One Frankenstein of a machine

[Mokmo418]

Ok Here's the thing
This system is not fully for gaming,
i'm in my last year in college and the next months are going to be intensive on CAD programs
Right now we're on inventor 8 and there is a possibility we end up on catia (dunno the version)
At School the P4 1.8GHz 512MB Ram are just enough to run the first without too much hassle so the second's gonna rush a lot.

I'm about to lose my old mobo (see Thread about death of my mobo ) and i'm pretty much certain of what i'm going to replace it with.
Being on a low budget but needing lots of computing power, i'm taking the old case, a near new enermax 350w psu (enough for the job because of its quality), my 2 HD (WD 8MB buffer, 40GB and 80 GB) my dvdrom and cdrw drives and a GeForceFX 5200. Only changes:

PIII 1GHz to A64 S754 3200+ retail
758MB pc133 memory to 1GB Corsair VS1GBKIT400 dual chan kit
Aopen AX34 Pro II Motherboard to DFI LanParty NF3 250GB

These three parts are 700$ Can (560-570 USD at current rates) For prices in canadian dollars see
NCIX VibeComputers Anitec
Budget could go a little higher, but right now this is what i have in mind.
Would anyone suggest any changes ? I believe those parts are good

 

[Mokmo418]

bump...

 

[LtPage1]

looks good to me. upgrading to an s939 would be good if you have the money, though.

 

[stevty2889]

Looks good, you made some good choices.

 

[CraigRT]

I would not suggest any changes. :thumbsup:

 

[darkswordsman17]

So, are you going to be running either of those first two programs on your own computer? If you are then I'd think the graphics card needed changing.

 

[vailr]

I'd say: try first, upgrading your PSU to 400 Watt, or more.
Your old 350W PSU may be the source of your problem, and not the motherboard.
If that doesn't cure the problem, at least you'll then have a better PSU.
Generally speaking: the PSU is much more likely to fail, than is the motherboard,
after the initial first week or two of starting up a newly built machine.

 

[ApacheChief]

You do NOT need dual channel memory for a 754 mobo.

Get the 3000+, then overclock it... or if you're on a REALLY low budget, get a sempron 3100+ and OC that.

 

[scaryclownsarefun]

You should save some money and buy the 2800+ and overclock it also, the DFI 250 UT isn't necisary at all, pick up a chaintec VNF3-250. other than that you have a good cad system going

 

[Mokmo418]

About the Enermax PSU
The Enermax is nearly new meaning last august. As some indicate in many topics, a quality PSU is preferable to a generic one with a higher power rating
I believe it is enough
Model EG365P-VE
+3.3 32A
+5 32A
+12 26A

 

[Boonesmi]

your powersupply is plenty of power for that system

i have a dual opteron system running on an enermax 360w