Computer Parts

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Hi,

I been looking on parts for a computer.

Will these parts fit together well ?.

Intel Avalon BOXD915GAV 915G grafik Extreme 900 DDR400 with Lan boxed
Kingmax 512Mb PC3200/DDR400 CL2.5 184p SuperRAM
Intel Pentium 4 530 3,0GHz Socket 775 FSB800 1MB Cache boxed with fan
ANTEC Plus 1080AMG 430W Antec True Power Supply
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus10 200GB 8MB cache 7200rpm SATA

I try the onboard graphics first to see if it's enough or get a
PCIExpress card later.

This case with a included 430W ANTEC PSU should be more than enough
will be three harddiscs and a dvdwriter in it.

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> I try the onboard graphics first to see if it's enough or get a
> PCIExpress card later.

enough for what?
games = no
cadd = no
business apps = yes

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Mac Cool

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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:24:51 +0200, marten@127.0.0.1 wrote:

>At Sun, 17 Oct 2004 05:42:12 GMT Mac Cool <Mac@2cool.com> wrote 10
>Lines about "Re: Computer Parts" in "alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt"
>
>>> I try the onboard graphics first to see if it's enough or get a
>>> PCIExpress card later.
>>
>>enough for what?
>>games = no
>>cadd = no
>>business apps = yes
>
>Mostly business apps, right now I play the games on the xbox.
>
>Not sure how many games I would play on a new computer, some like
>Quake and Doom are a bit hard to aim with the xboxcontroller.
>
>If I get a PCIExpress card I'd like one with a silent fan.
>
>My GeForce2mx I have now is fanless but the never PCIExpress card
>propably creates to much heat for that.


You can't be too concerned about noise if getting a P4 CPU,
since they produce enough heat to need more case airflow and
louder heatsink fan. Anyway a decent video card will have a
fan on it's 'sink but if you buy one that has 3rd party
heatsinks available then there's the choice of replacing the
original 'sink for quieter operation, if it isn't quiet
enough.

Frankly I'd spend the $ on 1GB of memory before putting it
towards the Intel board or CPU... Not that there's anything
wrong with them but it's a bit mismatched putting that much
into a CPU and motherboard for "business apps", then only
using 512MB memory (MINUS the amount allocated to the video)
and integrated video.

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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:42:34 +0200, marten@127.0.0.1 wrote:


>>>Mostly business apps, right now I play the games on the xbox.
>>>
>>>Not sure how many games I would play on a new computer, some like
>>>Quake and Doom are a bit hard to aim with the xboxcontroller.
>>>
>>>If I get a PCIExpress card I'd like one with a silent fan.
>>>
>>>My GeForce2mx I have now is fanless but the never PCIExpress card
>>>propably creates to much heat for that.
>>
>>
>>You can't be too concerned about noise if getting a P4 CPU,
>>since they produce enough heat to need more case airflow and
>>louder heatsink fan. Anyway a decent video card will have a
>>fan on it's 'sink but if you buy one that has 3rd party
>>heatsinks available then there's the choice of replacing the
>>original 'sink for quieter operation, if it isn't quiet
>>enough.
>>
>>Frankly I'd spend the $ on 1GB of memory before putting it
>>towards the Intel board or CPU... Not that there's anything
>>wrong with them but it's a bit mismatched putting that much
>>into a CPU and motherboard for "business apps", then only
>>using 512MB memory (MINUS the amount allocated to the video)
>>and integrated video.
>
>Thanks for the opinion.
>
>The CPU and the motherboard wasn't that expensive there I looked.
>
>Lot of memory would propably be good but getting 1GB of memory would
>cost more than the processor itself.


Yes, 1GB of memory IS more expensive than many CPUs, as are
most decent video cards. Then again Pricewatch shows P4
3GHz 775 as $180, while 1GB of memory can be had for under
$170, for example
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProd [...] 440&depa=1

That's just how it goes, but at least with your buying 1 x
512MB instead of 2 x 256MB you'll have better upgradability
for memory in the future.