suggestions on this computer setup

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

ok, just need some feedback from people who might have more experience with computers than i do. this is the basic setup i'm thinking about, let me know what you think.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor

SI K9N Neo-F Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO

CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit System Memory

SAPPHIRE 100106L Radeon X850XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

not too sure on the mb and video card, might want to upgrade them both but not sure to what. but anyone with computer building experience, please chime in.

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[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

I think it's a pretty good PC, I'd go for 2GB of ram if ur planning on doing alot of gaming tho.

No CD/DVD drives? or case? floppy if needed?

woh rechecked, ur MB wont work, it says it uses 240pin ram slots, so recheck that.

Number of DDR2 Slots 4x 240pin DDR2

DDR2 Standard DDR2 800

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

oops, yeah copy pasted wrong link, fixed now. i'm going to order dvd and cd drives, but i just want to make sure that everything so far looks good.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

still wrong, it says DDR2 800, u have DDR2 667. U need one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010170542+1052108080+1052416064&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=542

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

ahhh shoot didn't even realize that! anyways (thats why i'm posting, still a computer noobx) i should go with 2gb instead of 1gb? would i notice the difference? i was reading that you might not even notice the difference in most applications.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

Like I said, if u were going for a gaming comp than u might as well. U probably wont notice a big difference in most applications, but u never know when later on u will be running some programs in the background whil playing games (media players, firewalls, anti virus, etc...). Plus if ur just building this computer to be set for a while u might as well be prepared for the new games that come out with the high requirements. Also memory will help with photochoping nad sh!tz, video editing. etc...

Or if u play games like an online RPG (WoW, EQ, etc..) and u decide to run multiple copies at once.

If ur already low on money and cant get the 2nd gig than dont, but it's always nice.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

**** video card is super cheap, its even cheaper than pricewatch.com

$ 173.98 - radeon x850 xt platinum pci

$ 173.00 - radeon x850 xt 256mb pci

to bad its not the agp version //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

dayum that's expensive

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

well i might go ahead and get 2gb now, so i wont have to worry about it later. what about the video card, i've been researching all over and still have no real idea of what to get. i've heard good stuff from this x850xt and its 256bit at a good price.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

yea get the x850xt, i wish i had one of those over my shitty radeon 9600 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

I personaly prefer nvidia, but if ur sticking to ATI than why dont u look at thier

X1xxx series? it'd be better to have more support for newer games. But I do agree that is a nice buy specially for a 256 bit. Go for it if u dont have the budget, but try to find something along the x1900 series.

But as for the build right now I think it would do really good.

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

yeah i'm having a hard time picking between ati and nvidia. i've heard good stuff about the x1900 series too. if i'm mainly doing gaming i should probably go with nvidia right?

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

yes

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

so if you had about $150-$250 for a video card, what would you pick?

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

how do you know what type of ram to get when upgrading? can i fit ddr2 ram in a normal ddr slot?

SiSoftware Sandra

System Memory Controller

Location : Mainboard

Error Correction Capability : None

Number of Memory Slots : 2

Maximum Installable Memory : 4GB

Bank0/1 - A0 : None None None None DIMM DDR-SDRAM 512MB/64

Bank2/3 - A1 : Empty

Logical/Chipset 2 Memory Banks

Bank 0 : 256MB DDR-SDRAM 3.0-3-3-3 2CMD

Bank 1 : 256MB DDR-SDRAM 3.0-3-3-3 2CMD

Channels : 1

Bank Interleave : 2-way

Speed : 2x 200MHz (400MHz data rate)

Multiplier : 1/9x

Width : 64-bit

Refresh Rate : 5.00µs

Power Save Mode : No

Fixed Hole Present : No

Warning 100 : Large memory sizes should be made of Registered/Buffered memory.

Tip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity.