Opinions on building a value machine
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Posted by Bruin on March 7, 2005, 9:08 pm
Please log in for more thread options A buddy of mine wants me to help him assemble a new machine for him. He has a limited budget ($500.00 US), doesn't need a CD ROM or monitor. Below is my selection of some decent (cheap) components that I have selected. POWMAX CP769PL-2 Beige Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case w/ 400 watt PS $34.50 Leadtek Geforce 6600 128MB DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card $109.00 Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive $68.00 CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard Model #: VNF4/Ultra $99.00 Rosewill 512MB DDR400(PC3200) System Memory $47.00 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester Socket 939 Processor $165.00 Total inc'l shipping: $517.48 Just over his budget. I got a POWMAX case for my family computer & was quite surprised about how much I like it. I could go for another brand of hard drive & get 160 gig for not alot more money. Other than that... opinions? I am posting this in several newsgroups in the hopes for getting alot of responses fast as he needs to order these parts ASAP, before his wife changes her mind! ;) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by philo on March 7, 2005, 8:55 pm
Please log in for more thread options I think you could save some money by getting a 32bit mobo/cpu combo. Until 64bit OS's and apps are common...there's probably not much you'd gain with 64bit at this time | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by NoneOfBusiness on March 7, 2005, 11:18 pm
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>>A buddy of mine wants me to help him assemble a new machine for him. He
>>has a limited budget ($500.00 US), doesn't need a CD ROM or monitor. >> Below is my selection of some decent (cheap) components that I have >> selected. >> >> POWMAX CP769PL-2 Beige Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case w/ 400 watt PS >> $34.50 >> >> Leadtek Geforce 6600 128MB DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card >> $109.00 >> >> Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive >> $68.00 >> >> CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard >> Model #: VNF4/Ultra >> $99.00 >> >> Rosewill 512MB DDR400(PC3200) System Memory >> $47.00 >> >> >> AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester Socket 939 Processor >> $165.00 >> >> Total inc'l shipping: $517.48 Just over his budget. >> >> I got a POWMAX case for my family computer & was quite surprised about >> how much I like it. I could go for another brand of hard drive & get >> 160 gig for not alot more money. >> >> Other than that... opinions? >
> >I think you could save some money by getting a 32bit mobo/cpu combo. >Until 64bit OS's and apps are common...there's probably not much >you'd gain with 64bit at this time > "I think you could save some money by getting a 32bit mobo/cpu combo. >Until 64bit OS's and apps are common...there's probably not much
>you'd gain with 64bit at this time " Except better performance.... I would recommend doing 2 sticks of memory instead of one to take advantage of the dual channel on that board.. One problem with that case is the power supply. It probably is not good enough to reliably power that motherboard,cpu and video. Also, if you didn't price that on Newegg, redo it there. You may can save some more money | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by philo on March 8, 2005, 5:55 am
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check your facts !
> Except better performance.... > I would recommend doing 2 sticks of memory instead of one to take > advantage of the dual channel on that board.. One problem with that > case is the power supply. It probably is not good enough to reliably > power that motherboard,cpu and video. > > | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by NoneOfBusiness on March 8, 2005, 11:46 pm
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>> Except better performance.... >> I would recommend doing 2 sticks of memory instead of one to take >> advantage of the dual channel on that board.. One problem with that >> case is the power supply. It probably is not good enough to reliably >> power that motherboard,cpu and video. >> >> >check your facts !
> Facts checked. I think you better check yours before spouting off. 1) Better performance from an Athlon 64 than Athlon XP and better than most P4's. Numerous reviews. Google for it. I am not doing it for you. 2) Memory on Mobo: From manufacturer: " * Four 184-pin DDR DIMMs up to 4GB * Supports Dual Channel DDR266/333/400 memory" Dual channel offers better performance than single channel on socket 939's. One of the big reasons why performance is much better than Socket 754. once again, google for it if you need it in writing 3). PSU: Requires a 24 pin ATX Power connector & 4 pin ATX 12V Power connector. Case comes with a 20pin ATX power supply. May or may not work with board. Questionable power ratings on PSU and dependent on whats shipped with case. 4) Better memory architecture. Athlon64/FX/Opteron have memory controllers on die, instead of having a FSB. One more reason why they have been outperforming Intel over the last year. 5) 64bit IS the wave of the future. Doesn't matter that it isn't here fully at this moment for Windows users. It has been for Linux/FreeBSD for at least a year and we have been using it. My Specs MSI k8t Master2-far Motherboard Dual Opteron 244 processors 2x80 Gig WD SATA Harddrives 1x300 Gig Maxtor IDE Drive 1 Liteon Dual Layer DVD-/+R/RW Drive 1 Liteon DVD/CDRW 52x Combo drive 2gigs PC2700 Infineon Reg ECC (4x512) 1 Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum 1 XFX Geforce 6600GT AGP Video 4x80mm NEON Blue Antec case fans Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows XP x86-64 RC2, and Fedora C3 64 500watt ULTRA modular power supply. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>has a limited budget ($500.00 US), doesn't need a CD ROM or monitor.
> Below is my selection of some decent (cheap) components that I have
> selected.
>
> POWMAX CP769PL-2 Beige Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case w/ 400 watt PS
> $34.50
>
> Leadtek Geforce 6600 128MB DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card
> $109.00
>
> Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
> $68.00
>
> CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
> Model #: VNF4/Ultra
> $99.00
>
> Rosewill 512MB DDR400(PC3200) System Memory
> $47.00
>
>
> AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester Socket 939 Processor
> $165.00
>
> Total inc'l shipping: $517.48 Just over his budget.
>
> I got a POWMAX case for my family computer & was quite surprised about
> how much I like it. I could go for another brand of hard drive & get
> 160 gig for not alot more money.
>
> Other than that... opinions?