My Planned System [Help]

[davegt40]

Well im planning on building my own system, this would be my first. Finally got sick of my old 600mhz celeron. Anyways here is my current planned specs, suggestions is what im looking for so dont be shy. And thanks in advance.

Athlon XP 2100+ [Should i use standard heatsink and fan with retail? or order something else???]
Asus Nforce2 with onboard sound
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
1gig ddr [unsure what kind to use]
60-80 gig hd. 7200rpm 133dpm
12x-16x dvd


Thanks Alot.

 

[davegt40]

I also thought i would add...

Should i get XP and if so PRO or Home <i heard the only difference was PRO allows to network more than 5 computers and home only like 3-4> Or Get win2k Professional???

 

[Victory]

Well first of all, congrats and good luck with the new system. As for the HSF. The stock will be fine, but I always like to do better than stock with most things in life so I'd recommend you compare coolers. If OC'ing is not in your future you can get a great HSF combo for the $30 range. You don't need an uber expensive one.

As for Ram. The most important thing is to buy a brand that accepts aggressive timing. CAS2 over 2.5 with lower settings 2-2-3-3(etc) settings in your BIOS will offer a nice performance boost over memory that won't run at the lower speed settings overclocked or not. Speed I'd look at 3200, as long as it once again supports CL2 CAS2. I personally like Corsair, but I've had luck with other systems with Kingston as well. OCZ memory, Samsung are fine as well.

Hard drive, well Western Digital special editions with 8mb of cache are real screamers. Most hard drives these days are of good quality. Just look for the models that still carry at least a 1 yr warranty(3 years on the slightly more expensive ones). Some models these days only have a 3 or 6 month.

For the DVD drive look at Lite-On. They are cheap but work really well.

Hope this helps


Save heating costs on your home, overclock your PC!!!

 

[baldurga]

Well, just a couple of things:

- I would get the 2200+ Tbred B version. Lower power disipation and better overclockability in case you want it.
- 1 Gig of DDR? Just curios what you are planning to do, but with 512Mb seems enough for me. Save the $ for future upgrades.

The rest seems ok. Great system. It would help it you tell us the main porpouse of it.

Still looking for a <b>good online retailer</b> in Spain :frown:

 

[andlcs]

Agreed. Get T-BRED B, 2x Corsair PC32(5)00 CAS2, WD Special Edition 8MB cache HD. The Radeon 9500pro and the Asus A7N8X are a very good choice.
As for the cooler, use stock if you are not going to overclock.
Win XP Home Ed. or Pro w/ SP1 are good...

 

[slvr_phoenix]

Should i get XP and if so PRO or Home <i heard the only difference was PRO allows to network more than 5 computers and home only like 3-4> Or Get win2k Professional???

As much as I hate Windows-For-Eight-Year-Olds, I'd still have to say that personally I'd go with XP Pro. I'd like to suggest Win2K, but MS really seems intent on driving people away from it. And XP Home is missing a lot of the advanced networking APIs at the very least. So sadly, XP Pro is the way that I'd go.

Of course what you do is up to you.

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[Copenhagen]

I would get the 2200+ Tbred B version.

Are they available yet ?

<i>/Copenhagen - Clockspeed will make the difference... in the end</i>

 

[Spitfire_x86]

Get Corsair XMS PC3200/3500 CL2.0if money is no problem. Otherwise, buy Kingston PC2700 CL2.5

Get WD Special Edition 80 GB HDD. For DVD-ROM, I recommend LiteOn 16x.

Let us know <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/community/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=25703#25703" target="_new"> What File compression format you use? </A>

 

[LtBlue14]

you may be the first person i've ever heard compliment OCZ
i agree with the other companies though, sammy kingston and corsair

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[davegt40]

Ive heard that the A7n8x board works better with 2700 speed ram?? is that true?? plus i also wanted two 512 sticks of ddr so i can take advantage the nforce2's dual channel capability. I dont plan on overclocking so should i still go with the 2200? its only an increase in .25 ghz plus a whopping 50-75 bucks for that increase, it just dosent seem worth it. Thank all for the help

 

[nMiraf]

This is my recomendation
Athlon XP 2200 + With new core 0,13 mikron
If you want to gaming [ram 512 is good
else the higher peformance is 1024 CL2 DDR-SDRam
G C : I Guest that geforce 4 ti 4600 is better
yap dvd rom 16x
cd-rw maybe
Win XP Home [this is cheaper then else alright??]
harddisk seagate ATA 133 80 GB 7200 RPm [better or buy two harddisk 40 GB
and enjoy it!

 

[baldurga]

Well, at least in Spain no :frown: , but I suppose it can be in USA or Canada ... haven't made a research.

[H] post a way to know if it's a "B" version. Originally from <A HREF="http://www.overclockers.com/tips00173/" target="_new"> overclockers web </A>


Still looking for a <b>good online retailer</b> in Spain :frown: <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by baldurga on 12/11/02 03:40 PM.</EM></FONT></P>