looking to buy a shuttle advice wanted :)

n1ck

Hey,
Im thinking of buying a shuttle and all i need is the basics, cpu, mobo ram and heatsink.

Bloodbath very kindly did some research for me and came up with these parts:

Product AID: 15785 Barebone Biostar iDEQ 200P Sockel 754 - 229 euro
http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=15785

Product AID: 17335 CPU AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512kB Tray - 199 euro
http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=17335

Product AID: 14555 DDR PC400 512MB Mushkin Basic Green - 84 euro
http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=14555

Product AID: 14654 Kühler SA Arctic Copper Silent 2 V2.1 - 8 euro
http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=14654

Product AID: 14776 Wärmeleitpaste Arctic Silver 5 3,5g - 6 euro
http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=14776

All this comes to about €526 including delivery.
All from jes-computers.

I have a budget of about €500 so if u have any advice on what to get post up.

Cheers
Nick.

.ak

go for the 64+ bit one. No doubt about it. It'll be the best thing you've ever spent money on.

-Adam

n1ck

Yeh that processor is 64bit and the barebones is 64bit compatible.

koneko

I have the same CPU (but the 1MB cache version), it's great, AMD 64s are a great choice at the moment.

What graphics card are you going to use?

n1ck

I'll be using a ti4200 or an mx440. Both 128mb versions.

n1ck

One thing myself and Bloodbath were wondering was will that heatsink fit in the shuttle with the harddrive and dvd-drive in there?

koneko

You're into your games so I'd say stick with the Ti4200, an MX440 won't be very good.

Sounds like a good set-up other than that. I'm a fan of the Shuttles myself, but afaik the Biostar ones are pretty good aswell.

edit:

AFAIK it comes with a cooler:

http://www.sfftech.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=442&pid=1585

quarryman

that's not a shuttle btw.


THIS ......is a shuttle.

n1ck

koneko wrote:

You're into your games so I'd say stick with the Ti4200, an MX440 won't be very good.

Sounds like a good set-up other than that. I'm a fan of the Shuttles myself, but afaik the Biostar ones are pretty good aswell.

edit:

AFAIK it comes with a cooler:

http://www.sfftech.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=442&pid=1585

Thank you for helping and doing a bit of looking up.

And quarryman unless you're gonna post something constructive go away.

koneko

No worries. www.sfftech.com is a good site for this type of thing, check out their forums aswell for some useful info/posts.

quarryman

n1ck wrote:

Thank you for helping and doing a bit of looking up.

And quarryman unless you're gonna post something constructive go away.

wrong link.



here

n1ck

quarryman wrote:

wrong link.



here

LOL, was you're other link just an enormous typo then?
I think i'll stick with the other barebones as it seems like a decent choice.

[edit] I've noticed on the original barebones that its an nForce3 chipset that means it has on board graphics and if so what gfx card is it equivalent to?

gobby

quarryman wrote:

wrong link.



here

Heh... Ye pup!

Must say though. Ive read this thread and never noticed that mistake before. It says 'shuttle' in the title and the link is to a biostar...

Your still a pup though...

@n1ck: Thats gonna be a nice system when ye get it going. I've been looking to get a barebones myself but cash is a bit of a problem at the moment. Tell me how ye get on with the biostar when ye get it. Would be most interested.

quarryman

n1ck wrote:

LOL, was you're other link just an enormous typo then?
I think i'll stick with the other barebones as it seems like a decent choice.

[edit] I've noticed on the original barebones that its an nForce3 chipset that means it has on board graphics and if so what gfx card is it equivalent to?

no its not onboard graphics, its the nforce3 150 chipset. it allows the following:

# Support for the HyperTransport bus
# Support for the AGP 8X bus
# IDE Interfaces: ATA -33/66/100/133 (3 channels)
# Support for RAID arrays (levels 0,1 and 0+1)
# Number of PCI Masters: 5
# USB 2.0 ports: 6
# Support for AC'97 2.1
# 10/100MB Fast Ethernet

as far as i can tell the Biostar 200p doesn't have onboard gfx.

n1ck

gobby wrote:

@n1ck: Thats gonna be a nice system when ye get it going. I've been looking to get a barebones myself but cash is a bit of a problem at the moment. Tell me how ye get on with the biostar when ye get it. Would be most interested.

Will do.

And cheers again quarryman, i had a look and i didnt find anything about on board graphics but just making sure, cause i really don't have a clue.

Slutmonkey57b

I think quarryman's first post is what's known in the trade as a "joke".

It is intended to provide humour while reading a thread full of dry facts.

quarryman

Slutmonkey57b wrote:

I think quarryman's first post is what's known in the trade as a "joke".

It is intended to provide humour while reading a thread full of dry facts.

actually it was. 13.78 imaginary Euros to the poster with its origin (gobby and DC don't count)

btw n1ck, would you consider a Shuttle, i can recommend them as i proud owner.

n1ck

The barebones i posted i think i will go with as it was recommended by a mate.

quarryman

fair enough. what are you using for graphics? will it used for gaming?

the onboard graphics is handy if you can get it. if it ain't being used for games at all then you can run it VERY quiet by leaving out a gfx card altogether.

other than that it seems like a nice rig, good luck.


this is mine btw:

n1ck

Yeh it will be used for gaming, ive got a ti4200 i'll be putting into it.

Thats a nice little shuttle, the one that my mate picked out i'll stick with though, dont really want to be confusing everything.

BloodBath

# 10/100MB Fast Ethernet

It actually supports 10/100/1000mb fast ethernet so it has gigalan potential.

Quarryman the reason I picked that barebones was to stay inside his budget. The one you linked costs 50 euro more and I don't see any benifits apart from appearance. The nForce chipsets are the best you can get for a64's so it really is a bargain.

So just cancel the cooler nick but make sure you get the artic silver. The order was excluding delivery btw so it should cost you about 550 now including delivery.

Good luck with it and let me know how you get on. It's gonna be a sweet barebones system.


BloodBath

n1ck

Cheers, 550 should be do-able, i'll post back when i get the money which i havent got atm.

BloodBath

This is a really good one for the price and has an excellent display on it but it's socket478 so you would have to use a P4.

I was going to go with this originally but I couldn't find Northwoods for sale anywhere. They only seem to be stocking Prescotts at the moment which might be a bit too hot for a barebones system although the heatsink looked quite decent with that last one.

It's your call, that one is about 40 euro cheaper.


BloodBath

n1ck

I could do that and keep my current processor but i like to keep up to date and €50 over my budget isnt that much.

My current processor being a p4 2.4 northwood.

n1ck

I know this thread is old and i apologise for bringing it back up... but that barebones system which i was about to order today is not for sale on JES-Computers.de anymore so if anyone can find it anywhere else and would be so kind to post it up or similar amd64bit compatible barebones i would very much appreciate it.