Could I do better than this with $1600?

fedexpope · 06-28-2005, 02:16 PM

Will be used as a gaming pc. Not planning on overclocking.

Case: Thermaltake Armor VA8000SWA Silver Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower

Mobo: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor

Video Card: XFX PVT45GUDF3 Geforce 6800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16

Sound Card: CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS

RAM: Kingston HyperX 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit

Main Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B080M0 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

Storage Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B160M0 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

DVD Rom: SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM

DVD Burner: NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R

PSU: Thermaltake PurePower W0023R ATX 560W Power Supply 115/230 V

technobeast · 06-28-2005, 10:54 PM

Aren't the new SATA standard HDDs out yet? If they are probably you could try them... greater speed. For everything else.. .there's Congratulations.

p.s. You couldn't by any means have relation with poopinthebuttof right? Just asking

RipperRoo · 06-29-2005, 08:28 AM

looks like a nice system, but im baffeled as to why your getting 2 dvd drives, as writers act as readers as well. unless you plan to backup 100's of DVD's with a program such as DVD Shrink and want to save a bit of time the second drives isnt needed.

fedexpope · 06-29-2005, 12:36 PM

Whats the difference between SATA 150 and SATA standard?
I'm getting 2 dvd drives because I like to have an extra drive incase one fails.
No i dont know who poopinthebuttof is. Is his name Conan related too?

technobeast · 06-30-2005, 01:05 PM

Never mind the other one.
SATA150 and SATA are generally one and the same standard. It's just the new SATA specifications that have brought the speeds to much more (if only I could remember how much). And there are drives on the market already I think

igalan · 07-01-2005, 10:32 AM

Money doesn't seem to be a problem, so why not going for a GeForce 7800 GTX?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130234

I don't know about the MSI K8N motherboard, but my Asus A8N SLI Dlx southbridge fan is too noisy, so I got a Zalman NB-47J to replace it.

Everything else is top quality, so no problems here!

06-28-2005, 02:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
fedexpope Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2	Could I do better than this with $1600? Will be used as a gaming pc. Not planning on overclocking. Case: Thermaltake Armor VA8000SWA Silver Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Mobo: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor Video Card: XFX PVT45GUDF3 Geforce 6800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Sound Card: CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS RAM: Kingston HyperX 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Main Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B080M0 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM Storage Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B160M0 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM DVD Rom: SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM DVD Burner: NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R PSU: Thermaltake PurePower W0023R ATX 560W Power Supply 115/230 V

06-28-2005, 10:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	Aren't the new SATA standard HDDs out yet? If they are probably you could try them... greater speed. For everything else.. .there's Congratulations. p.s. You couldn't by any means have relation with poopinthebuttof right? Just asking __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

06-29-2005, 08:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
RipperRoo AdMiN oF RoCk! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: uk Posts: 2,080	looks like a nice system, but im baffeled as to why your getting 2 dvd drives, as writers act as readers as well. unless you plan to backup 100's of DVD's with a program such as DVD Shrink and want to save a bit of time the second drives isnt needed. __________________ PcTechtalk.com Admin A7V8X xp2600 Barton SLK 97U, GeForce FX 5700, 1GB 2700DDR Ram Sony DVD -R/+R/RW, SB Live 5.1 Digital, 1 x 30gb 3 x 200GB 2x120GB 1 x 250GB HDD'S, 19" TFT Epson R265 HP NX6125 Laptop 1gb memory http://www.minotaur-computers.co.uk/

06-30-2005, 01:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	Never mind the other one. SATA150 and SATA are generally one and the same standard. It's just the new SATA specifications that have brought the speeds to much more (if only I could remember how much). And there are drives on the market already I think __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

07-01-2005, 10:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
igalan PCTT Articles Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Barcelona, SPAIN Posts: 1,018	Money doesn't seem to be a problem, so why not going for a GeForce 7800 GTX? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130234 I don't know about the MSI K8N motherboard, but my Asus A8N SLI Dlx southbridge fan is too noisy, so I got a Zalman NB-47J to replace it. Everything else is top quality, so no problems here! __________________ AMD64 X2 3800+, Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, 2 GB RAM, GeForce 6600GT, Windows XP Home SP2

06-29-2005, 12:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
fedexpope Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2	Whats the difference between SATA 150 and SATA standard? I'm getting 2 dvd drives because I like to have an extra drive incase one fails. No i dont know who poopinthebuttof is. Is his name Conan related too?

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