it'll undoubtedly be P4 2.4C.
 
Originally posted by: Xenon14
I never thought the day would come... but here's my CPU timeline:

Pentium 90
AMD k6 233
AMD k7 1333
AMD k7 1600+ 1400
Petium 4 2.4C. - They use DDR now? hmmm this is news. Alright, thanks. The gaming rig and soho is actually for a friend of mine, but I'm going to be getting a new comp in a month, and it'll undoubtedly be P4 2.4C.
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Hehe.. There is no guilt for trying Intel over AMD.
I miss my old AMD K6-2 400 (Chomper). It ran
hotter than the sun and didn't overclock worth
a dam, nor could it play games fast enough, but
it was cheap and was my own. Then Intel came along
and my money flew out the door, but I didn't care
because everthing just worked for once and didn't
force me to have a PHD in Heatsinks..LOL

This should help...(Overclocking the Pentium 4 2.4C)
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDcx



 
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