advice on my new comp

[j0e]

Hey
I'm going to purchase my comp parts on monday and before I pay for it I thought it might be a good for you guys to give me some advice to tweek it. I have about $2000 to spend.
case:antec p180
psu:antec truepower 550w
CPU:athlon 64 x2 4200
motherboard:ASUS A8R-MVP Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard
video card:connect3d 1900xt
ram: 2g of pc3200 gskillsModel F1-3200PHU2-2GBNS
hard drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B100M0 100GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
dvd burner
dvd drive
monitor: ViewSonic VX922 Black/Silver 19" 2ms LCD Monitor - Retail
I have a second monitor lcd monitor from my old comp that i will aslo be using. Its nothing special just a 17" lcd
I am going to use this comp for gaming mostly. I will have other programs running simultaneously such as mircosoft office on the 17" lcd.
I will be doing alot of mulit tasking at times. I want a dual core chip, but I am willing to hear any suggestions.
thanks
Joe

 

[unreal_nl]

If you only use it for gaming and multi-tasking... You can better swith the maxtor for a WD740GD dont think that will do any harm to your budget?

 

[pcrig]

Hey
I'm going to purchase my comp parts on monday and before I pay for it I thought it might be a good for you guys to give me some advice to tweek it. I have about $2000 to spend.
case:antec p180
psu:antec truepower 550w
CPU:athlon 64 x2 4200
motherboard:ASUS A8R-MVP Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard
video card:connect3d 1900xt
ram: 2g of pc3200 gskillsModel F1-3200PHU2-2GBNS
hard drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B100M0 100GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
dvd burner
dvd drive
monitor: ViewSonic VX922 Black/Silver 19" 2ms LCD Monitor - Retail
I have a second monitor lcd monitor from my old comp that i will aslo be using. Its nothing special just a 17" lcd
I am going to use this comp for gaming mostly. I will have other programs running simultaneously such as mircosoft office on the 17" lcd.
I will be doing alot of mulit tasking at times. I want a dual core chip, but I am willing to hear any suggestions.
thanks
Joe

ANTEC? done with that!

case: Lian Li V 2000 series (Black?)
psu: Enermax 600 w EG 701 noisetaker or liberty
CPU: athlon 64 x2 4200
motherboard:ASUS A8N SLI Premium (8 SATA ports! with 2 external ports - I loike it better than A8N 32 SLI )-MVP Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard
video card:connect3d 1900xt ---> ASUS?
ram: CORSAIR or OCZ !
hard drive: HITACHI or SEAGATE (seagate already bought MAXTOR any way! )
No less than 250GB 7200 RPM Serial 10 3GB/s Hard Drive
dvd burner PLEXTOR PX 740 series
dvd drive
monitor: (wait a little for better pricing!) ViewSonic VX930 Black/Silver 19" 2ms LCD Monitor

 

[j0e]

hey pc rigwere could I find a vx930 i haven't seen that anywere.

I was also wondering If i could run two ati's eventually on that sli board.
thanks joe

 

[luminaris]

The only thing I would change is the HDD. I don't like or use Maxtor. Seagate IMO is the way to go man. Just find one with the biggest cache.

 

[j0e]

how about this one? anygood?
Seagate NL35 ST3250623NS 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard 16mb cache

 

[j0e]

that puts me almost dead on my budget anything else I can tweak
thanks
j0e

 

[j0e]

another question:
what is the difference between 16mb cache and 8mb cache how much of a proformace increase is it? is it worth it.

 

[j0e]

what is the difference between the 3 of these. They all cost about the same but how can you tell witch is better

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA NCQ ST3120827AS 120GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Average Latency: 4.16ms
Average Seek Time: 8.5ms
Cache: 8MB
Features: SATA interface with NCQ 350 Gs non-op shock 3D Defense System

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA NCQ 3Gb/s ST3160812AS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Average Latency: 4.16ms
Average Seek Time: 11ms
Cache: 8MB
Features: Best-in-class drive acoustics Aproven design for shorter qualification times and top reliability. Seagate SoftSonic motor enables whisper-quiet operation enhanced G-Force Protection defends against handing damage

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812A 160GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM
Average Latency: 4.16ms
Average Seek Time: 11ms
Cache: 8MB
Features: SoftSonic motor RoHS-compliant Enhanced G-Force Protection Whisper-quiet acoustics Proven, reliable design Best combination of performance, acoustics, and robustness in multiple high capacities

 

[mdd1963]

"I was also wondering If i could run two ati's eventually on that sli board.
"

Yes, but if planning on running Crossfire, your second video card must be a Crossfire Master card variant...

(You have a Crossfire mainboard, not an "SLI" board)

 

[pip_seeker]

well, 7200.9 are better since they're newer, I'd go for any 7200.9 series hard drive.

yeah but the avg. seek time on the 7200.7 is faster. :twisted:

 

[purelithium]

Seek times don't mean anything.

 

[j0e]

another quick question.
Is their another good or better lcd that costless?

 

[j0e]

any opinion on upgrading the 4200 to a 4400 is it worth it

 

[judey]

go for the cheaper one an just overclock it