My new (future) rig

[Vegitto]

Here's my new rig. I set the limit to ?475. I don't have all the money, yet, but I'm saving desperately. Here we go:

AMD Athlon64 3200+ Venice (tray) ? 175
MSI K8N Neo-2 FIR-X Platinum ? 84
TwinMOS PC3200 (2x512 MB) CL2.5 ? 92
Zalman CNPS7000B-CU ? 34
Chenbro Gaming Bomb ? 35
Huntkey 400W Powersupply ? 32
Nexus 120mm casefan (43 CFM!) ? 10
Grand total: ? 462

A friend of mine told me I was going to regret the TwinMOS RAM. Anyone got a better RAM in mind for around the same price?

Thanks in advance .

EDIT: Please don't go "OMFG, d00d, you can get that all much cheaper @ <INSERT COMPANY NAME> OMFGWTFLOLZORS!!!111oneone" or "d00d, AMD suxx0rs, Intel rulez!". I made my choice on processor, and won't change it, mmkay? And as you may see from the prices (?'s) it doesn't really matter that it can be had cheaper in the US of A., mmkay?

 

[Markfw]

Powersupply ????? I would go with a seasonic, and Antec or something.

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
Powersupply ????? I would go with a seasonic, and Antec or something.

My friend has a similair setup (better, even) with the same power supply.

EDIT: Seasonic can't be had over here, and the Antec costs me ?92. A little too shabby.

 

[xrest]

i hav 2 twinmos and its ok.graphic card?

 

[Vegitto]

The same TwinMOS?
The GFX card is the same as my current: Club-3D ATi Radeon 9600 Pro 256 MB.

 

[richardrds]

Just use the HSF that comes with retail boxed version of the A64 chip, that should save you a few bucks, and you can OC to 2.6-2.7Ghz with the stock HSF.

I would buy the 3000+ instead of the 3200+, less money and will hit the same upper range when OCing. I would only go with the 3200+ if you don't plan on OCing.

 

[xrest]

yep.i have the same.could someone suggest me a link concerning step to step overclocking?

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: richardrds
Just use the HSF that comes with retail boxed version of the A64 chip, that should save you a few bucks, and you can OC to 2.6-2.7Ghz with the stock HSF.

I would buy the 3000+ instead of the 3200+, less money and will hit the same upper range when OCing. I would only go with the 3200+ if you don't plan on OCing.

The 3000+ is EOL-ing (End Of Life). And for me, it's cheaper to get the tray version and the aftermarket HSF than the boxed version.

 

[phaxmohdem]

Looks like a decent rig to me. ID doesn't appear that you will be using it for ultra hardcore gaming or anything since you will be keeping your 9600 GFX card. For your purposes I would put my support behind it. The only think I noticed that appeared out of place to me was that 120mm case fan. What makes it so expensive for only pushing 43 CFM. You should be able to get a fan that can push nearly twice as much for the same price or less. IT wouldn't be much louder either.

 

[Vegitto]

Really? I didn't know. I thought 43 CFM was a lot. Could you name one of those casefans, then? I might get one.

EDIT: It's a little bit of gaming, mostly designing (Photoshop), 3D modeling (Maya, 3DSmax and Lightwave) and video encoding.