peaceMAN

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Hi all,
This is my first time building a comp for gaming, could you guys help me out with the specs,
my budget will be around $650, not the best, but good enough for the latest games (stable),
thanks alot.
 

ithian1

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Built this off www.newegg.com can out a little over $650 but that also includes overnight shipping to CA from NJ lol
so if you live anywhere closer to NJ then CA ( which woudn't suprise me the shipping would be alot less)



Qty Product Item # Unit Price Qty x Price

Cases (Computer Cases, ATX Form)
ANTEC SOHO File ServerTower ATX Case Model SX1040BII with 400 Watt Smart Power, Power Supply **Black**Performance 2 Series With Front Mounted 2x USB and 1x Firewire Ports;
Specifications:
Material:1.0mm SECC Steel
Form Factor:ATX
Bays:4 x 5.25", 2 x 3.5", Internal: 4 x 3.5"
Expansion Slots:7
Fans:2x Standard Rear Fans:
Power Supply:400W P4 Compliant ATX12V
Dimensions:20.6" x 8.1" x 18.6" (H) x (W) x (D) more info>
N82E16811129120 $80.00
$80.00

Hard Drives
MAXTOR 80GB 7200RPM SATA HARD DRIVE MODEL # 6Y080M0 - OEM
Specifications:
Size: 80 Gigabytes
Interface: Serial ATA 150
Seek time: 9ms
RPM:7200
Cache 8MB
OEM(Drive alone)
One year Manufacturer Warranty more info>
N82E16822144318 $90.00
$90.00

Memory (System Memory)
CORSAIR MEMORY 512MB PC3200 Value Select
512MB DDR, Non-ECC, Unbuffered, PC3200 (DDR400/200MHz) 64mx64, 184-pin DIMM - Cas 3
Model: VS512MB400C3 - OEM - Lifetime Warranty. more info>
N82E16820145479 $87.55
$175.10

Motherboards - Intel
Asus Motherboard for Intel P478 Processors, Model# P4P800S - RETAIL
Specifications:
Supported CPU:p478 Pentium 4 / Celeron HT
Chipset: Springdale 848P + ICH5
FSB:800/533/400 MHz
RAM:2 Channel DDR400/333/266 Support Max 4GB
IDE:Dual Ultra DMA ATA100/66 up to 4 Devices
Slots:1x AGP (8X/4X) 5x PCI
Ports:2xPS2, 1xCOM,1xLPT,1x Audio, 1xLAN, 8xUSB20
Onboard Audio:AD 1985 6 Channel Codec
Onboard LAN:Realtek RTL8100C 10/100 more info>
N82E16813131474 $90.99
$90.99

Video Cards
ATI RADEON 9600 PRO 128MB 8X AGP DVI/TV RETAIL
Specifications:
Chipset:ATI RADEON 9600 PRO
Memory:128MB of double data rate SDRAM
Bus:AGP 4X (1.5V), 8X (0.8v) or Universal AGP 3.0 bus configuration (4X/8X).
Operating Systems Support: Windows® XP Windows® 2000 Windows® Me
4 parallel rendering pipelines
2 parallel geometry engines
Technology Features: SMARTSHADER™ 2.0, SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1, HYPER Z™ III+ TRUFORM™ 2.0 and VIDEOSHADER™
Max Res: 2048x1536 60HZ at 16.7M Colors
Ports:VGA + DVI + S-Video
Retail box (see pictures for details) more info>
N82E16814102276 $172.00
$172.00



Subtotal » $608.09
Shipping and Handling Charge »
Tax Instruction for All Resellers How Newegg.com calculates shipping $ 58.20
FedEx International Economy - PR ONLY APO/FPO - Military ONLY FedEx Standard Overnight FedEx 2Day FedEx Express Saver Choose which State to ship AA AP AE ALASKA ALABAMA ARKANSAS ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DELAWARE FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IOWA IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MASSACHUSETTS MARYLAND MAINE MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSOURI MISSISSIPPI MONTANA NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEVADA NEW YORK OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA PUERTO RICO RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VIRGINIA VERMONT WASHINGTON WISCONSIN WEST VIRGINIA WYOMING
Grand Total » $ 666.29
 

peaceMAN

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Too bad i live in ASIA... :)
and regarding latest games, how on earth can CS be counted as latest, i want it to support upcoming games like doom3 or HL2.(maybe not with the best frame rate).
And i mean the whole rig...

ithian1,
Thanks for your reply, but where is the processor...

Should i chose an AMD system (XP 2500+, A7n8x normal) or a pentium system (P42.4c,P4P800) ?
Suggestions welcomed.
 

peaceMAN

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I never had any overclocking experience before, but i'll try...(i hope it wont blow up, scaarry)

could these work?

AMD 2500+ or intel 2.4c
A7n8x 8x non deluxe / p4p800
ti4200 128mb 8x
hyperX 512mb (2x256)
western 40gb 8mb buffer
typical taiwanese ATX ,god i'm so afraid this thing will blow up :)
cooler master aero 7

around $593 for AMD, $625 for intel specs





<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by peaceman on 11/03/03 03:12 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
 

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In my opinion, scrap the HyperX and make do with higher latency RAM, and either increase RAM space or upgrade the vid card to an ATI with DX9.0 for the prettier graphics.

A warning, a friend of mine bought 2*256 433MHz HyperX to run dual channel at 400MHz. It is completely unstable in his p4p800 board. I would say buy a matched pair of RAM instead.

PS - you WILL notice the diff b/w 512mb and 1024MB. at least, i did. but I run CAD software for uni...

EDIT: If ur going to overclock, get a hefty heatsink. The dinky little Athlon heatsinks don't survive well - I'm in Oz and my old 1800+ was running at 65 degrees when overclocked to 1610MHz (1900+ speeds). I'd imagine that it could be as bad or worse, depending on ur location in Asia.

Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2160 180 FSB
GF4 Ti4200 @ 275/575
GA-7N400Pro2
1GiG Kingston PC3200 @ 432MHz (Dual Channel)
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Goof on 11/03/03 08:34 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
 

peaceMAN

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Thank you so much for your suggestions!

Do i need a good HSF should i choose the P4 specs, i might wanna overclock it...

BTW
How big can the difference be between CL2 and CL 3,
Have you guys ever used 256MB PC3200 Kingston value ram CL3, are they good??
i wanna replace hyperx with something cheaper to purchase ATI 9600 PRO.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by peaceman on 11/03/03 09:35 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
 

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(Waht ever you do, do not buy Thermaltake HSFs!)
Why not - granted the Volcano 7+ does sound like a jet taking off in a hurricane :smile: , but it cools well....Possibly not the best coolers out there, but certainly not the worst.

I delibrately left out Corsair BTW
Any reason why? I've not known any problems since the early LL stuff not booting on nforce2 DC mobos, but they've since sorted that out. I have 512Mb Corsair PC3200LL and I couldn't be happier with it.

Agree that Low Latency isn't as important for P4 systems as it is for AMD ones though.


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