Building/Upgrading Computer for a freind.

[anthony88guy]

My friend wants to upgrade his computer. This is what I picked out for him. He picked the case, and wants an ATI video card.

ASUS Radeon X800 EAX800/2DTV/256M/A Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121529
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537

CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813152049

OCZ ModStream OCZ45012U 450W Power Supply ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104154
Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133145

He will be using the parts from his current computer also, such as HDD, CD drive, and floppy drive...

What do you think?

 

[Azndude2190]

What is his budget?...I would get an Asus or DFI motherboard instead...

 

[Powermoloch]

You can grab the Asrock mobo...it's very nice for 68 $

 

[anthony88guy]

I have the Chaintech VNF4 and I?m pleased with it. What other motherboards would you recommend under $130ish?

EDIT: Here is the CPUZ on his current P4, what motherboard would you suggest for this CPU that has PCI-express X16 slot? I dont know much about intel's processors and motherboards.

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Name Intel Celeron
Code Name Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.70GHz
Family / Model / Stepping F 2 9
Extended Family / Model 0 0
Brand ID 10
Package mPGA-478
Core Stepping D1
Technology 0.13 µ
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
CPU Clock Speed 2690.0 MHz
Clock multiplier x 27.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 99.6 MHz
Bus Speed 398.5 MHz
L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 128 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 2690.0 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Get the EPoX 9nPA+ Ultra for like ~$105. It overclocks much better than the Chaintech. I recommend either spending $30 more on the case and getting the Tsunami, which is alluminum instead of steel/plastic. Plastic sucks, and steel is heavy. If you don't want to spend that much, I recommend a Cooler Master case. If you're going to spend like $100 on a PSU, this Sparkle would be better than that OCZ. Or, you could buy a cheaper PSU and put the money towards a better video card or something.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: anthony88guy
I have the Chaintech VNF4 and I?m pleased with it. What other motherboards would you recommend under $130ish?

EDIT: Here is the CPUZ on his current P4, what motherboard would you suggest for this CPU that has PCI-express X16 slot? I dont know much about intel's processors and motherboards.

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Name Intel Celeron
Code Name Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.70GHz
Family / Model / Stepping F 2 9
Extended Family / Model 0 0
Brand ID 10
Package mPGA-478
Core Stepping D1
Technology 0.13 µ
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
CPU Clock Speed 2690.0 MHz
Clock multiplier x 27.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 99.6 MHz
Bus Speed 398.5 MHz
L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 128 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 2690.0 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

That is a socket 478 celeron, I don't think there are any socket 478 motherboard with PCIe that will still support an old 400mhz FSB northwood based chip. The only 2 motherboards I could find at all that had socket 478 and PCIe were 533/800mhz FSB only.

 

[anthony88guy]

Originally posted by: stevty2889

Originally posted by: anthony88guy
I have the Chaintech VNF4 and I?m pleased with it. What other motherboards would you recommend under $130ish?

EDIT: Here is the CPUZ on his current P4, what motherboard would you suggest for this CPU that has PCI-express X16 slot? I dont know much about intel's processors and motherboards.

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Name Intel Celeron
Code Name Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.70GHz
Family / Model / Stepping F 2 9
Extended Family / Model 0 0
Brand ID 10
Package mPGA-478
Core Stepping D1
Technology 0.13 µ
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
CPU Clock Speed 2690.0 MHz
Clock multiplier x 27.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 99.6 MHz
Bus Speed 398.5 MHz
L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 128 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 2690.0 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

That is a socket 478 celeron, I don't think there are any socket 478 motherboard with PCIe that will still support an old 400mhz FSB northwood based chip. The only 2 motherboards I could find at all that had socket 478 and PCIe were 533/800mhz FSB only.

Those were the same two i found when, i was looking. Just wasnt sure I was searching for the right CPU socket.