Really close to purchasing (Epox 8KHA+)

[Krank]

Here I am again reevaluating my system purchase. I had orginally ordered the Asus A7V266-E, but after 3 weeks it has not arrived yet. So I've cancelled that order and started to think of the Epox...

Epox 8KHA+
Athlon XP 1600
Alpha PAL8045
Micron PC2100 DDR 256mb x 2
Antec SX635 (350W PSU)
VisionTek Geforce3 Ti 200
Audigy OEM or X-Gamer
40 or 60 gb Western Digital HD 7200 rpm
Yamaha 8824 CD-RW and a Creative 5x DVD (from previous system)

So I ask the anandtech forum folk once again what they think of this setup. I am considering looking at the 8KHA2, which has a HighPoint Raid controller, 6-channel C-Media onboard sound, 4 dimm slots and a debug card. Also with the HSF I really wanted to avoid the sound made by the 60mm fans.

TIA

Brent

 

[chizow]

You can wait for the 8KHA2, and in 3 weeks when it hasn't arrived yet, something else will entice you. Point is, if you keep waiting for the next best thing, you'll be waiting forever

Chiz

 

[Garet Jax]

Krank,

Looks like a great system. Two suggestions:

1) Get the Audigy or get the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. I have avoided the X-Gamer ever since I had some compatiblity problems with it. I have the Santa Cruz and it is sweet.

2) I would get 256 MB RAM and wait to see if Crucial is able to release the 512 MB DIMM this year like they say.

Just my two cents.

 

[Mem]

Looks ok,2x256mb is fine even if Crucial bring out a 512mb module you have a spare slot for it and I can`t see anyone needing more then 1GB of ram for a long while,btw are you going to OC?

Definately go with the Audigy it uses less cpu power.



I`ve just ordered a Epox board as well but with the 40GB Maxtor 740DX harrdrive .

 

[Krank]

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1) Get the Audigy or get the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. I have avoided the X-Gamer ever since I had some compatiblity problems with it. I have the Santa Cruz and it is sweet. >>



I meant the OEM Audigy or the Audigy X-Gamer. I hope their drivers work well with Win2k or XP.

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<< You can wait for the 8KHA2, and in 3 weeks when it hasn't arrived yet, something else will entice you. Point is, if you keep waiting for the next best thing, you'll be waiting forever >>



Very true, though I'd save a lot of money waiting forever. The 8KHA2 had good onboard sound that might make getting the Audigy not necessary.

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<< btw are you going to OC? >>



I was not going to do any real OCing until I get my system setup going for a while. Might max the memory timings and not touch the FSB for a while.

Brent