Fuzz

well there we go, ordered the LOT off of overclockers today.
£1214.42
had enough of wondering what parts are best with what.

went for corsair 1GB twin DDR memory
and Power colour 128mb graphics.
everything else as above...
along with some rounded ATA and floppy cable, Windows XP pro and some heatsink paste.

Thank god that's over

Andy

edit to add: thank you all for your help

[Edited by Fuzz - 8/2/2003 5:54:49 PM]

Fuzz

£120 got lost in amongst the bigger numbers

The fun will start Tuesday when I ty and work out which bridges to connect up on L1 tick tock

[Edited by Fuzz - 8/3/2003 12:09:34 PM]

stevebt

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the one in pc world is much nicer than that but its not on there web site have to go into shop,proper silver shiny ali case


if i pass the shop tyoday will take a pic with my phone

[Edited by stevebt - 8/3/2003 12:37:16 PM]

Fuzz

Asus A7N8X Deluxe nForce2 (Socket A) Motherboard (MB-019-AS) link to MOBO

AMD Athlon "Barton" XP3200+ 400FSB (Socket A) CPU - Retail (CP-051-AM)

Asus V9950TD GeForce FX 5900 ULTRA 128MB (GX-016-AS)Link to GRAPHICS CARD (although not the Ultra)

TwinMOS 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Kit (MY-007-TM)Link to TWINMOS memory

As for the rest, I think I'll have to save up

Reviews of the above welcome.

I assume what I've chosen is all compatible?


Andy

[Edited by Fuzz - 7/27/2003 9:25:03 PM]

stevebt

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apart from the graphics card im looking at my pc

stevebt

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id put corsair ram in cause im not impressed with the twinmos stuff

super_si

Andy, Look Here

Si

Fuzz

Which make though Si? as there are a number of manufacters using the ATI radion chipset ?

fuz

Andy, Look Here

small is bootiful

Fuz

Fuzz

Stevebt.
Cosair 1GB chips £269.08
TwinMos 1GB chip £152.63

**** me!
Is it worth the extra ?

super_si

andy we havnt decided yet. Nicks taking his time choosing which is the better.

So no doubt it'll be a cracking one

Si

Fuzz

Fair play to those guys that squeeze it all in to a matchbox,
It's not me though, I want to be able to keep it from melting down.
If it does'nt fit into my current case I'll get something like a thermaltake housing link to thermaltake cases

7 fans

stevebt

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fuzz your making the pc, im just telling you what i think of mine, and your proposed pc is what i have

Mr Footlong

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LOL, Si, it's not that I am taking my time choosing one, I HAVEN'T had the time at all to really look into it this weekend. As a lot of you guys know, most of the 9800 pro boards,no matter who they are made by as built very, very closely to the Reference Ati design.

Promise I will let you know what I think your best chance ones will be, but bear what I just said in mind

Cheers,

Nick

Fuzz

MOBO and CPU ordered.
£451.61 from overclockers.
Oh well you only live once. (see other thread, lol )

As for memory, still undecided !
So Steve, What is it about the twin mos stuff that gets your goat.
Is there something special about the corsair boards compared to the equivalent Twin Mos? As I posted above, there is one HELL of a price difference !

any more suggestions anyone, nothing set in stone yet...
(well, except the MOBO and CPU )

Andy

stevebt

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best asking footlong about the ram but the corsair stuff runs better at the speeds its supposed , this twinmmos stuff doesnt impress me but its in so ill leave it that way but your making a new pc so you have the time to make an informed decision on which to buy

edit
i done a benchmark test for the ram in sandra soft and the ram didnt come up as good as the 3200 was supposed to be

[Edited by stevebt - 7/28/2003 7:43:01 PM]

Mr Footlong

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Athlon machines, especially dual channel boards like nice tight timings on the ram . If you had bought the TwinMOS PC3200 Winbond stuff a month or 2 ago, I would have said go for it, as they were Decked out with Winbond BH-5 chips, which are used in A LOT of the Corsair XMS3200-C2 chips, which can run 2-2-5 T1 settings all day long in a lot of cases, sometimes with a little more volts over the standard 2.5V.
HOWEVER, most, if not all TwinMOS PC3200 Winbond sticks now are coming with CH-5 ships, which don't like tight timings at all. These are fine for a lot of the new Intel boards to as the Canerwood is not so fussy with RAM timings.

Cheers,

Nick

JohnnyRob

Dunno about the A7N8X, but with my A7V8X mobo I returned two sticks of Twinmos 512 PC2700 back to cpucity.co.uk (one a replacement for the first). Real bummer as Ram has increased in price since I purchased. Well pleased with my CPU drom CPU city, tho - I'd price them up with ram (not twinmos) & AMD for sure.

I'd say yer proposed system sounds rather nice...

Fuzz

No longer proposed Jonny, It'll be here Tuesday

stevebt

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£1200

Fuzz

Asus A7N8X Deluxe nForce2 (Socket A) Motherboard (MB-019-AS) £89.18

AMD Athlon "Barton" XP3200+ 400FSB (Socket A) CPU - Retail (CP-051-AM) £352.44

Antec TruePower 430W PSU (CA-001-AN) £70.38

PowerColor Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB - Retail (GX-006-PC) £284.35

Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200 TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 (MY-018-CS) £269.08

Microsoft Windows XP Professional - OEM (OS-002-MS) £114.21

Arctic Ceramique Thermal Compound (2.7g) (OA-004-AC) £4.64

Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - Black (CB-004-GE) £4.64

Rounded Floppy Cable (0.45m) - Black (CB-031-GE) £2.29

+ P&P


<faints with shock>

Andy

stevebt

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an original windows thought that was just a myth, didnt see any hard drives in there, forgot who is doing them now but you can get 160gig serial ata for £100 <might be scan>, so you will need 2 of those as well to complete your setup

Fuzz

can't afford.... well can't justify bigger hard drives yet.

Have yet to fill my current 3.

thought it was about time to up the OS to XP...
been running the most god forsaken OS that Microsh1te ever produced for far too long now.
ME <spit>

Andy

stevebt

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must admit i like xp pro the best if you screw your pc up there is a system restore built into the program very usefull, but i dont think i could have parted with £120 for it

stevebt

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tell me what the the 9800 pro works out like as im on the verge of buying one and since youve nearly got my pc your the best to ask

Fuzz

will do

Fuzz

Seen a nice case in Maplins, so I'm rather hoping it won't fit in this midi case I have here, least I can then justify the extravagance.

Andy

stevebt

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pc world are doing a nice shinny aluminium case for £60 without psu, it looks quite nice thinking of getting one myself

Fuzz

One in maplins is £43 Creamy white case but tinted blue perspex on most of the front cover along with some lcd temp displays and the on off buttons having a chrome effect looks well nice.
Shame it won't go with anything else in the room though.

Andy

Fuzz

found it