Help me with this setup please.

[Bizuca]

This will be my 1st building it,I would like some opinions on rounded cable please and overall about my system.

Thanks again

Case - Aspire Dreamer II Black ATX with 350W Power Suply
Mobo - Abit AV8 K8T800 Pro Chipset AMD Socket 939
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 512K 939 Pin
HD - Western Digital 80 Gigs
Memory - Corsair X Extreme Speed Pro 184 Oin 1GB 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200 PRO
Floppy - Sony
DVD Burner - Plextor Black 8X DVD-RW/+RW
DVD Player - Sony 52x32x52x16 Combo Drive
Video Card - ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256DDR DVI/TV-Out 8x
Card Reader - Atech USB Digital Card

 

[nick1985]

up that video card to at LEAST a vanilla 6800.

tone down that memory to basic 3200 and save a load of cash.

 

[Bizuca]

Damn Nick we sign up in the same year,look at your posts and look at mine Anyways do you have any link for those.

Sorry

 

[darkswordsman17]

Well, you're nice and polite. :thumbsup:

You could save some dough if you go with some nice alternatives.

That Plextor burner you could replace with an NEC one and it'll save ya a nice sum, without sacrificing quality of the drive (well not much anyways).

Maybe go with the 128Mb version of the 9800 Pro? Depending on what price you'll be getting it for, the money you save on other parts could be put towards a nice 6800 non-Ultra that can be easily gotten for $300 or less.

I would personally upgrade the hard drive. I think you could probably find a 120gig one for not too much more, maybe even less. I like Seagate myself, their 5 year warranty is a nice bonus, but WD isn't bad bay any means.

Do you plan on overclocking? If not, then you could save a bunch on the memory by going with Corsair ValueRAM. Its just my opinion that unless you go with say PC3500 or better, getting the XMS/HyperX etc. RAM isn't worth it, but its just my opinion.

As for rounded cables, since you're a new builder I'd say that they wouldn't be a bad idea. They can help your case flow which is always a good thing.

Here's a nice deal on a 6800. It comes with Far Cry and 2nd day shipping free. Also, eVGA has a nice Step-up program if you should decide that you'd like a GT or better within the next 3 months. eVGA 6800 @ ZZF

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Bizuca
Damn Nick we sign up in the same year,look at your posts and look at mine Anyways do you have any link for those.

Sorry

get 2 of These and used the money saved to buy this.

oh, and you may want a better PSU. i suggest taking a look at an antec true380. or just looking at an antec case. i always say that the PSU is the most important part in a computer. a bad one and you will wave bye to your computer.

and as for the guy above me recommending round cables, i say dont. you can just flatten out the ribbon cables to allow better airflow than round cables, and they are free.

 

[Bizuca]

Sorry for my question guys

How much better will be the Leadtek nVIDIA GeForce 6800 in comparison to ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256DDR ?

What about the heatsink,which one would you guys recomend.

Thanks again

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Bizuca
Sorry for my question guys

How much better will be the Leadtek nVIDIA GeForce 6800 in comparison to ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256DDR ?

What about the heatsink,which one would you guys recomend.

Thanks again

its WAY better. doom 3 benchies

for a heatsink, check out the thermaltake silent boost.

 

[Bizuca]

This one should do it,or get a better one.

I don't even know,that will fit the new Socket 939 ?

Thanks

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Bizuca
This one should do it,or get a better one.

Thanks

thats the one or you can just get the retail CPU with the heatsink bundled. its up to you

 

[darkswordsman17]

I suggested round cables mainly because for new builders, its not as easy to get the regular cables to allow good airflow. It won't matter that much anyways, though. Also, your motherboard might come with rounded cables, so just use whatever comes with it.

There are several nice coolers for A64. I would recommend staying away from the copper tower cooling units because they'll put a large amount of stress on your board and I just don't trust them myself. If you have to have the ultimate in non liquid-cooling, Thermalright has a new aluminum with nickel plated heat pipes one that can fit a 120mm fan. Its huge but weighs less than the copper coolers, while cooling as well and sometimes better. It'd be pretty expensive though, about $75 or more by the time you get it, a good 120mm fan, and some Arctic Silver 5.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
I suggested round cables mainly because for new builders, its not as easy to get the regular cables to allow good airflow. It won't matter that much anyways, though. Also, your motherboard might come with rounded cables, so just use whatever comes with it.

There are several nice coolers for A64. I would recommend staying away from the copper tower cooling units because they'll put a large amount of stress on your board and I just don't trust them myself. If you have to have the ultimate in non liquid-cooling, Thermalright has a new aluminum with nickel plated heat pipes one that can fit a 120mm fan. Its huge but weighs less than the copper coolers, while cooling as well and sometimes better. It'd be pretty expensive though, about $75 or more by the time you get it, a good 120mm fan, and some Arctic Silver 5.

bah...hogwash! copper coolers are friggin awesome. :thumbsup:

 

[darkswordsman17]

I've got no problems with them, I just like the looks of this one. If they made a copper version of this one....:Q

Oh, and by stay away from the copper tower coolers, I'm talking about those ones that stick way off of the board and weight like 600g without the fans (and of course you'd mount two 80mm on there, otherwise whats the point ).

The smaller Thermalright XP-94s and others aren't bad, by any means.

 

[newParadigm]

Got the exact same case, its great, i love the blue LEDs on the front (Just don't put it right ion front of bed if u plajn to leave it on at night) <lays down and gets blinded>

nd yeah get better Video Card id hafta Say

 

[Bizuca]

What kind PSU you got on that case ?

Thanks

 

[caz67]

6800GT and Antec 480W PSU..They will make nice additions to your system.

 

[newParadigm]

The PSU in the system is fine for me, (raid0, 2 optical drives, geforce fx5600u)

However u will probalby need the better one for the 6800 ultra

 

[Bizuca]

Okay this what I will do.

Case - Aspire Dreamer II Black ATX with 350W Power Suply - 63.00
Mobo - Abit AV8 K8T800 Pro Chipset AMD Socket 939 - 120.00 ------------> ?????????
Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 512K 939 Pin - 353.00
Fan - Thermaltake SILENT BOOST - 27.00 ---------------------->????????????
HD - Western Digital 80 Gigs - 63.00
Memory - Corsair Value Select 184 DDR PC-3200 - 160.00
Floppy - Sony - 11.00
DVD Burner - Plextor 12XDVD+/-RW Drive - 134.00
DVD Player - Sony 52x32x52x16 Combo Drive - 29.00
Video Card - Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce 6800 128MB DDR - 286.00 ------------------->??????????
Card Reader - Koutech USB Digital Card Reader - 56.00
Adaptec VideOh DVD Media Center - 150.00

Total USD 1.452,00 without S&amp;H


Anything I should add/remove it from my list ?I'm still not sure about those marked,can you help me on a better solution or keep them.


OR

From iBuyPower Zylon FX

Case ( Nzxt Guardian ATX Mid-Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )
Power Supply ( Standard Case Power Supply )
Processor ( AMD® Athlon-64 3200+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink + 2 Extra Case Fans )
Motherboard ( [AMD FX] Asus SK8N nForce-3 Chipset w/5.1 Sound, LAN, IEEE-1394, USB 2.0 8x AGP
Memory ( 1024 MB [512MB X2] DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Major Brand )
Video Card ( [**Hot**] Nvidia GeForce 6800-Ultra 256MB w/DVI + TV Out 8x AGP Video (req. 500W system power) )
Hard Drive ( 80 GB HARD DRIVE 80 GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA-100 Hard Drive )
CD/DVD Drive ( 16x DVD-ROM Drive Black )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] Dual Format 12X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( 3D Wave Stereo Sound Onboard )
Network Card ( 10/100 Network Onboard )
Floppy Drive ( Mitsumi 1.44 MB Internal Floppy Drive Black )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 6-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black )
Additional Software ( Norton 2004 Anti-Virus )
Case Lighting ( Neon Light Blue )
Case Round Cable ( Rounded Cables for Floppy/HDD/CD/DVD/CD-RW/DVD-RW Drives )
Operation System ( MS Windows XP Home Edition )
Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard Warranty + 1-Year i-Care Deluxe On-site Service + 24/7 Phone Support )

$1,659.00 without S&amp;H

Let me know what do you think about these 2 systems.

Thanks

 

[Bizuca]

Bumping,sorry.

 

[jpeyton]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&amp;threadid=1371717&amp;enterthread=y

Check out my choices. BTW, Newegg is having free shipping on a lot of Antec cases; I'd check that out before getting an Aspire case.

 

[Bizuca]

I just trying to compare which one would be the "bestbuy" do it yourself or buy it from a store.

 

[Bizuca]

:disgust:

 

[Bizuca]

Is the memory okay or should I get a better one ?