Yea or Nay?

[thesurge]

Building a new rig, here it is:

Processor: AMD 3200+ Venice (939)- $190- Retail- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a...103535&ATT=Processors&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me

Graphics Card: Connect3D ATI x800XL- $243- OEM- http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...ant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=190527

Motherboard: EPox Nforce4 Ultra- $106- Retail-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123236

Hard Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 16MB-$119-OEM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144235

Optical Drive: NEC Silver IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A- $44-OEM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152053

Floppy Drive: NEC Black Internal Floppy Drive- $10- OEM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821152005

Case: Antec Super LANBoy- $69- http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products...292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=125653&_LOC=US

Power Supply Unit- Enermax 460W Power Supply- $53- Retail- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103440

Thermal Paste- Arctic Silver 5- $8- Retail- http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.a...e&ATT=Arctic+Silver+5+Thermal+Compound

Belkin Toolkit- $14- Retail- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16899888201

Operating System- Windows XP Home Edition- $ - Retail-

Memory- Corsair ValueSelect 512x2 PC3200- $80.99- Retail- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

The x800XL is back to $259 btw....

BTW, its looking good.

 

[Valkerie]

looks like a solid system to me, though I'd say go with WinXP Pro if you're going with a system like that - you won't regret it or turn back

 

[shoRunner]

great system. are you planning on overclocking?

there is no reason to go with XP pro, unless you need the advanced networking features or file encryption. otherwise it is exactly the same.

 

[ProviaFan]

I find the "advanced" networking features of XP Pro to be useful even on my "simple" home network (not running a domain, BTW).

System looks good, anyhow. :thumbsup:

 

[linuxconvert]

holy cow! that's almost the exact same system i'm going to build! 🙂
Although i'm not exactly sure if i'd go with the Maxtor HDD, i know quite a few people who aren't exactly thrilled with thier performance. but other than that sounds pretty good.

 

[twitchee2]

you might want to get get a different theraml paste like AS5 its about the same price

 

[PsYcHoCoW]

I think you shouldn't bother with extra thermal paste since your CPU is retail.

The rig looks nice.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

AS5 if you want thermal paste. Wipe the crap off the retail HSF and ur good to go. Temps drop like a rock. Even with my stock cooler, temps dropped amazing, and then even more with a new HSF.

 

[Sy]

Yea... Get XP Professional... You need it for remote desktop connection too.... and as long as you are allready buying your stuff from Newegg you can just buy the OEM version for the same price as the XP Home(Retail).

~Sy

 

[n7]

Excellent budget system!

Only thing i'd change is the DVD burner.

The NEC 3540 isn't very good; get the Pioneer or BenQ

 

[thesurge]

okay, Artic Silver 5 it is....

Are you sure about the NEC 3540A? I've heard nothing but good reviews about it...

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: Valkerie
looks like a solid system to me, though I'd say go with WinXP Pro if you're going with a system like that - you won't regret it or turn back

Hmm.... the problem is that I have a legal copy of XP Home lying around my house (this is why I did not list a price for the OS), but I may be able to get XP Pro from a university...

 

[Bona Fide]

LoL. Well one more thing...Maxtor is good, but Seagate is better.
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...de=150322&Category_Code=SATAHardDrives

Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
LoL. Well one more thing...Maxtor is good, but Seagate is better.
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...de=150322&Category_Code=SATAHardDrives

Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA

Hmm... the Maxtor has 16MB cache....

Also, with all this talk of BF2, should I buy a system with 2 gigs of RAM?

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: thesurge
Yea or Nay?

Nay

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: thesurge
Yea or Nay?

Nay

Why?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: thesurge

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
LoL. Well one more thing...Maxtor is good, but Seagate is better.
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...de=150322&Category_Code=SATAHardDrives

Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA

Hmm... the Maxtor has 16MB cache....

Also, with all this talk of BF2, should I buy a system with 2 gigs of RAM?

True but it runs as hot if not hotter than a raptor and it will be loud. 7200.8 is very quiet and VERY nice.

3540 is good. 3520 and 3500 were great for their time, but many drives have caught up to NEC and so 3540 is not like astonishing. It's not hte most compatible drive, but if you go read Anand's system recommendation that came out yesterday, he still recommends the NEC burner, so go with the 3540A. You can't find the BenQ anyways, and the Pioneer doesn't even come close ot NEC.

 

[thesurge]

What about 2gigs of RAM? I don't game a lot, but I would like to play BF2 at Medium-High settings at 1024x768 with 2xAA