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Comments on this rig?

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darXoul

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Here's the new rig I'm about to build:

AMD Athlon 64 3400+
Gigabyte 3D Cooler Ultra GT
2x 512 MB Kingston HyperX DDR434 CAS2/2.5
Leadtek GeForce 6800 GT
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Seagate Barracuda 160 GB 7200 rpm 8 MB SATA
LG DVD/CDRW x52/x32/x52/x16 black
FDD any black
Be-Quiet Color Line 450W
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream black w. window
Logitech Z-640
HP OfficeJet PSC 2175

+ some hardware I already have and will keep using:

Seagate Barracuda 160 GB 7200 rpm 8 MB PATA
Philips Brilliance 109P4 19" CRT
Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2
Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard SE
Logitech MX 510 Performance Optical Mouse blue
Allsop Raindrop black pad


What do you think about this comp? As for socket 754, I think I'll get it because s939's "upgradeability" and "future-proofness" are an illusion in my eyes. Why?
1. I upgrade my comp every 2 years or so. So far, I've never been able to keep my mobo. Standards change so fast that making a large upgrade w/o mobo is pretty much impossible.
2. When upgrading and spending like $1000 on video card/CPU/RAM, does it really make a difference to spend another $100 or a bit more on a new mobo? I don't think so.
3. Current s939 boards have no PCI-Express, DDRII, BTX. Where's the "future" on them? I can't see it, even though it's possible that not all of the aforementioned new standards really take over the market soon.

BTW, I don't think I'll be getting a DVD-R burner now since usefulness seems to be limited and their development is so fast at the moment that I think I'll wait a bit until it slows down.

Anyway, what do you think about this rig? What would you change, modify, substitute?
 
You will be very happy with the A64. I have the a64 3000. I agree with you on the upgradeability. That is why I did not wait on socket 939.
 
Good to see that I'm not alone regarding my opinion on current s939 hardware 🙂

As for the processor, yep, A64 is the only option for me. Those CPUs don't run too hot and offer great performance at reasonable prices. I was just hesitating whether I should get A64 3000+ for $216 or A64 3400+ for $418... The price difference is way more significant than performance difference but I still decided to get 3400+ for 1MB cache and higher clock. In some cases, it's visibly faster - even though I can't help feeling like I might be wasting some money here 😛

Any more opinions?
 
Those prices are high. Have you lookes at newegg.com. The 3000 is $167 right now and the 3400 is $289. If cost is really an issue, you can get a 3100 Sempron which is socket 754 for 125 I believe. The only draw back to Sempron is that it does not have the 64 bit extensions and it has 256 of l2 cache. However you can always upgrade it to a 3400 or 3700 later.
 
Nope, I don't have the hardware yet but those prices are pretty normal in my country. I'm from Poland. You know, I tend to get a bit frustrated when I compare European prices to US prices. You know for how much Tt Tsunami goes this side of the pond? 273 bucks!!! newegg sells it for ca. 130 bucks. $550 is a GOOD price if you want to buy the 6800GT Leadtek. Even the Gigabyte fan is more expensive (by 10 USD). I won't even comment on that :/
 
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