New system..thoughts?

[wraith3k]

Helping a friend build a new rig..here's the parts:

Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
MSI K9A Platinum Socket AM2 ATI CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4600+ Socket AM2 (65W) Retail
Sapphire RADEON X1900 GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Dual DVI-I/VIVO/HDTV
Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails
CORSAIR XMS2 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Logitech X-230 32 Watts 2.1 Black Speakers - Retail
SAMSUNG DVD Burner

Comes to $1151.94 plus shipping which we think is pretty good. Thoughts/suggestions?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: theslug
Helping a friend build a new rig..here's the parts:

Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Kinda a cheap case IMO, but they are more personal opinion

MSI K9A Platinum Socket AM2 ATI CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Why pay more for a crossfire board unless you are buying two cards right off the bat?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4600+ Socket AM2 (65W) Retail

Why AMD?

Sapphire RADEON X1900 GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Dual DVI-I/VIVO/HDTV

Decent card but with the cost savings from a different mobo you could bump this up

Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151024
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817139001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003

CORSAIR XMS2 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory - Retail

You really should be going 2 gigs now. Perhaps cut some corners and get slower rated ram and 2 gigs rather than fast 1.

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM


Logitech X-230 32 Watts 2.1 Black Speakers - Retail
SAMSUNG DVD Burner

Comes to $1151.94 plus shipping which we think is pretty good. Thoughts/suggestions?

fine

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: theslug

Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151024
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817139001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003

What's wrong with the Trio? I recommend the Trio for that system OP.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: dBTelos

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: theslug

Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151024
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817139001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003

What's wrong with the Trio? I recommend the Trio for that system OP.

I was under the impression that the truepower line from Antec still was built by a company that used poor caps. I thought only their neo line was built by a more reputable house.

 

[wraith3k]

Originally posted by: PurdueRyWhy pay more for a crossfire board unless you are buying two cards right off the bat?

He may purchase a second one in the future.

Why AMD?

Why not?

You really should be going 2 gigs now. Perhaps cut some corners and get slower rated ram and 2 gigs rather than fast 1.

Is there any 2x1024 you could recommend that would still be around that price?

 

[dBTelos]

I was under the impression that the truepower line from Antec still was built by a company that used poor caps. I thought only their neo line was built by a more reputable house.

The Trio (or True Power 3) is made by Seasonic. Their are only 2 PSUs from Antec that are made by Seasonic, the NeoHE and True Power 3. The Truepower (II & I), Smartpower, and Neopower are all made by CWT. Most CWT supplies don't have Fuhjyyu caps, but the Antec CWTs have those crappy Fuhjyyu caps that shorten the PSUs life. Comprende?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: dBTelos

I was under the impression that the truepower line from Antec still was built by a company that used poor caps. I thought only their neo line was built by a more reputable house.

The Trio (or True Power 3) is made by Seasonic. Their are only 2 PSUs from Antec that are made by Seasonic, the NeoHE and True Power 3. The Truepower (II & I), Smartpower, and Neopower are all made by CWT. Most CWT supplies don't have Fuhjyyu caps, but the Antec CWTs have those crappy Fuhjyyu caps that shorten the PSUs life. Comprende?

Thanks for the info

Originally posted by: theslug

Originally posted by: PurdueRyWhy pay more for a crossfire board unless you are buying two cards right off the bat?

He may purchase a second one in the future.

Why AMD?

Why not?

You really should be going 2 gigs now. Perhaps cut some corners and get slower rated ram and 2 gigs rather than fast 1.

Is there any 2x1024 you could recommend that would still be around that price?

Unless its in the very near future, he would be much better off with getting a single high end card than two GT's

Why not intel for the performance/price?

I didn't say it would be around that price...I said to cut corners. Such as getting a motherboard for around $80 or perhaps a enhance power supply.

 

[wraith3k]

Thanks for the suggestions. But I've lost track of Intel's latest CPUs..in terms of price and speed, what would be around the same as the X2 4600+?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: theslug
Thanks for the suggestions. But I've lost track of Intel's latest CPUs..in terms of price and speed, what would be around the same as the X2 4600+?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005

This one in most every benchmark besides a few encoding ones