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| Thread ID: 40304 | 2003-12-04 06:01:00 | Will this Hardware combination work | Brad H (738) | Press F1 |
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| 197255 | 2003-12-04 06:45:00 | how about a 128Mb DDR GeForce4 Ti4200 8X CRT + DVI-I + S-Video out would this do any better? or is better still to look at a Raedon |
Brad H (738) | ||
| 197256 | 2003-12-04 06:52:00 | Sounds like a cool system. yeah, I'd go for a Radeon - better anti-aliasing | Greg S (201) | ||
| 197257 | 2003-12-04 08:24:00 | Most of what you have there looks pretty good . I would seriously recommend however that you look at getting a 400W or higher PSU . The latest P4s and Athlon XPs are pretty power hungry and you may find that 300W just isn't enough . You will find that your system will be alot more stable with a higher wattage PSU . Another bit of advice is that you consider upgrading to the Gigabyte GA-7NNXP board . The approximate price difference between the two is $130, now that may seem alot, but bare with me . The GA-7N400 Pro2 has the MCP southbridge chip whilst the GA-7NNXP has the MCP-T chip . Have a look here ( . pcworld . co . nz/thread . jsp?forum=1&thread=41990&message=222362#222362" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) at a previous post of mine outlining the key difference of these chips . As you can see, a board that has the MCP-T chip, a soundcard isn't required . Now I'm sure you can see where I'm heading with this, a decent soundcard costs $100+, which is approximately the difference in price between the 7N400 Pro2 and the 7NNXP . There are many other advantages that the 7NNXP has over the 7N400 . I suggest you look here ( . giga-byte . com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-7NNXP . htm" target="_blank">www . giga-byte . com) and here ( . giga-byte . com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-7N400%20Pro2 . htm" target="_blank">www . giga-byte . com) to compare the two . |
b1naryb0y (3) | ||
| 197258 | 2003-12-04 21:00:00 | Im trying to keep it powerful but still relitively cheap. I was going to get it custom built through a computer store but yesterday I managed to get a dse case on clearance so have decided to build it myself. The case comes with a 300W PSU and while this is fairly easy to replace I would pefer to leave it as it is so what sort of system can I build on it that will still be stable ie motherboard, cpu, ram etc??? Also is it wise to try and get serial ata or does this only really effect the higher end systems or is it better to wait for 64bit proccessors and then get serial ata and upgrade the psu | Brad H (738) | ||
| 197259 | 2003-12-04 21:59:00 | I believe at the moment serial ata is no faster then the reguler format,This will change over the next few years though. I wouldn't put much faith in a dse psu.They also tend to become noisy early in there lifespan. When it comes to 64-bit you will have to upgrade the motherboard,ram,cpu and OS(well,u can use a 32bit os but you wont get the full advantage of the hardware)By the time all this is on the market at a reasonable pric then agp will probally have been replaced by pci-x so a new video card would probally be in order and serial ata will be the norm. Get where im going with this?.........If your looking at upgrading to 64 bit in the future then you will be buying an entirely new computer to do it. |
metla (154) | ||
| 197260 | 2003-12-05 02:13:00 | Okay how about this slightly less powerful (and cheaper) combination. AMD Athlon XP CPU 2600+ core 333FSB Retailor box Gigabyte GA-7VT600 KT600 400MHz 8XAGP ATA133 6 Channel Sound USB2.0 ACE 512MB DDR400 16C (32Mx8) PC3200 Retail Pack Eagle E-GeForce FX 5200 128Mb DDR (NV34) 8X AGP 3D VGA Card Samsung 52x24x52 CD-RW 8MB Buffer Retail Pack(TWO YEARS WARRANTY!!!) Western Digital Caviar SE 80G HDD, 7200rpm ATA-100, 8MB Buffer, 3 year Warranty |
Brad H (738) | ||
| 197261 | 2003-12-05 02:27:00 | u dunno... try for 1gb of ram. also for graphics go for the best card u can afford. | Megaman (344) | ||
| 197262 | 2003-12-05 03:32:00 | You wont see much perfornce differece between the 2 cpu's. 512mb of ram is plenty,Im running 2 nearly identiacal machines side by side,one with 512mb of ram and the other with 256mb of ram,You have to push them both pretty damn hard to figure out which one has the more ram. The video card will bite you if you plan to run games,You wont get the steller performence provided by the better ones and will probally regret buying it within a few months. |
metla (154) | ||
| 197263 | 2003-12-05 21:09:00 | Okay thanks will look into that its just that the graphics cards vary in price so much but if it is going to help me alot to go for an expensive one I suppose I should. thanks | Brad H (738) | ||
| 197264 | 2003-12-05 21:14:00 | You can get a g4ti for just on $200,they certainly aint the latest but are excellent performers,I was reading a report the other day they are upto 18% faster then the card that replaces them(fx5600). | metla (154) | ||
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