Building comp - Low cost range

[InsaneMoose]

Well, i posted here before about needing help building a comp, but that comp was for me. This comp i am building for a friend (for more experience) and he only has around 500-600 bucks to spend, MAYBE up to 700. All i know is that he wants me to overclock it for him so he can get the most for his money. I was probably thinking athlon since its cheaper... but i really could use some help (like telling me every part) Thanks

 

[Snaggle]

mobo:soltek sl-kt600 rl $78
ram:corsair value select drr400 512mb stick $81
cpu:athlonxp 2500+barton retail $91
HD:western digital Wd400jb oem $61.50
OD:Samsung Sm-35Brns $55
GPU:asus 9600se $109.99

Total $476.49 with that cost you could go for better ram and and Asus 9600xt.Case and PSU antec with true power.

 

[pIII_Man]

stay away from the kt600 i have heard many reports of it not implimenting the 1/6 and 1/3 pci/agp dividers when overclocking at and over 200mhz fsb. My sudgestion would be the soltek nv-400


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[MrPanther0]

does know one even see the obvious?
scratch that motherboard the ASUS a7n8x-x based on the nforce2 chipset will blow that one away at a cheaper price
and you can get a Geforce ti 4200 which will again blow the 9600 se out of the water for atleast that price but probably lower

 

[Snaggle]

"scratch that motherboard the ASUS a7n8x-x based on the nforce2 chipset will blow that one away at a cheaper price" I choose the soltek because it supports a fsb of 400;but if pii man is right,then the asus is the better board.

 

[MrPanther0]

What??
That asus is based on the nForce2 "400" chipset... it full supports the 400 FSB and performs better

 

[Snaggle]

"ASUS KT400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors, Model "A7V8X-X" RETAIL

Specifications:
Supported CPU: Socket A AMD Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron Processors
Chipsets: VIA KT400 + VT8235
FSB: 333/266/200MHz
RAM: 3x DIMM for up to 3GB Non-ECC DDR400/333/266/200(DDR400 Max 2 banks,DDR333 4 banks)
IDE: 2x UltraDMA 133/100/66 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP 8X, 6x PCI
Ports: 2xPS2,1xLPT,1xCOM,SPDIF Out,6xUSB2.0(Rear 4),1xLAN,Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: ADI1980 6-Channel Audio
Onboard LAN: Realtek 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet
Form Factor: ATX"

My bad,Iused the newegg stats and they have it listed both as 333 and 400 supporting,they also do the same thing with the Amd64 3000+ listing it both as 1.8ghz and 2ghz.

 

[superpsa]

AMD 2.5+ overclockable to 3.2+ easy. - $83
ASRock K7S8XE+ (SATA, voltage adjustments etc...great unofficial BIOSs) - $54
Maxtor 120G SATA - $103
512Mb DDR3200 (Micron) - $68
ATi 9600 Pro $110
M-Audio Revolution $100
DVD Burner $85

$603

Then add the usual gubbings. Might be a bit expensive so could get a cheaper graphics card and soundcard.


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