Hey guys, i am currently putting the final touches to getting all the parts for my new PC that i am going to build myself. I would REALLY appreciate if you could comment and give me feedback on my specs because i have very limited knowledge on some aspects of the system and therefore would hate to be buying something that is not good, heres the stuff: 256mb Nvidia BFG GF 7900GT Overclocked SLI £250 (graphics) Pioneer 16x DL DVD-RW OEM DVR-11D £28 (DVD-DRIVE) 250GB SATA2 MAXTOR 16MB DIAMONDMAX 10 £57 (HARDRIVE) 1GB DDR2 CORSAIR RAM PC5300 667MHZ £77 (RAM) ASUS A8N-SLI 64BIT 989 £75 (MOTHERBOARD) AMD DUEL CORE 4200+ 64BIT £255 (CPU) ATX 480W TAGAN SILENT PSU £68 (PSU) 19" BELINEA LCD TFT MONITOR 101902 £180 (MONITOR) WINDOWS XP HOME UPGRADE £90 (OPERATING SYSTEM) This PC costs around £1,128 and i would like to keep the price within like £200 above it, so please post and tell me what i should change. The main purpose of my PC is GAMING! so any advice would be VERY welcome! :ff:
Everything looks good except for the RAM. You can't use DDR2 RAM with the current AMD chips. You will need some DDR400 RAM.
so mate would you reccomend i go for 1GB PC3200 400MHZ BRAND CORSAIR 2 x 512 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- or should i go for 1GB PC3200 400MHZ BRANDED CORSAIR the single stick 1GB is cheaper than the 2x why is this?
You said you can add upto £200.00 right? Might aswell get a Corsair Pro RAM instead of a value RAM. Check out here.
To get the maximum benefit, go for 2 sticks instead of one. Socket 939 Athlon64's make use of dual-channel memory functions, which does add a performance jump over a similar Socket 754 A64, which are all single channel. Each channel needs to have RAM in it for the dual-channel function to work. I'd also recommend Seagate, Samsung or Western Digital hard drives. Maxtor seems to have drives that die every few years. I've had a lot of Maxtors, and most of those have failed on me. I've been getting Seagates lately myself, but WD and Samsung are good companies as well.
well ive changed my specs now Im getting the RAM that you suggested 2x 512mb sticks Then im getting a Seagate hardrive 250GB lastly ive heard bad things about overclocking and stability so im going to pay that little extra and get a 512mb SE Nvidia Gainward Geforce 7900GTX which i heard is one of the best in the world at the moment please comment!
Gainward has been a pretty good company. They dropped out of sight for awhile, but have recently resurfaced. They've been known for some very nice overclocking cards. My GeForce 3 card from them overclocked like mad...I've never had something OC as well as that one did.
I would prioritize the RAM and get 2 GB, especiall if you plan to play something like Battlefield 2. I spent around $220 on RAM but it was worth every penny. I lagged like crazy with 1 GB. Now I get 0 lag and maps load in about 1/4 of the time.
again haha id recommend my memory i think its alot of bang for the buck CORSAIR XMS 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory - Retail at Newegg.com if you were to get that the best idea would be to get two sticks and run them in dual channel, thats if you want the extra memory like mentioned above me, otherwise system specs look pretty good I've just been thinking maybe instead of getting a single 250gb hard drive you can do a RAID 0 array with two 120gb SATA drives So for any upgrade left I'd say hard drives or memory I'm actually leaning towards hard drives, memory you can add alot easier than hard drives after building a system and 2x512mb dual channel sticks should be fine for a while especially with a 512mb Gpu cheers again haha id recommend my memory i think its alot of bang for the buck CORSAIR XMS 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory - Retail at Newegg.com if you were to get that the best idea would be to get two sticks and run them in dual channel, thats if you want the extra memory like mentioned above me, otherwise system specs look pretty good I've just been thinking maybe instead of getting a single 250gb hard drive you can do a RAID 0 array with two 120gb SATA drives So for any upgrade left I'd say hard drives or memory I'm actually leaning towards hard drives, memory you can add alot easier than hard drives after building a system and 2x512mb dual channel sticks should be fine for a while especially with a 512mb Gpu cheers
