Final, final thoughts before I buy stuff for new build!

Zoltar · April 8th, 2005, 08:23 PM

This is after like months of reading and submitting posts... I just wanted to be well-informed for my very (yes very!) first build! Goal: fast office / graphics box. So, please share any comments, etc, etc! Also, many thanks for the great input and *humble* opinions!

CASE: Antec Solution Series Quiet Black Mid Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "SLK2650-BQE" - Retail
WHY I LIKE THIS: psu has lots of current on 12v rails, pretty black case!

MOBO: ASUSnForce4 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU, Model "A8N-E" -RETAIL
WHY: Actually can run DDR-400 memory in various configurations up to 3 GB dual channel; lots of options for everything including overclocking; I tested support hot line, got a rep in less than one minute; very good documentation; some other less expensive boards were very picky on memory configurations for dual channel.

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor - Retail
WHY: Best bang for the buck, just trying to keep cost down

VID CARD: Gigabyte nVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache Video Card, 64MB DDR (Up to 256MB Shared), 64-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "GV-NX62TC256D" -
WHY: Value; not doing heavy gaming

RAM: Kingston ValueRAM Dual Channel Kit 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail
WHY: Compatable with mobo whereas some others are not

STORAGE: 2 Seagate 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drives, Model ST380013AS, OEM
WHY: RAID 1... these have 5 yr warrantee, and don't need 120-300 GB anyway.

DVD BURNER: NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3520A BK, OEM
WHY: Looks nice, dunno!

MISC: Floppy, keyboard

Total cost about $750 incl shipping. Most of the stuff planning to get at NewEgg.
Total cost if I got soemthing like it from D*LL: well over $1K

butch81385 · April 8th, 2005, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoltar

Total cost about $750 incl shipping. Most of the stuff planning to get at NewEgg.
Total cost if I got soemthing like it from D*LL: well over $1K

but you are going to miss out on their first class, leave no race behind, affirmative action tech support!

looks good to me... enjoy

SpaceSquad · April 8th, 2005, 08:46 PM

looks great! But what do you meen by a "graphics box"?

if you are doing hardcore HL2 gaming, that 6200 isnt for you.

HeadBand · April 8th, 2005, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpaceSquad

looks great! But what do you meen by a "graphics box"?

if you are doing hardcore HL2 gaming, that 6200 isnt for you.

i believe he means like photoshop ect because he said not a heavy gamer

if this is the case i would get the non TC version of the card but otherwise looks good

Zoltar · April 8th, 2005, 08:59 PM

correct, not really into gaming, but with faster box, who knows? mostly it's for photoshop, doing web work, and lots of multi-tasking, plus want to run dual monitors as soon as i can afford a second one

SpaceSquad · April 8th, 2005, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HeadBand

i believe he means like photoshop ect because he said not a heavy gamer

if this is the case i would get the non TC version of the card but otherwise looks good

agreed, the non-TC will have better performance....but if you can't afford it, it'll be fine.

xcheck2430 · April 8th, 2005, 09:02 PM

are you sure that card can support dual monitors?

-FMA · April 8th, 2005, 09:06 PM

Do you have an OS?

noony · April 8th, 2005, 09:08 PM

6200? isn't that pretty low end? are you sure that's going to handle the graphics stuff you want to do? But the rest of it is pretty awesome.

Zoltar · April 8th, 2005, 09:09 PM

yes, i thought that card has both vga and dvi. i didn't think i needed to spend a whole lot on a card, but could go up to the 6200 w/o pulling on system memory.

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