€800 Pc

davkav

Built a Pc for a mate of mine on JES what yous think. Had a budget of €800.

Any recommended changes would be appreciated

Have a case already from maplins

Netzteil Chill Ultrasilent CP-400P 400W 59.99 EUR
15519
Kühler SA Sharkoon Heatpipe HPS2 25.90 EUR
13109
CDR IDE LiteOn LTR52246S 52x24x52x 25.99 EUR
15258
128MB MSI MS-8937 FX5900XT-VTD128 RTL199.99 EUR
14300
HDD IDE 160GB Samsung SP1614N 8MB 86.90 EUR
14442
MB ATX SA ASUS A7N8X-X, nForce2 61.99 EUR
15157
19'' Samtron 96P, 96 kHz 149.99 EUR
16369
CPU AMD Athlon XP-Mobile 2500+ 45W Tray 93.99 EUR
16572
DDR PC400 512MB TwinMOS CL 2.5 Dualkit 79.99 EUR
14692
Rundkabel IDE Sharkoon UV-Blau 45cm 9.90 EUR
13464
Rundkabel IDE Sharkoon Fluorescent 45cm 8.50 EUR


Total: €803.13

Col_Loki

Netzteil Chill Ultrasilent CP-400P 400W 59.99 EUR
15519

Id personally go with the Tagan 380w, its cheaper, very quiet and pretty decent quality. (im sure the one you picked is pretty good but i can say for sure as i dont know the make).

Kühler SA Sharkoon Heatpipe HPS2 25.90 EUR
13109

Mabye think about a thermalright and a 92mm enermax fan (adjustable). Thermalright have the best air coolers and it would be a good choice especially with a nice mobile chip .

128MB MSI MS-8937 FX5900XT-VTD128 RTL199.99 EUR
14300

A 9800pro is a better performer, it costs the same and alot of them can be flashed to XT cards pretty easily (might be good to get a cheap Artic cooler for doing this - €9 ish).

DDR PC400 512MB TwinMOS CL 2.5 Dualkit 79.99 EUR
14692

I think that motherboard is single channel RAM so 1x512mb would perform just the same and is better for upgrading and a little cheaper.

Other than that it looks pretty good i think.........

Ciaran500

Get a 9800 Pro instead of a FX5700. Will give you much better performance.


I recieved my Tagan 380w a couple of days ago and its a very high quality psu. But its out of stock on jes.

airetam_storm

Fluorescent lights? His idea or something?

davkav

Col_Loki wrote:

Id personally go with the Tagan 380w

yeah forgot about them offlercrocgod got one and it looked sweet, nice one for reminding me

Col_Loki wrote:

A 9800pro is a better performer

was reading up on the benchmarks between the two and the overall conclusion was that the 5900 was better maybe im mistaken

Col_Loki wrote:

I think that motherboard is single channel RAM so 1x512mb would perform just the same and is better for upgrading and a little cheaper.

just double checked the Mobo there its DDR so thats cool

thanks for the input

davkav

airetam_storm wrote:

Fluorescent lights? His idea or something?

there IDE round cables

Col_Loki

was reading up on the benchmarks between the two and the overall conclusion was that the 5900 was better maybe im mistaken

Wouldnt mind seeing that review, from the ones ive seen the 9800pro was a nice margin ahead. Especially in newer games (the DX9 ones).

just double checked the Mobo there its DDR so thats cool

lol, no i mean Dual DDR. Ie when you add two of the same memory dimms and it increases the memroy performance. Since the board doesent support it its handier to get 1x512mb stick. PS Dual DDR on AMD XP boards is pretty useless and not much to worry about 2-5% bandwidth increase......

davkav

doh

nice one coloki didnt know that, suppose you learn somethin new every day

Ciaran500

The 9800 Pro leads by about 10 frames, and about 30 frames with FSAA and AF enabled.

BloodBath

You can't base a graphics card on the benchmark of one game. That would be just stupid *cough* Doom 3 *cough*

But anyway the 9800 pro does easily beat the 5900xt in most benchmarks.

Get the 2400 mobile instead. It's a little cheaper and will overclock to the same level.

Apart from that it's looking good.


BloodBath

davkav

cheers lads

needed the info the ram, CPU, fan and GFX have now been changed
was a bit iffy about buying the FX over the 9800pro but that has been put straight now

as for the CPU cheers bloodbath never hurts to save a few yo yo's

the raven

hey davkav

i'm lookin to sell a twinmos cl2.5 single bar o 512!!

i'v run memtest on it for about an hour and its sound even up to 233FSB.

where abouts you live? i'm in galway

Jammer

I find the 5900XT to be as-good as my 9800Pro. My brother has on in his P4B 3.06GHZ, and gets the same, if not better benchies (+3000 in aquamark!?!?!). It plays the games as good as mine, maybe on some of the newer games mine edges ahead, but only slightly, very very slightly! Its a very decent card! Overclocks to mad speeds too.

OfflerCrocGod

I agree with everything Col_Loki said ( Dave how could you forget about my kickass PSU!! ) but I don't know whether you really need that Gfx card. Is this PC not for your uncle? Is he some mad gamer or what if the PC is not going to be used for gaming then there is no point in getting that card. Oh and the monitor you're getting is for the most part great except for the fact that it makes a whining noise at high res ( 1600*1200, it may just be the one I got and you could get a quiet one )....so I don't know if you should really go for it. Give me a buzz when your building it I'll want a peek

davkav

the raven wrote:

hey davkav

i'm lookin to sell a twinmos cl2.5 single bar o 512!!

i'v run memtest on it for about an hour and its sound even up to 233FSB.

where abouts you live? i'm in galway

hmm interseting, im in dublin how much you looking for for it???

the raven

dav,
well komplett are selling it at about e79, so is e65 fair?

(pc3200 512mb DDR Dimm cl2.5 3-3-8, single stick)

davkav

the raven wrote:

dav,
well komplett are selling it at about e79, so is e65 fair?

(pc3200 512mb DDR Dimm cl2.5 3-3-8, single stick)

hmm ill check it out with my mate cause its he who i am buidling it for but yeah prob be up for it he wants to save every penny