ordered my new rig!

[cyn1k]

CPU: AMD ATHLON XP 1800+ 1.53GHZ 256K 266FSB OEM
COOLER: THERMALTAKE VOLCANO 6 COPPER CASE 4550RPM 31DBA 1.5GHZ+ INTEL 2.0GHZ
MOTHERBOAR: SOLTEK SL-75DRV5 ATX KT333 SOCKET A DDR333 5PCI ATA133 W/ SOUND
RAM: SAMSUNG PC2100 256MB DDR 266MHZ CAS2.5 OEM
HARD DRIVE: MAXTOR D740X-6L 40GB 7200RPM 2MB 8.5MS ATA133 INT IDE
FLOPPY DRI: 1.44 MB High Density Floppy Drive
MONITOR: SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 950P 19IN 18VIS .26MM 16X12 COLMON
VIDEO CARD: VISIONTEK XTASY GEFORCE4 TI4400 128MB DDR AGP VGA SVIDEO OUT DVI-I
KEYBOARD: MICROSOFT INTERNET KEYBOARD (PS/2) OEM
MOUSE: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (usb/ps2)
CASE: ANTEC SX1030B 10BAY 300W P/S BLACK PERFORMANCE SERIES WORKSTATION
CD-ROM: ASUS 52X ULTRADMA CD-ROM

all I gotta do now is find a canadian store with the turtle beach santa cruz or order it online, and some nice headphones then I'm all set!
Thanks to everyone who helped answer my questions over the past few weeks I really learned a lot

 

[lhgpoobaa]

yes? and?
what are we supposed to do with that info?
did u want suggestions on improvments? or is it already too late?

I love helping people in Toms Forums... It reinforces my intellectual superiority!

 

[cyn1k]

I just wanted to say thanks to those that helped me out thats all.. whats wrong with a little gratitude?

 

[lhgpoobaa]

oh right... now i get it.
u posted your details before.

just one thing, i hope your ram can do Cas2... or find better stuff. no point in having a performance hit there

I love helping people in Toms Forums... It reinforces my intellectual superiority!

 

[AMD_Man]

Samsung like Crucial (although not to the same extent) underestimates the quality of their RAM. The RAM can easily handle CAS2.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[cyn1k]

so is setting the ram to cas2 just a simple matter of changing a cas setting in the bios? I've never played around with my ram settings in the past.. and also, is there a noticable difference between cas2 and 2.5? Or is it something you will only see in benchmarks

 

[AMD_Man]

Yes, it's a simple matter of changing it in the BIOS. There probably won't be a huge performance difference, I would say ~5%.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor