First Build, Barton3000+ with P160 case, Lanparty Board
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Originally posted by: bdoople
It joys me so to see the "new build" threads. Good job grasshopper.. now try and play FEAR.
It's young grasshopper!
Originally posted by: Stew
well, my video card sorta sucks. It's a Radeon 9200
Not to mention the
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton &
512MB Kingston DDR 3200
A64 is the way to go with upwards of 1gb - 2gb, but nice pics! ;p
It was pretty inexpensive, I bought the mobo+cpu together in a package for $200, which is a good deal for this set. I didn't really have a desire to go 64 yet. This is a great board though.
Good goin, how did u get it to 2.6 ghz? pretty darn good especially with one of those aero coolers. 2.6 ghz XP would be the equivalent of a 3400+ 64 chip or ~3800+ XP.
I would of gotten a used ATI 128 9700/Pro/9800 NP card for like 65-80 and a gig of used corsair value ram for ~80 (and clock the hell out of them) instead to balance out your system. That would be only about an added extra cost of maybe ~50 for far greater performance.
I would of gotten a used ATI 128 9700/Pro/9800 NP card for like 65-80 and a gig of used corsair value ram for ~80 (and clock the hell out of them) instead to balance out your system. That would be only about an added extra cost of maybe ~50 for far greater performance.
no doubt it would be smokin fast.....but i still reckon the A64 would win. the on board memory controller is the way to go.
and heck id of sold you my old A64 3200 + ASUS K8NE Deluxe + 475watt enermax noisetaker PSU + Zalman 7000Cu for less than 200 notes!!!
Nothing wrong with a fast XP setup and he has atleast one upgrade he can do later on, a X800XT/X850XT AGP card. A X800XT @ 500/500 on my 2.4gig XP-M/nforce 2 combo benches about the same scores as a A64 setup with the same card.
Actually, I should edit that. I think I only ever got it stable at 2.4. Next upgrade will be ram, unless I see a 9800 on for cheap.
The Hs/Fan is Coolermaster Aero.
The Hs/Fan is Coolermaster Aero.
Spike
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Don't everyone go ripping on the barton now. That is one solid processor but the vid card is lacking. I have a XP 3200+ setup with a 6800GT and I can play any game out right now at good resolution with med to high details. I played FEAR at a paultry 1024x768 max details but BF 2 is at 1680x1050, AOE 3 is the same, and I will be doing some in depth benchmarking tonight with COD 2.
Your setup is defintly pretty and defintly a budget build (though I would have rather gotten those common A64 3400+ skt 754 and mobo combos for $200) but it looks ok. You could have done better for the money but it will serve well as a gamer if/when you upgrade that pos graphics card.
-spike
Here is an example: You could have gotten this combo (Gigabyte + Skt 754 3400+) and still used an AGP graphics card. Or you could have gone with a 939 venice 300+ for $130 with a Asrock dual board for $68. That would have given you the agp slot as well as a PCIe slot for later, and all for under $200.
Your setup is defintly pretty and defintly a budget build (though I would have rather gotten those common A64 3400+ skt 754 and mobo combos for $200) but it looks ok. You could have done better for the money but it will serve well as a gamer if/when you upgrade that pos graphics card.
-spike
Here is an example: You could have gotten this combo (Gigabyte + Skt 754 3400+) and still used an AGP graphics card. Or you could have gone with a 939 venice 300+ for $130 with a Asrock dual board for $68. That would have given you the agp slot as well as a PCIe slot for later, and all for under $200.
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