Components .. Work together?

[KenRW]

Ok so I'm looking to build my 1st computer mostly for gaming and just wondering if these components woulld work well together and if not what would.

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-8IPE775G Audio/AGP/GB-LAN/USB/SATA/DDR-400/800-FSB/ATX Intel P4 775

Processor: Intel P4 530 3.0 GHz LGA775 1MB 800 FSB (HT)

RAM: DDR(400) 3200 1GB OCZ

Graphics Card: eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800GT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP

Harddrive: Seagate 200GB 7200RPM Barracuda 7200.7 SATA
: Probally another not sure

Power Supply: Aspire 520W 12V Triple Fan (Aluminum)

DVD/CDROM: Allready have


So there ya go any suggestions appreciated and thanks in advance

 

[Mr5oh]

Looks pretty good, two suggestions. You may want to consider faster RAM if you plan on overclocking at all.

Second, have you considered a 10,000 RPM drive? Using a 10k RPM drive as a boot drive, and a regulaur 7200 RPM drive for backup and such, works well for most.

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[KenRW]

Overclocking would be nice but not sure if I want to jump into that just yet but who nows , I'll keep that in mind. I'll have to check prices on the 10k rpm drives , but spending more then I first thought so why stop now.

edit: My computer now is around 3yrs old but do have a 40gb / 120gb and a external 80gb(usb2) hardrives. Feesible to use one of them as storage / backup?

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by KenRW on 08/24/04 00:08 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Mr5oh]

Yeah, I wouldn't waste money on a backup/data drive. I personally used a 10,000 RPM drive, which I picked up locally for $110. I opted for the 36 gig, instead of the 74 gig, I just couldn't justify the jump in price, plus currently 36 gig is suffcient for Windows and my games. So currently I am using my 36 gig 10k drive, and an old 80 gig from my previous machine.

I would use that 120 gb, heck throw the 40 gig in there also if you think you will need the space.

Price some faster RAM, generally the price doesn't jump very much between the different RAM speeds. If you overclock later, you will appreciate the faster RAM. Also with faster RAM, you have the option of slowing the RAM down and possibly running lower timings.

The biggest difference of the 10k RPM drives, is that the seek time is cut in half, from a 7200 RPM drive, and since most OS stuff is all random seeks, there is deffaintly a gain from it. I was impressed by mine.

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[KenRW]

Cool thanks for the info .. feel free to add more .. will be hopefully getting ok from the gf later on tonight lol.

 

[apache_lives]

I wouldnt really touch the new Socket775, Prescott's, DDR2 and PCIx - id go for something like this:

ASUS P4P800 series board (not P4P800-S)
Intel Pentium4 3.2ghz (Northwood)
2x512mb PC3200 / DDR400
GeForce6800 AGP8X

Have you looked into getting an Athlon64? they cost about the same for the system overall, right now the prescott's and socket775 are a little touchy with the heat and power levels - wait till the next series / wave of boards comes through they should be better...

 

[Mr5oh]

Apache has a point about the CPU, however its still not a bad choice.

He also points out the Athlon 64, which if you are planning on doing a lot of gaming, the 64-bit chip would be a much better choice.

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[Crashman]

They should work fine together, but if you're looking for the most performance for your money, you'd want an A64 instead. Still, those components will work together just in case you're not interested in the best performance.

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[endyen]

Best- Asus K8N-E Deluxe, A64 3000+
Second best- Abit IS7, P4c 3.0
Third best, yours.
This is for a system using the 3 gig perf.

 

[KenRW]

Definitly switching to the 10k RPM drive and now just have to read up on some of the mobo listed and the see if I want to go to the new 64's.