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what do you think of this set up? a good buy? (Read 242 times)

Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 12:09pm

maverickr6 Offline
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hope any one can help as my old PB platinum is a wee bit dated!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=51144&item=5111334341&r...

cheers

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Reply #1 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 2:32pm

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If you build a similar system yourself it will be cheaper.

AMD Athlon 64 3700+&&GeForce FX5200 256Mb&&1GB DDR400 DC&&Seagate 500Gb SATA-300 HDD&&Windows XP Professional X64 Edition&&&&That's right, I'm now using an AMD! I decided to give them another try and they kicked the pants off of my P4 3.4!

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Reply #2 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 3:17pm

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Personally I wouldnt choose that mobo or that ram or that G/card. I'm sure you could build yourself a slightly better tower for around the same price. I am also very sceptical about buying ellecy goods off of ebay. I prefer to use someone like http://www.overclockers.co.uk and have good customer service incase anything goes wrong.

AMD64 3500+ @ 2200MHz 400FSB&&MSI K8N Neo 2 mobo nForce3 chipset&&1gig Corsair XMS PC3200 timings @ 10.2.2.2 &&XFX 6800 Ultra @ 450/1200&&80gig HDD&&Loadsa fans!!!

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Reply #3 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 3:34pm

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Here is a system I built off the overclockers site:

AMD Athlon 64 3000 (Socket 754) - Retail (CP-070-AM)
£104.95

MSI K8N Platinum nForce3 250 (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-022-MS)
£69.95

Corsair 512MB DDR Value Select PC3200 Kit (2x256MB) (MY-043-CS)
£56.95

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Lite Retail (GX-017-SP)
£117.95

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB ATA-133 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-013-MD)
£48.95

Antec Plus 1080AMG Metallic Gray File Server Case - 430W TruePower PSU (CA-001-AT)
£77.50

MSI DR8-A2 8x DVD±R/±RW (Black) - Retail (CD-016-MS)
£46.00

OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Silver (CD-001-AP)
£6.50

Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop v2.0 - OEM (KB-018-MS)
£27.00

Altec Lansing 2100 Enhanced 2.1 Speaker System (SP-002-AL)
£46.95

Subtotal £602.70
VAT £105.48
Total £708.18

I reckon this is better than the other package on Ebay myself. The package on Ebay doesnt come with a monitor or software so I have a very comparible system built above. Only thing I am not sure on is speakers. I got creative ones but they woulda taken the price a bit more over the £700 mark

AMD64 3500+ @ 2200MHz 400FSB&&MSI K8N Neo 2 mobo nForce3 chipset&&1gig Corsair XMS PC3200 timings @ 10.2.2.2 &&XFX 6800 Ultra @ 450/1200&&80gig HDD&&Loadsa fans!!!

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Reply #4 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 3:47pm

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I wouldn't get that PC after my experience with the cheaper mobo & component manufacturers. You get alot of Asrock & Jetway in packages on ebay, try and get yourself a nice system with quality (stable) components. If you have the knowhow then building a system like Gixer suggests would be a very good option, or get a good package deal advertised in the large PC magazines.

I wouldn't bother with the 9800pro though - go for one of the new ones if you can, then you have a few months future proofing!

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Reply #5 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 4:22pm

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I go with you on that one Birdman. Was tryin to keep to the same budget but if you can afford it go for a 6800GT / Ultra or X800XT / PE

AMD64 3500+ @ 2200MHz 400FSB&&MSI K8N Neo 2 mobo nForce3 chipset&&1gig Corsair XMS PC3200 timings @ 10.2.2.2 &&XFX 6800 Ultra @ 450/1200&&80gig HDD&&Loadsa fans!!!

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Reply #6 - Aug 4^th, 2004 at 9:08am

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fair do's..... thanx for the heads up!!!!

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Reply #7 - Aug 4^th, 2004 at 9:16am

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What about this set up?

Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe SKTA NVNorce2ST ATX 8xAGP Giga LAN, SATA,
Firewire, 6 channel Audio, USB2 Dual chan. DDR +WiFi slot (up to DDR400)

CPU Athlon AMD XP3000+ processor

256MB DDR ATI RADEON™ 9800 XT

1gb ram

Raidmax Cobra Modded Case

17ppm Epson Stylus c66 photo printer

Seagate 80 gigabyte hard driven and a 20gb slave hard drive

8x Dvd writer

black dvd reader,

black high speed floppy disc drive and a 7 in one flash reader

Also are on board usb ports and firewire ports, enabling connection of all types of electronic equipment and jimina-meenas, such as ipods or digital cameras.
Finally this pc is loaded with Windows xp Home, and updated to the latest configuration, Microsoft office 2003, norton antivirus and internet security and a host of other programs all dying to be explored.
Spreakers and wirless keyboard and mouse too.

All for about £950

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