Athlon 64, need the okay

[newpers]

How is this system. I need suggestions for a hard drive, monitor, and I would like to know if that PSU is enough watts

CPU:- AMD Athalon 64 3200 Retail
Motherboard:- Asus K8V Deluxe
Hard Drive:- Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM SATA
Memory:- Cosair 2 x 512MB PC3200 XMS CMX512-3200LL
Video Card:- ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound Card:- SoundBlaster Audigy 6.1 Dolby
Optical Drive:- DVD-ROM 16x XJ-HD166 Black
Optical Drive:- CD-RW 52x32x52 LTR-52327S
Floppy:- SFD321B/LBL1
Case:- Antec Sonata with 380W PSU
Fans:- 2x80 mm (comes with case)
PSU:- Antec 430W True Power
Keyboard:- Natural Keyboard
Mouse:- Logitech MX500

Price:- $1416.33

I also need an LCD monitor (17" or 19") that has great text and no ghosting.

[edit] Thanks for pointing out the 2 CD-RW.. it was a typo. Typo fixed.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Try to get a 3000+, same performance, nearly half the price.

why do you need two CD-RW drives?

somebody will be along to help you with LCD selection shortly

 

[Markfw]

OK, I'm starting to sound like a broken record on the A64 posts, but a couple of people have had problems with 3200. Don't go cheap and get some good PC3500 CAS2. You won;t regret it.

 

[newpers]

In addition, I will not be doing any overclocking. So, are you saying that people are having problems with the 3200 processor itself or memory capatiblity with the 3200. Thanks

 

[Farmer]

newpers:

I would have to agree with the 3000+ comments. I actually now regret getting my 3200+ too soon.

I think the 380 watter that comes with the Sonata is fine (my P4 2.4C runs fine on a 200w PS, though that system does not have many other power-hungry components). You might want to sacrifice a space for some more speed by switching over to a 75 gig raptor.

As for the LCD, I guess look into the 16ms 17" panels.

 

[goossedump]

i just setup a computer with that motherboard. i wouldn't recomend buying it. It takes like 2 minutes for it to auto detect the harddrive and cd-rom drive at the bios boot.

maybe there needs to be some settings changed but i doubt it.

 

[jwells777]

just for reference...the 3200+ is no where near twice the cost of the 3000+ anymore. It makes it a much more difficult choice.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Try to get a 3000+, same performance, nearly half the price.

why do you need two CD-RW drives?

somebody will be along to help you with LCD selection shortly

?

The 3200 + is now under $300 for retail

3000+ is around $215

 

[Jeff7181]

Since we're so close to seeing what socket 939 and the nForce3 250 brings, I'd wait. Actually, I am waiting. I've been thinking about switching to a P4 setup for a change of pace, or getting an Athlon-64 system... but since we're going to be seeing the Prescott in about a month, and the socket 939 Athlon-64's, it makes sense to wait and see what the difference is.

 

[slpaulson]

For an LCD, I'd look at what dell has to offer and hope there's some good sales going on.
Mostly because they will take a return no questions asked.

The 16ms 17" panels don't have very good color.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU

?

The 3200 + is now under $300 for retail

3000+ is around $215

heh... my bad... too much KOTOR lately, last time I checked (few days ago) that's the way it was.

 

[Elcs]

First of all, its Athlon . Sorry to pick that out but its always the insignifgant things that annoy us.

Id agree on the 3000+ over the 3200+ unless you seriously need the extra power.

For keyboard/mouse, Id suggest the Logitech Cordless MX. Beautiful keyboard and even though the mouse feels like a brick, it glides accross my desktop with more grace than Torville & Dean on Ice.

 

[DXM]

Keep the 380watt PSU that comes with the Sonata, it's more than enough to power that system.

 

[newpers]

So, the 1024 MB Cache size is not significant enough to spend the extra $60 for the Athlon 64 3200 over the 3000. In addition, do I really need the PC 3500 RAM over the PC 3200 RAM if I am not overclocking. Also, what is a good silent hard disk drive?

Thanks

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: newpers
So, the 1024 MB Cache size is not significant enough to spend the extra $60 for the Athlon 64 3200 over the 3000. In addition, do I really need the PC 3500 RAM over the PC 3200 RAM if I am not overclocking. Also, what is a good silent hard disk drive?

Thanks

3500 over 3200, if not overclocking, no.
Its a hard call to say about 3200 vs 3000. On one hand, the 1mbyte cache cannot show its true potential (unless in 64-bit environment). On the other hand, we dont know just how much performance is effected when cache is halfed to 512kbyte in a 64-bit environment. What we do know is, that the 3000+ series in 32-bit mode with 512kbyte cache has little to no real world performance degrations.