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[mingocr83]

Hey fellas! Your opinion about this config!!

Mobo: BIOSTAR TForce6100 Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX

RAM: G.SKILL 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered

Proc: AMD Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo 800MHz HT Socket 754

Sound C: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI

Video C: eVGA N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Max: 400W, Peak: 430W

This is for a cheap Gaming PC. I already have the DVD+-RW, and a DVD/CD-RW, the case and the speakers.


I would like to hear your opinion guys

Thanks and have a good day

Robert

 

[FITCamaro]

You're gonna spend that much for a sound card and get a Sempron?

Might think about forgetting that and changing to a 939 board and 3000+. Then overclock it a little. Be a lot better and then leaves you the upgrade path to an X2 later. Standard audigy card would be fine for sound.

Other than that looks like a good budget gaming system.

 

[jap0nes]

it's a nice machine, but like camaro said... if the money you save on the sound card allows you to go with a 939, you better go with 939
on board sound does the job pretty well

 

[shadowduck]

Hey fellas! Your opinion about this config!!

Mobo: BIOSTAR TForce6100 Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX

RAM: G.SKILL 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered

Proc: AMD Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo 800MHz HT Socket 754

Sound C: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI

Video C: eVGA N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Max: 400W, Peak: 430W

This is for a cheap Gaming PC. I already have the DVD+-RW, and a DVD/CD-RW, the case and the speakers.


I would like to hear your opinion guys

Thanks and have a good day

Robert

1) Biostar motherboards are awful. Avoid. Any motherboard with onboard video is usually bad. Avoid that too. Consider DFI/Asus/EPoX.
2) S754 has no upgrade path. Move to S939 for the option of X2/Opteron later
3) Agree with the other posters on the sound card.
4) Get an Athlon64

 

[juvealert]

yo boss!!! i totally agree with the other guys!!! spend the extra bucks on a better mobo (asus socket 939) and cpu instead on the sound card!!! use the onboard sound card!!
well i suggest u spend some tiny winy more extra bucks and invest on good cooling system!!

what cooling system were u up to ?

 

[angry_ducky]

Hey fellas! Your opinion about this config!!

Mobo: BIOSTAR TForce6100 Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX

RAM: G.SKILL 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered

Proc: AMD Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo 800MHz HT Socket 754

Sound C: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI

Video C: eVGA N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Max: 400W, Peak: 430W

This is for a cheap Gaming PC. I already have the DVD+-RW, and a DVD/CD-RW, the case and the speakers.


I would like to hear your opinion guys

Thanks and have a good day

Robert

Ditch the SoundBlaster so that you can get a socket 939 A64 3000+ and a better motherboard.

 

[Sekeru]

Hey fellas! Your opinion about this config!!

Mobo: BIOSTAR TForce6100 Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX

RAM: G.SKILL 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered

Proc: AMD Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo 800MHz HT Socket 754

Sound C: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI

Video C: eVGA N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Max: 400W, Peak: 430W

This is for a cheap Gaming PC. I already have the DVD+-RW, and a DVD/CD-RW, the case and the speakers.


I would like to hear your opinion guys

Thanks and have a good day

Robert

Ditch the SoundBlaster so that you can get a socket 939 A64 3000+ and a better motherboard.Definetly.

 

[kickbutt]

Mobo : why pick one with integrated gfx? If its the cheapest one I understand.

Sound I dont know what the soundcard cost but isnt it better to put the money one a REAL athlon and go with the onboard audio?

RAM : does the G.Skill cost extra?
Might go with generic and put the div lower and put the money elsewhere.

Other than that it look like a nice budget gaming computer
The 2800+ is 1600MHZ with 256k L2 cache
Easy clocked to 2GHz+ even on cheap boards (250*8). and more on better but then its prob better to go with a real athlon instead.
Also the the GF 7600GT will get u good performance gfx wise =)

 

[sandmannight]

just get a 3200 and socket 939 mobo and your set...dont go sempron just dont unless you are on that much of a budget

 

[delanooch]

Hey fellas! Your opinion about this config!!

Mobo: BIOSTAR TForce6100 Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX

RAM: G.SKILL 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered

Proc: AMD Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo 800MHz HT Socket 754

Sound C: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI

Video C: eVGA N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Max: 400W, Peak: 430W

This is for a cheap Gaming PC. I already have the DVD+-RW, and a DVD/CD-RW, the case and the speakers.


I would like to hear your opinion guys

Thanks and have a good day

Robert

Like these guys said , ditch the sound card and the socket 754 Sempron and get an MSI board with the onboard creative audio. Get a 939 proc and if you are set on 1 gig of ram why not get a 2x512 kit and run dual channel if you are to use it for gaming.

 

[juvealert]

Mobo : why pick one with integrated gfx? If its the cheapest one I understand.

Sound I dont know what the soundcard cost but isnt it better to put the money one a REAL athlon and go with the onboard audio?

RAM : does the G.Skill cost extra?
Might go with generic and put the div lower and put the money elsewhere.

Other than that it look like a nice budget gaming computer
The 2800+ is 1600MHZ with 256k L2 cache
Easy clocked to 2GHz+ even on cheap boards (250*8). and more on better but then its prob better to go with a real athlon instead.
Also the the GF 7600GT will get u good performance gfx wise =)

don't agree with kickbutt on getting an onboard gfx!!! get the geforce u were getting it will give u better performance

 

[angry_ducky]

OK; here goes:

Ditch the sound card, Sempron, and motherboard

Get an A64 3000+, DFI motherboard, and another gig of RAM

 

[kickbutt]

[quote="juvealert
don't agree with kickbutt on getting an onboard gfx!!! get the geforce u were getting it will give u better performance[/quote]

Read my post again
The mobo he picked the 6100 IS WITH onboard gfx.
And I asked why pick one with onboard when getting a 7600.
And that i understand if it was the cheapest mb (mb with onbard usually come way cheap) I dont tell anyone to go onboard for gaming ...

Also what most ppl seems to miss here is that he has a limited budget!
So even tough a 3000+ and 939Mobo and going with 2*512 is wery good suggestions I dont think the gold is there ...

And for gaming then the 7600 is going to do all the diffrence

Its more then dubble money on CPU
Some 20-30 on mobo

So thats ~80-100 more then what he himself was going for
Sure if he has the money than he gets good value for the extra $ spent.

If he wants extra power later on then its to go
1. Change mobo + cpu to a real a64 or even 64*2
2. Extra ram +1Gb

 

[angry_ducky]

I just ordered this board and this power supply from newegg. I got an A64 3700+ Sandy with it; I like performance :twisted: .

But for you, I'd recommend an A64 3000+, 2x512MB of Corsair Value Select, that board, that power supply, and the 7600GT.

 

[shabodah]

People really over-emphasize 939. If you REALLY think you'd buy a 939 dual core in the future, go for it, but odds are, by the time you are going to upgrade, you'll be looking at AM2 or better. The dual channel memory controller of the 939 does not bring much to the table for a single core CPU. The 754 6100/410 boards are pretty much the same, but I have had problems with biostar boards, myself. I'd recommend Asrock/Asus/MSI. The chipsets are Nforce4 based, so the HT hits 1ghz without any issue, allowing easy overclocks (can pretty much assume you can hit 250fsb), but hitting about 260 is iffy at best. The Tforce board is known to be the best board of the group for OC'ing , but it is still biostar. Although you'll easily hit 2.0ghz with a Sempron 2800. The socket 754 Venice will easily hit 2.5ghz and is only $120. The 7600GT/7600GS card are great for the money, I'd recommend the GS for 1024/768 and the GT for 1200X1024. 2gigs of ram (I run the G.skill myself and it's doing fine at DDR500). I couldn't be happier with my cheap setup and it is very similiar to these recommendations. I am actually running the 754 Epox SLI board so I can through in another card later if I want to, but it is another $30 and it's onboard sound sucks. The 6100/410 sound is better, I wouldn't bother with a sound card at this price point. If you want good sound get the MSI 939 Nforce4 Sli X16, it's got onboard Creative sound, but again, this jumps you into another price bracket.

 

[TSIMonster]

I too am building a budget pc.
So far I have-

AMD 3000+ Venice 939 -$114
ATI Sapphire x850xt -$165
gigaRam 1GB DDR400 -$65
WD 80GB SATA HDD -$52
-NEC Media Drive -$36
DFI Infinity ATI MOBO -$80

Total $512

All I need is a good 19" Monitor and speaker system

 

[captaincharisma]

man i have never heard of an AMD Sempron considedered for a gaming machine before

 

[shabodah]

Sempron's do fine for gaming, better than most P4's in fact, and there is no contest between it and the Celeron.

 

[angry_ducky]

Look on the Futuremark ORB; someone got 10,669 with a 2.6GHz Sempron, and 7800GT (maybe two). Here's the link. The good thing about Semprons is that they're cheap, somewhat fast, and they overclock well.

 

[shabodah]

I guess I get to agree with you here, and argue with you elsewhere
The K8 design does not benefit as much for larger cache as other designs have, thus, a Sempron is just a Athlon with smaller cache (assuming you get the 64 bit sempron and there is no reason not to.). Less cache generally means better overclocking, but from my experience, the difference between 256 and 512 is not very significant in OC'ing, where the difference between 512 and 1024 can be (especially at 130nm).