Ideas on computer setup

[sman83]

I am going to be ordering the rest of the parts tomorrow and just wanted some opinions about the performance wise aspect of it thanks for the ideas:

P4 3.0e Ghz
1GB Kingston Value Ram 2x512MB PC3200
ATI Radeon 9550 256MB AGP 8x
Asus P4S800D-E Deluxe
120GB Samsung SATA HD
120GB Maxtor UltraATA HD
Sound Blaster Audigy

Any suggestions would be great =)

 

[TomKazansky]

look towards a 9800 pro....really.

prescott on 478? ur gonna get a lot of heat =P

 

[sman83]

thxs for the info i will take it into consideration $$ wise that is =)

 

[Hans5849]

get the 3.2e i believe with some newer bioses it has a unlockable multiplier.
^ Video card
Get a WD or a Seagate hard drive, SATA is only like $3 more on a WD and for the preformace increase you get $3 is worth it
Get a EMU 0404 Audio card their much better than Audigys

If your going to be ripping DVD's get a bigger hard drive, i went thru a 160GB in a week

 

[UsandThem]

Look at the guide I did here.

Go to the the mid range and high end system section. Strongly consider an Athlon64 system, and use the extra money to get a better card.

The Radeon 9550 card is really not an attractive buy. Get at least a 9600XT card or higher if you can afford it.

 

[sman83]

money is somwhat of an issue until 2 weeks when i get paid again.. but i will defiently look into a better vid card. The 9550 was a card i already have in another syatem atm. It was the reason why i was just going to use that but if there is a big performance change i will look into something better.

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: sman83
money is somwhat of an issue until 2 weeks when i get paid again.. but i will defiently look into a better vid card. The 9550 was a card i already have in another syatem atm. It was the reason why i was just going to use that but if there is a big performance change i will look into something better.

There is a big performance change going with a 9600xt or higher. I guess it depends on if you play newer games.

 

[albundee]

prescott = heat.

which is why i moved to AMD myself, benchmarks proved it for me

 

[sman83]

I have read about some of the heat issues any other P4 chips with about the same clock speed that generate less heat?

 

[sman83]

I could defiently see getting a ATI 9600XT as they are not too expensive on newegg.

 

[halfadder]

Originally posted by: sman83
I have read about some of the heat issues any other P4 chips with about the same clock speed that generate less heat?

2.8C or 3.0C, they use the Northwood core and run a bit cooler. One of my machines uses a 2.8C Northwood and the other uses a 3.0E Prescott. For raw CPU the Prescott doesn't feel much faster but it's much hotter! These days I would go A64. P4 has become oldschool in a bad way.