Low/Mid End Comp

[lepixz]

How does this look for a low-end border line mid level comp?

ANTEC Black Performance Series II SOHO File Server Tower ATX Case with 400W Power Supply, Model "SX1040BII"



ASUS "K8N-E Deluxe" NVIDIA nForce3 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 754


Chaintech nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, AGP 8X, Model "SA6600G" -RETAIL


AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512k L2 Cache, The Only 64-bit Windows Compatible

2x:Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200C2PT -

Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD, OEM

ASUS 52x32x52 IDE Internal CD-RW Drive, Model CRW-5232AS, OEM Beige Bulk


Antec 80mm Blue UV Case fan, Model "77072"
Total $1066

 

[LordPhoenix]

Lol@You naming it Low End.
What's my Celeron called then? High?
Let's Switch!

Welcome to the forums.
Unless you really have the money, I'd go with Value Select Ram.

 

[nick1985]

eh....

you are wasting a buttload(yes, a buttload) of money on that RAM. for the price of that 512 stick you can get a gig of regular value corsair or mushkin RAM. "fast" RAM does jack sh!t for the athlon 64 so you would be better off getting a gig of value ram.

besides that it looks fine ot me.

 

[zerocool84]

damn ur all makin my system feel all incompetent now. well maybe he said low end cus he's only got 512ram and only 6600gt

 

[lepixz]

Ahhh, well i let me edit it to x2, but yeah this game will be mainly for like WoW and HL 2 and supposedly you need some hefty ram for MMOs

 

[saltedeggman]

what would my ATI 9700 be??

 

[nick1985]

get this *2

 

[LordPhoenix]

Yay! It dropped 4 dollars.

 

[Tea Bag]

Originally posted by: nick1985
get this *2

Definitely. I would think about getting something besides the raptor, since it will be your only HDD. This is a "pseudo" budget system, right?

 

[w00t]

nice system take out the asus drive get somthing better one that watching dvd a combo drive. go see benchies on that raptor its not that much better. if oc get ocz el plat. guessing u arent because you getting asus board. other than that nice.

 

[pjwinkler]

yeh dude, looks like a high midrange to me if you go will a gig of RAM

 

[lepixz]

So I shouldn't get an Asus? And as far as the hardrive goes, I'll have this computer for downloading shit. That one will be soely for games.

 

[Tea Bag]

Originally posted by: lepixz
So I shouldn't get an Asus?

No the board is fine, I beleive he was talking about the CDROM drive, because you can get a CD-RW drive plus a DVD-ROM for like 20 bucks more ..


I would:
1) Swap out that ram for the two sticks of Corsair Value RAM, from above
2) Ditch the raptor and get a 120 or 80 GB HDD
3) Ditch the Asus CDRW and get a combo drive, like this. That way you can read DVD-ROMs also.

That should give you a little more cash that you can use to upgrade your vid card, for instance.

 

[lepixz]

Hmm, I'm torn. Is that graphics card not good for let's say like DAoC or WoW?

 

[bay]

I recommend the DFI Lanparty over the Asus board, about the same features but the DFI is a much better overclocker and 20 bucks cheaper. just my opinion

 

[Tea Bag]

Originally posted by: lepixz
Hmm, I'm torn. Is that graphics card not good for let's say like DAoC or WoW?

Oh, it's plenty good, but you would have.. say 50 bucks to play with if you go the the above or simiar setup and put the money towards a say, vanilla 6800 or something like that. If you ditch the other stick of ram, you are looking at about 120 or so to use on a card or pocket, whatever. You can always throw in a stick of ram later.

 

[lepixz]

I think I might just do that. Thanks.

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: bay
I recommend the DFI Lanparty over the Asus board, about the same features but the DFI is a much better overclocker and 20 bucks cheaper. just my opinion

same

 

[lepixz]

Sorry, one more question. Is the PSU that comes with the case good enough?

 

[ssvegeta1010]

The 400w SmartPower should be fine. It is not a normal generic PSU.