rate my build before i buy ! ! !

[Gadzookie]

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv

Pre-Tested and Setup AMD Athlon 64 San Diego/Venice (939) Combo


Motherboard: 110480 - MSI K8N NEO4 Platinum Audio/GB-LAB/PCI-E/ $137.00
Processor: 120210 - AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512K 90nm Rev. E Venice $199.00
Heatsink Fan: 130122 - AMD Certified Opteron/64/FX Heatsink $8.00

FREE Full DVD Version of Far Cry
FREE Napster Music Download for 4 Months
FREE Half Life 2 Full Version Coupon

Total $344.00

monarch will put thogeather the motherboard and cpu for me and update the bios for free !
i will get the venice combo from monarch then get the rest of the parts from new egg


Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail 45.00
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129152

ENERMAX Whisper II EG465P-VE FMA(24) 460W Power Supply - Retail 75.00
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=17-103-464&depa=0

CORSAIR 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail 81.00
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA NCQ 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM 68.00
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148040

NEC FD1231H-302 Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive - OEM 8.50
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821152005

NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM
48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner - OEM 51.99
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152035

Rosewill Radeon X800XL 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card - Retail 289.00
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814164041

Total 618.49

GRAND TOTAL 962.49

i will be running the system on stock for now i dont plan to overclock if i do i can just get a better HSF and im set !

does everything look ok ?

how long will this comp last for gaming ? 2-3 years ?

 

[saltedeggman]

everything looks good, maybe go with a sparkle psu, they are better than enermax IMO

 

[fierydemise]

I'd suggest a Samsung Spinpoint HD, its quieter and a bit faster, I think its cheaper toom also do you really need the floppy drive? and finally I suggest Epox's NF4 ultra board although MSI is great too.

 

[SlitheryDee]

It'll be a nice gaming system now, and venice should have plenty of headroom for OCing, so I'd say that it'll still be playable in 2 years.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Nice! Nice! Nice!

 

[saltedeggman]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
It'll be a nice gaming system now, and venice should have plenty of headroom for OCing, so I'd say that it'll still be playable in 2 years.

hard to say, with the hype of dual core

 

[Gurck]

We all have our brand preferences and avoidances, so rather than try to thrust mine upon you, I'll just suggest searching this forum for "MSI" and seeing how many problems ATers have had with their mainboards. For comparison you can do the same with Asus, Abit, DFI...

 

[AristoV300]

Originally posted by: Gurck
We all have our brand preferences and avoidances, so rather than try to thrust mine upon you, I'll just suggest searching this forum for "MSI" and seeing how many problems ATers have had with their mainboards. For comparison you can do the same with Asus, Abit, DFI...

Agreed with that, the DFI boards look like good choices for the NF4.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: saltedeggman

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
It'll be a nice gaming system now, and venice should have plenty of headroom for OCing, so I'd say that it'll still be playable in 2 years.

hard to say, with the hype of dual core

True, you'll probably want to upgrade when we start seeing games that really take advantage of dual core's multithreading capabilities. The good news is, with an updated bios your board will support AMD's dual cores.

 

[Regs]

If you want me to rate it on value, I would like to know what type of computer you currently own.

If your playing games on a 1.5GHz Duron with a GF MX now, I would rate the computer you're buying a 9 out of 10. Im not including of course all the fancy stuff like dual 6800 GT's and 300 dollar RAM modules.

 

[ArnoldLayne]

Originally posted by: Gadzookie
monarch will put thogeather the motherboard and cpu for me and update the bios for free !

Is there a newer BIOS revision than 1.2 (March 1, 2005)?

 

[Gadzookie]

i just want a good pc that will let me burn dvds go online and surf burning cdr and dvdr and gaming of course ! light photo editing and that will last me at least 2-3 years

 

[Gadzookie]

i do not know about the bios why ?