Ordered some new hardware today....

[Shagga]

I've been through the why's and wherefore's with you guyz and you all gave me some stick.

Anyway, feeling sorry for myself so got some new bits n pieces today, cos like I say, I finished my lunch early and had a spare 5 minutes.

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.8GHz
Ram: Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC2-6400
PSU: Noisetaker 600w (AX Series)
Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 7800 GTX Overclocked 256MB DDR3 DUAL DVI VIVO

Got the wife a chocolate bar too.

 

[Chef Brian]

Nice</jealousy>

 

[Bona Fide]

Ooh...not liking the brand choice for the CPU or GPU. But then, that's just my personal opinion. XFX doesn't seem to have a very good reputation for service, quality, or anything for that matter . Also, judging by your part choices, you like to game. Intel is not the best choice, but I'm assuming you wanted to keep your existing motherboard, so the 670 was the best choice out of what you had..

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: Shagga

Got the wife a chocolate bar too.

LMAO How thoughtful...

Nice rig m8 enjoy...

 

[Shagga]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Ooh...not liking the brand choice for the CPU or GPU. But then, that's just my personal opinion. XFX doesn't seem to have a very good reputation for service, quality, or anything for that matter . Also, judging by your part choices, you like to game. Intel is not the best choice, but I'm assuming you wanted to keep your existing motherboard, so the 670 was the best choice out of what you had..

I had the same thought about the GPU. I couldn't get the Gainward as it wasn't in stock anywhere. The XFX is clocked at 490/1300 so it should last, ooo half an hour. I also looked for the BFG but all I could get was a standard clocked version and I don't do standard versions. Maybe a bad choice, but I'll report back once i've kicked it's @ss.

My current Mobo wont run the 3.8 as it's a socket 775 CPU and my mobo is 478. So, I bought the mobo a ASUS P5WD2 Premium last week and it was feeling like I had forgotten about it.

Plaguing me now. Might cancel the XFX and see what else I can get!!

 

[Shagga]

Originally posted by: jim1976

Originally posted by: Shagga

Got the wife a chocolate bar too.

LMAO How thoughtful...

Nice rig m8 enjoy...

LOL I could tell you I ate it on the way home but then you'd think I was a T#@t.

 

[Cook1]

Originally posted by: Shagga

Got the wife a chocolate bar too.

Good boy

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: Shagga

Originally posted by: jim1976

Originally posted by: Shagga

Got the wife a chocolate bar too.

LMAO How thoughtful...

Nice rig m8 enjoy...

LOL I could tell you I ate it on the way home but then you'd think I was a T#@t.

Wouldn't it be nice if we had wives that have same hobbies as we do?
For example when you need to have some... to whisper to her ear Intel or AMD or Nvidia and ATI and give her the look and then she would get excited and wanna go have crazy .... gaming?
LOL

 

[hclarkjr]

here i just bought a measly MAXTOR SATA 250GB 16 MEG cache hard drive. nice buy

 

[AmberClad]

Originally posted by: Shagga
I've been through the why's and wherefore's with you guyz and you all gave me some stick.

Anyway, feeling sorry for myself so got some new bits n pieces today, cos like I say, I finished my lunch early and had a spare 5 minutes.

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.8GHz
Ram: Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC2-6400
PSU: Noisetaker 600w (AX Series)
Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 7800 GTX Overclocked 256MB DDR3 DUAL DVI VIVO

Got the wife a chocolate bar too.

*jealous* You already had a P4 3.4 Ghz and went and got a 3.8 Ghz one? You don't need that old P4. Give it to meee ! j/k
You should OC the new one to at least 4.0 Ghz. Some people at HardForum managed to do it on air. Nice RAM and PSU too. Some people might not particularly like XFX since they don't offer a lifetime warranty. Not that you'd probably ever keep a particular GPU for more than a few years anyway though.

 

[Bona Fide]

Originally posted by: Shagga

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Ooh...not liking the brand choice for the CPU or GPU. But then, that's just my personal opinion. XFX doesn't seem to have a very good reputation for service, quality, or anything for that matter . Also, judging by your part choices, you like to game. Intel is not the best choice, but I'm assuming you wanted to keep your existing motherboard, so the 670 was the best choice out of what you had..

I had the same thought about the GPU. I couldn't get the Gainward as it wasn't in stock anywhere. The XFX is clocked at 490/1300 so it should last, ooo half an hour. I also looked for the BFG but all I could get was a standard clocked version and I don't do standard versions. Maybe a bad choice, but I'll report back once i've kicked it's @ss.

My current Mobo wont run the 3.8 as it's a socket 775 CPU and my mobo is 478. So, I bought the mobo a ASUS P5WD2 Premium last week and it was feeling like I had forgotten about it.

Plaguing me now. Might cancel the XFX and see what else I can get!!

Wait a second...you had to get a new motherboard and you went with Intel?

If this computer is mainly for gaming, which I'm assuming, return it ASAP. You spend roughly $820 on that, combined. Instead, you could've gotten:

Athlon 64 X2 4400+ $560 shipped
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI $145 shipped after MIR

Not being a fanboy; it's common sense. Look on any website that does CPU benchmarking [start with this site if you want] and you will see that Intel continually and consistently gets a beating by AMD in almost all areas. Gaming is the major one, but most categories show AMD with a nice big advantage.

 

[Shagga]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide

Originally posted by: Shagga

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Ooh...not liking the brand choice for the CPU or GPU. But then, that's just my personal opinion. XFX doesn't seem to have a very good reputation for service, quality, or anything for that matter . Also, judging by your part choices, you like to game. Intel is not the best choice, but I'm assuming you wanted to keep your existing motherboard, so the 670 was the best choice out of what you had..

I had the same thought about the GPU. I couldn't get the Gainward as it wasn't in stock anywhere. The XFX is clocked at 490/1300 so it should last, ooo half an hour. I also looked for the BFG but all I could get was a standard clocked version and I don't do standard versions. Maybe a bad choice, but I'll report back once i've kicked it's @ss.

My current Mobo wont run the 3.8 as it's a socket 775 CPU and my mobo is 478. So, I bought the mobo a ASUS P5WD2 Premium last week and it was feeling like I had forgotten about it.

Plaguing me now. Might cancel the XFX and see what else I can get!!

Wait a second...you had to get a new motherboard and you went with Intel?

If this computer is mainly for gaming, which I'm assuming, return it ASAP. You spend roughly $820 on that, combined. Instead, you could've gotten:

Athlon 64 X2 4400+ $560 shipped
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI $145 shipped after MIR

Not being a fanboy; it's common sense. Look on any website that does CPU benchmarking [start with this site if you want] and you will see that Intel continually and consistently gets a beating by AMD in almost all areas. Gaming is the major one, but most categories show AMD with a nice big advantage.

Hehe, I knew someone would mention AMD. Believe me, I have had some stick on this forum, however, always informative. It's not a reason or an excuse but I have always had Intel stuff, except once I owned a Cyrix 166+. Shhh don't tell anyone.

The CPU is £370.54 in the UK and the mobo is about £80. I paid £385 for the P4 3.8 and about £150 for the mobo so not a great difference so price wasn't a contributing factor at all. I'm not bothered about SLI to be honest. Did that many moons ago using 2 x 8mb Canopus Pure 3D's (now they were kick@ass ).

Now I'm not a fanboy, just more comfortable with Intel. I was gunna wait for ATi's R520 but cannot be bothered to wait. What ever you buy there is always summut faster the day after.

I may be able to recover £300 to £350 for my ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, 2GB PC3200 Ram, Gainward 6800GT GS, Zalman 400A PSU and 3.4GB S478 P4. Makes my upgrade about £780, not too bad. Oh forgot the 80p on the bar of chocolate.

Thanks for your comments, always willing to listen, even if I don't hear if you know what I mean.

 

[Shagga]

Ram arrived today along with the PSU and Graphics card. CPU should arrive tomorow with any luck. Only issue now is a complete new installation, which is a pain sometimes.