My new PC build. Screenshot of what I am about to order...750 bucks.

[Kaxter]

Well I read up for a bit, and I came up with this for my PC on mwave. I am obsessed with MMORPGs, and I think the 9600XT will be able to handle it. I can go up to about 800 dollars total for a PC. Does this look good? Is this the best setup for the money?

http://www.vilification.com/pics/newpc.jpg

 

[Anubis]

i wouldent get a sempron but thats just me

 

[klah]

DO NOT HIT THE BUY BUTTON!

There are much better alternatives.

Example:

A64 3000+ s939 90nm: $150
Asus A8V Deluxe: $130
512MBx2 Mushkin PC3200: $140

 

[jpeyton]

Replace the CPU/Motherboard/RAM with:

Chaintech VNF3-250 $75
Athlon 64 2800+ $130
Corsair Value 1GB (512MBx2) $150

Savings of roughly $75 over the items you selected.

And then add that $75 you saved on the above items to the video card budget and get a XFX 6600GT ($225).

So you're getting a MUCH faster video card, and a faster CPU, for the same amount of money.

 

[Kaxter]

Damn, im glad I didnt submit it. Ok, I am redoing my order:


Thanks for these tips guys.

 

[Anubis]

This is all from newegg, as of about 5 min ago, seems me and jpeyton think a like, for about 30$ more you coudl add in a DVD burner and not that CD burner if you wanted, you dont actually NEED a gig of ram either, that would save you another 80$ or so

AMD Athlon 64 2800+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - Retail - $128
CHAINTECH nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU, Model "VNF3-250 - $76
Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - 147$
ANTEC Solution Series Super Mid Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "SLK3700AMB" - 65$
Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB - $80
Lite-On White 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Drive, Model SOHR-5238S, - 25$
XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, Dual DVI, AGP 8X, Model "PVT43AND" 240

Total 761$

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: Anubis

AMD Athlon 64 2800+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - Retail - 128
CHAINTECH nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU, Model "VNF3-250 - 76
Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - 147$
ANTEC Solution Series Super Mid Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "SLK3700AMB" - 65
Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB - 80
Lite-On White 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Drive, Model SOHR-5238S, - 25$
GIGABYTE nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "GV-NX66T128D" - 194

Total 715$

That motherboard has AGP.

 

[Anubis]

yea i fixed that
stupid PCIE why is it so much cheaper then the AGP version ?
i didnt even look when i clicked it i was just like OOO good deal

 

[Kaxter]

Originally posted by: Anubis
This is all from newegg, as of about 5 min ago, seems me and jpeyton think a like, for about 30$ more you coudl add in a DVD burner and not that CD burner if you wanted, you dont actually NEED a gig of ram either, that would save you another 80$ or so

AMD Athlon 64 2800+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - Retail - $128
CHAINTECH nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU, Model "VNF3-250 - $76
Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - 147$
ANTEC Solution Series Super Mid Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "SLK3700AMB" - 65$
Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB - $80
Lite-On White 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Drive, Model SOHR-5238S, - 25$
XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, Dual DVI, AGP 8X, Model "PVT43AND" 240

Total 761$

Wow, I think I am going to order exactly that. You guys are awesome. I just got saved from screwing myself.

I just read several reviews on the Chaintech board and every single site said that it was a great board. Man now I am getting excited.

 

[Anubis]

shipping on that might put you over 800 but thats the best i coudl do in 10 min, seeing as you mainily play MMORPGs you dont NEED a gig of ram 512 will be fine, bringing your total closer to 700$ and if you find out you need/want more ram it is really easy to pick up later

you can change thoes colors and such i just grabbed the first one, they are all basically the same price for the other colors, case and CDrom drive
you might wanna see if you can find a 8x DVD Burner, they are great even if you just use them for Data backup, newegg only seems to be selling the newer 12x and 16x drives that cost more

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: Kaxter

I just read several reviews on the Chaintech board and every single site said that it was a great board. Man now I am getting excited.

The only downside to that board is that it does not support Cool'n'Quiet, but otherwise it's a good board.

I would hold off on your order for one more day so you can get some more input from the day crowd here.

 

[stelleg151]

Originally posted by: Anubis
This is all from newegg, as of about 5 min ago, seems me and jpeyton think a like, for about 30$ more you coudl add in a DVD burner and not that CD burner if you wanted, you dont actually NEED a gig of ram either, that would save you another 80$ or so

AMD Athlon 64 2800+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - Retail - $128
CHAINTECH nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU, Model "VNF3-250 - $76
Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - 147$
ANTEC Solution Series Super Mid Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "SLK3700AMB" - 65$
Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB - $80
Lite-On White 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Drive, Model SOHR-5238S, - 25$
XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, Dual DVI, AGP 8X, Model "PVT43AND" 240

Total 761$

i would go with this setup, you will be very happy.

 

[foofoo]

hi,
i second the call for upgrading to a dvd burner - if you check the hot deals forums, you can get a good one one for ~$50. the incremental cost is pretty low over the cdrw and you have a lot more versatility.
hot deals link
have fun.

 

[tbates757]

Go with the $761 setup, it's a great system for such little money and it will run your games very well.

 

[Zebo]

WTF?!?!?!

You can get a A64 combo for cheaper price as your duron combo from Mwave

 

[Andres3605]

it wasnt a duron lol

 

[Neptune3000]

NOOOOOOOOO! dont get the chaintech, ge teh DFI!!!

I had that chaintech and it sucks I ended up havingto buy 2 of them that still sucked and made a weird noise that hurt m,y ears. I finally ended up getting the DFI and i'm as happy as i can be. I get higher OCs, fasterloads, I CAN RUN 3STICKS OF RAM, better sound, built in firewall.

get the DFI!!!

u cant say i did'nt tell u so.....

 

[BillClo]

I was under the impression that if the original poster got the 2x512Mb memory and wanted to add memory, he'd 1) have to add 2 sticks because the dual channel memory controller insists upon 2 or 4 sticks, and 2) that if he had 4 sticks that the board would force the memory into DDR333 mode, not DDR400. Or am I mistaken?

 

[Kaxter]

I am putting my order in tomarrow! Yes!

I am ordering the exact setup Anubis suggesting, with exception to the case.

One more question:

Is it worth the extra 15 bucks to go to an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ instead of the 2800+?

 

[jpeyton]

Yes

 

[Kaxter]

Also, to show you all what PC I am going from:

Epox 8kata+ pro

Athlon 1700

512MB PC133 Kingston RAM

GeForce2 MX400 64MB

80G HD

I built that PC almost 4 years ago. Man I am so in need of an upgrade, lol.

 

[Anubis]

the 1700+ isnt so bad thats like the exact setup i had, epox 8kha+ 1700+ 1 gig of 2700 DDR

have a 2400+ mobiule now at 2.4GHz gig of ram 500 gigs of Hdd space ti4600

my next upgrade is going to be a dual CPU workstation

 

[CheesePoofs]

Originally posted by: BillClo
I was under the impression that if the original poster got the 2x512Mb memory and wanted to add memory, he'd 1) have to add 2 sticks because the dual channel memory controller insists upon 2 or 4 sticks, and 2) that if he had 4 sticks that the board would force the memory into DDR333 mode, not DDR400. Or am I mistaken?

1) The A64 2800 is a socket 754 CPU, meaning its single channel, but i don't think that the dual channel A64's insist on 2 or 4 sticks anyways.
2) Im not sure about this board, but I know that on most A64 boards you can manually force it to go back to DDR400 mode with 4 sticks of ram

 

[JeepnTJ03]

Don't rule out a SFF choice and one with possibly more performance for not much more...

Shuttle SK83G $200
AMD 64 3000+ $150
Corsair VS 1GB PC3200 $150
ATI 9800 Pro $200
Maxtor 120GB SATA $85
Lite On 52X32X52X16 $36

$821


If anything go with the 9800 Pro over the 9600. You'll thank yourself in the long run. It's not that much more now a days and well worth it.

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: Neptune3000
NOOOOOOOOO! dont get the chaintech, ge teh DFI!!!

I had that chaintech and it sucks I ended up havingto buy 2 of them that still sucked and made a weird noise that hurt m,y ears. I finally ended up getting the DFI and i'm as happy as i can be. I get higher OCs, fasterloads, I CAN RUN 3STICKS OF RAM, better sound, built in firewall.

get the DFI!!!

u cant say i did'nt tell u so.....

agree dfi better. dont buy yet ok just wait there is more you can do.