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wallywaldo

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hey im thinking about buying this system, I'm on a budget of about 2000 Aussie dollars

M/B ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
Power Supply: Antec 500 Watt ATX12V v2.0 PSU
CPU: AMD 3800+ Socket 939
HD: 200GB Seagate SATA Hard Drive
RAM: 2GB(2x1GB Sticks) CORSAIR 1GB PC3200 DDR 400 RAM
OPTICAL DRIVE 1: Pioneer Dual Layer, Internal 16x DVD+/-RW Drive
OPTICAL DRIVE 2: LG BLACK DVD ROM 16X DVD 52X CD READ
Floppy: BLACK TEAC FLOPPY
Graphics: XFX Nvidia 6600 GT Dual DVI

any suggestions comments much appreciated

Cheers Tom
 
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suicidalpigeon

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Originally posted by: ItmPls
Asus to DFI
XFX to BFG
Corsair or OCZ
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fixed. oh, and LoungeAct404, that card is agp, he would want a pci-e, which then makes the 6800nu a bad choice since it doesnt unlock compared to the agp predecessor . monarch has a x800xl for $260, best bang for the buck mid-high end card at the moment. but if you still want an nvidia, bfg now and always.

edit:x800xl
 
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Le Petomane

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Unless you plan on running 2 high end video cards, SLI is a waste of money, as is the 3800+. Get yourself an Epox 9npa+, and a 3000+ (venice) It will O/C easily to 3800 speed. With the money you saved there, you can put it towards a better video card, which will give you better performance. Preferably a 6800GT. It has the best price/performance on the market. Don't listen to the ATI fanboys. There is absolutely nothing wrong with corsair memory, do not hesitate to buy it. Also, enermax and fortron make excellent PSU's. Don't waste money on an antec. Pioneer makes great drives, you would not regret buying one.
 
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w00t

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get 6800gt or x800xl and ditch that 500w psu get a modstream 450w.
 
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The Pentium Guy

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I'd get the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium unless you want to have issues and bugs with your board.
Get a 3700+ SanDiego. I think it's cheaper, and you get a bigger L2 Cache, AND it overclocks better.
Don't get XFX, try Leadtek, eVGA, or BFG.
Last suggestion: I'm not sure if you're a gamer or not. But it might cost an extra $20 to get the 6800 instead of the 6600GT. You can overclock this baby and unlock pipelines and all. It'll be better thant he 6600GT for sure.

500W might be overkill though.

-The Pentium Guy
 
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Le Petomane

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WTF is wrong with you people. He does not need an SLI board. And definately nothing ASUS would have to offer. A 3700+ is a waste of money, and XFX makes VERY good video cards. A 3000+ with a 6800 GT is far better then a 3700 san de-epenis with a measly 6600 GT. You should give your computer to your neighbor or something, buy a PS2, and live happily ever after. Just please, stop acting like you know something.
 
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The Pentium Guy

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Originally posted by: wafflesandsyrup
anyone know who Le Petomane is?
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Something that starts with T.

Edit: Yo, Petomane, chill out man. We're just expressing opinion here. Sure a 3000+/6800GT's fine, but we're not even sure if this guy's gonna overclock or not, or if he plays games, etc. Chill.
 
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Le Petomane

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I'm your mother.

O/C or not, the GPU would wield the highest FPS. I wish you people would stop recommending high end mobos (DFI ultra, which is a POS) And LL ram, when the best results come from the GPU. (and LL ram has been proven to give minimal performance increase over value ram.) Go ahead and flame me because I don't have 535645647456456856 posts. I know WTF I am talking about.
 
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Joepublic2

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Originally posted by: Le Petomane
I'm your mother.

O/C or not, the GPU would wield the highest FPS. I wish you people would stop recommending high end mobos (DFI ultra, which is a POS) And LL ram, when the best results come from the GPU. (and LL ram has been proven to give minimal performance increase over value ram.) Go ahead and flame me because I don't have 535645647456456856 posts. I know WTF I am talking about.
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It's yield, not wield, unless you use your computer as a weapon. ;)
 
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t3h l337 n3wb

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Originally posted by: Joepublic2
Originally posted by: Le Petomane
I'm your mother.

O/C or not, the GPU would wield the highest FPS. I wish you people would stop recommending high end mobos (DFI ultra, which is a POS) And LL ram, when the best results come from the GPU. (and LL ram has been proven to give minimal performance increase over value ram.) Go ahead and flame me because I don't have 535645647456456856 posts. I know WTF I am talking about.
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It's yield, not wield, unless you use your computer as a weapon. ;)
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XD pwnd.

Anyways, you don't need an SLI board. Get the DFI Lanparty Ultra-D if you want uber-high overclocks, or the MSI Neo4 Platinum if you want lots of great features. Those are what I would personally recommend, but there a lots of other good boards out there as well. Get a 3700+ San Diego if you can afford it, but a 3200+ Venice overclocked to like ~2.6-2.7ghz with an XP-90 would work fine as well. Replace the XFX with a Leadteck/eVGA/BFG if you're going nVidia, or maybe the X800XL, which is a great bang for your buck right now. Get OCZ RAM if you're getting a DFI board (it's very picky about RAM), but otherwise, Corsair VS is fine.
 
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n7

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Damn this thread is full of idiocy!

There are far too many n00bs in here who think they know what they are talking about as if their opinions, yes, opinions, not facts, are the word of god.

Now i am going to add my $0.02 (just my opinions)

First off, the OP is not from teh US. Learn to read.

Aight, for motherboards, that Asus is not well-recommended. If you must insist on Asus, get the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium.
Better choices though:
OCing best choice: DFI Lanparty Ultra-D (SLI version available)
Budget OCing choice: Epox 9NPA+ Ultra (SLI version available)

For the CPU, if you don't wish to OC, the 3800+ isn't a bad choice.

However, if you don't mind doing a little tweaking, a Venice 3200+ or San Diego 3700+ would be better options.

If you are into games, the X800XL would be a much better choice.
If you have to stick with the 6600GT, the reason people were saying to avoid the XFX is that their reputation is a tad questionable.
BFG, Leadtek, Gigabyte, eVGA, there are a lot of better options.
Unless the pricing is way different down there though, i'd go for the Epox 9NPA+ Ultra & A64 Venice 3200+ & X800XL

Good luck with the build :)
OCing guides & help are abundant in the CPUs sub-forum :)
 
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shoRunner

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Originally posted by: n7
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Unless the pricing is way different down there though, i'd go for the Epox 9NPA+ Ultra & A64 Venice 3200+ & X800XL
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what i'd go for also, though it depends on how much the x800xl costs down under. here its ~$90 cheaper. but then again, will you be doing any gaming? (are there other things to use a computer for?)
 
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wallywaldo

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ok thanks for all the help so far, i am wanting to do some gaming, graphics designing and a bit of video editing, never been much of a fan of overclocking and i don't think im gonna start now so i'd like items that come good to start with, without the OC

Cheers
 
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Originally posted by: Le Petomane
I'm your mother.
(DFI ultra, which is a POS) I know WTF I am talking about.
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Anyone coming here and claiming the DFI Ultra-D is a POS certainly doesn't kow what he's talking about.

What's the matter...couldn't get yours to work? Something tells me it wasn't the board.
 
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wallywaldo

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one more thing, will this work with the ram i had listed???
if not will the ASUS a8n SLI premium work with the ram??

Cheers Tom
 
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