Upgrade Phase 2

[AATRuler]

This is Upgrade Phase 2.

I add some stuff, got rid of some and now going for the last check-up.

The Parts:

- Tagan TG480-U22 480 Watt = $111
- AMD Athlon 64 Venice 3000+, socket 939, Boxed = $490
- TwinMos Speed Premium DDR SDRAM, 1 GB, PC3200, 400 MHz, Matched pair (2x 512 MB) $140
- Asus A8N-E = $114,50
- Asus EN6600GT + DOOM 3 128 MB, PCI Express x16 = $257
- Zalman VF700-Cu Silent VGA Cooler = $29
- Asus DVD-E616P2 16x, 48x, White, Retail = $30
- Zalman ZM-NB47J Northbridge Heatsink - Aluminium 37x37x47 mm = $4
- AeroEngine Jr.-SS = $73,50
- Cooler Master TLF-S82-EB = $6
- OEM 3,5 Floppy Drive Silver = $8,50
- Nexus Technology Memory Heatspreader, aluminium, blue $8,50
- Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS OEM = $73,50
- Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical White, OEM $44,50

The money: $1086

The Budget: not far more than $1200

Note:
- The case, fan, and soundcard im gonna get l8er.
- I cant get Chaintec Mobo's.

Questions:
- Any nice other PSU from brands AC Ryan, Antec, Be Quiet, Cooler Master, ElanVital, Enermax, Huntkey, Nexus Technology, OCZ, Silentmaxx, SilverStone, Tagan or Zalman that can handle pci-e?
- What is better for the Processor? Boxed or OEM? apart from 2 years more repay or whatever its called.

Any other suggestions are welcome.

Im getting my stuff from here, they dont have all stuff NewEgg has, but it dutch and wont cost me shipping n all that crap.

 

[FishTankX]

Go for the 6800GT's, much more graphics power.

 

[AATRuler]

I have discovered that the OCZ Modstream 450Watt also has a pci-e cable, and has blue leds which is ofcourse rather nice SO im going for that one, any comments on this part?
Ive made up my mind and im going to buy the OEM of the 3000+ Venice since im putting a Zalman Coller on it, and most likely will upgrade soon after i get this system, so those 2 more years warrenty aret good for me. Any comments on this?
Im going to buy the x-530 5.1 set from Logitech.. heard they had good sound. Any comment on this maybe.
And instead of the doom3 limited edition of the asus en6600gt im going to get the TOP limited edition (still stadart overclocked) I wont get the 6800gt coz i will b upgrading soon after ( posibility is SLI ).
Im going to get the Seagate 160GB SATA HD.. heard Seagate was quite silent and good timings.. maybe you prefer a better part? Any comments?

Furthermore i dropped the aditional case fan coz theres allready one on the side of that Aerocool case.

Feel free to say what you think.. THe budget isnt much of a trouble coz i will be workin saturdays after so i can get parts afterwards.. So tell me what ya think.. ( though certain parts i need at the same time to have it run )

 

[rickn]

OCZ modstream is great, and they have good warranty. tagan and ocz are pumped out of the same factory I think.

btw, the modstream has a single +12v rail, and not a dual +12v rail

 

[suicidalpigeon]

huh? tagan 480 for $111? really now... and the 6600gt doom bundle for 257? get them separately.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

hmm now i see why they cost diff. what kind of site is that.

 

[AATRuler]

Originally posted by: wafflesandsyrup
hmm now i see why they cost diff. what kind of site is that.

Heheheh, its one of the best site's around here in holland. Excelent delivery and supply. They ask about 10 dollar transport costs for in Holland for thw whole lot you are ordering. Why those parts cost that much/cheap... i wouldnt know. On Sallandautomatisering, another site from holland, the prices are usually higher.. and anywhere else they dont supply as much as on that site..

 

[AATRuler]

Originally posted by: rickn
OCZ modstream is great, and they have good warranty. tagan and ocz are pumped out of the same factory I think.

btw, the modstream has a single +12v rail, and not a dual +12v rail

And what should that result into?

Edit:

huh? tagan 480 for $111? really now... and the 6600gt doom bundle for 257? get them separately.

THe TOP limited edition retail package without counter strike or something but with doom 3. Special edition. THe Doom3 edition you can get in USA AND Europe (no limits or something.. like they dont stick to making 5000 parts.), while the TOP limited edition has only 5000 around the world.

 

[AATRuler]

Hehe, like bringing this thread back from the dead.

I have to thank you guys for your comments and critque.
I Made some Changes and ordered this:

CPU: AMD 64 3000+ Venice OEM
PSU: OCZ Modstream 450W
MoBo: Asus A8N-E
Chipset Cooler: Akasa AK-210
HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus
Case: Aerocool AeroEngine JR Silver
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS7700-Cu
Memory: TWINX1024-3200C2PT 2x512
GPU: LeadTek Winfast PX6600GT Extreme
DVD-Player: Asus DVD-E616P2 White
Discette Drive: OEM Silver
Soundcard: Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Retail
Smart Information Panel: AeroCool GateWatch Silver
5.1 Boxes: Logitech X-530\]

I will keep u updated with performance and maybe some questions about installing n stuff..