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Mitchua
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 Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 5:14 am Post subject: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy). Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Asus A7V600
512MB DDR-2700 333Mhz
Seagate 120GB w/ 8mb cache S-ATA
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro
Case with 350W PSU
--Mitchua |
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Shepİ
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 5:18 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:14:10 GMT Singing Yo-Ho-Ho and a Merry KMA
"Mitchua" <mitchua@yahoo.com> wrote :
| Quote: | I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy). Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Asus A7V600
512MB DDR-2700 333Mhz
Seagate 120GB w/ 8mb cache S-ATA
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro
Case with 350W PSU
--Mitchua
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If you are running newer games go for 1 gig of RAM.
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Hank
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 5:24 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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"Mitchua" <mitchua@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6ZrCb.5842$%TO.4242@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
| Quote: | I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy). Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Asus A7V600
512MB DDR-2700 333Mhz
Seagate 120GB w/ 8mb cache S-ATA
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro
Case with 350W PSU
--Mitchua
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Yeah where you buy at. Pass up your local store and order online and save
some $.
Hank |
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Sooky Grumper
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 5:34 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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Mitchua wrote:
| Quote: | I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy). Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Asus A7V600
512MB DDR-2700 333Mhz
Seagate 120GB w/ 8mb cache S-ATA
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Compare the warranty of this drive to that of other drive makers for
equivalent specs. I'm not sure about this particular drive, but seagate
have dropped down to a 1 year warranty on many drives while western
digital have a three year warranty on most if not all drives. After
recently having a seagate die on me after 18 months and a real hassle in
getting it replaced under warranty, I now am buying western digital drives.
| Quote: | Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro
Case with 350W PSU
--Mitchua
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Mitchua
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:54 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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"Sooky Grumper" <sookygrumper@fishies_.com> wrote in message
news:3fda4fa3$1@quokka.wn.com.au...
| Quote: | Mitchua wrote:
I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy).
Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is
what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Asus A7V600
512MB DDR-2700 333Mhz
Seagate 120GB w/ 8mb cache S-ATA
Compare the warranty of this drive to that of other drive makers for
equivalent specs. I'm not sure about this particular drive, but seagate
have dropped down to a 1 year warranty on many drives while western
digital have a three year warranty on most if not all drives. After
recently having a seagate die on me after 18 months and a real hassle in
getting it replaced under warranty, I now am buying western digital
drives. |
I'm mainly buying Seagate because they are generally quieter than the WD
ones. I have the IDE Seagate 120GB and although it's not as quiet as the
Seagate IV, it's still very nice.
--Mitchua
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Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro
Case with 350W PSU
--Mitchua
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Mitchua
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:57 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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"Hank" <hank@youbetya.com> wrote in message
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"Mitchua" <mitchua@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6ZrCb.5842$%TO.4242@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy).
Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is
what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Asus A7V600
512MB DDR-2700 333Mhz
Seagate 120GB w/ 8mb cache S-ATA
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro
Case with 350W PSU
--Mitchua
Yeah where you buy at. Pass up your local store and order online and save
some $.
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When you factor in shipping costs and the border taxes to order stuff from
the U.S., I've never found an online (Canadian) retailer that's cheaper than
Canada Computers (http://canadacomputers.com/). Not to mention the 15% tax
we pay on things up here in Ontario! We do get free healthcare though ;-)
--Mitchua
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Mitchua
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:59 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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"Shepİ" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:14:10 GMT Singing Yo-Ho-Ho and a Merry KMA
"Mitchua" <mitchua@yahoo.com> wrote :
I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy).
Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is
what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Asus A7V600
512MB DDR-2700 333Mhz
Seagate 120GB w/ 8mb cache S-ATA
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro
Case with 350W PSU
--Mitchua
If you are running newer games go for 1 gig of RAM.
My 10 penn'th
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Good point. I was thinking that's something that could be upgraded later to
save on costs now. Speaking of RAM though, is 333Mhz really going to
preform better than 400Mhz with a 333Mhz CPU like some zines say?
Thanks for the reply,
Mitchua
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Ralph Mowery
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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| Quote: | I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy). Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
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How do you plan on loading in the operating system and games without a cdrom
? Also while you may not need it , the floppy sould only be a few dollars
more. |
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Mitchua
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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"Ralph Mowery" <rmowery@ctc.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: |
I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy).
Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is
what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
How do you plan on loading in the operating system and games without a
cdrom
? Also while you may not need it , the floppy sould only be a few dollars
more.
I agree, it may be hard without a CDROM :-) I'm actually salvaging a burner |
and floppy drive from the old computer.
--Mitchua |
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Sooky Grumper
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:56 pm Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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Mitchua wrote:
| Quote: | "Ralph Mowery" <rmowery@ctc.net> wrote in message
news:dL2dnZ_wy4gDFUeiRVn-uA@ctc.net...
I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy).
Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is
what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
How do you plan on loading in the operating system and games without a
cdrom
? Also while you may not need it , the floppy sould only be a few dollars
more.
I agree, it may be hard without a CDROM :-) I'm actually salvaging a burner
and floppy drive from the old computer.
--Mitchua
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Also, BIOS updates are usually done via a floppy. Then again, that may
have changed. I usually end up updating BIOSes of older systems (500mhz
and below), so my impression is biased.
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Mitchua
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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"Sooky Grumper" <sookygrumper@fishies_.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Mitchua wrote:
"Ralph Mowery" <rmowery@ctc.net> wrote in message
news:dL2dnZ_wy4gDFUeiRVn-uA@ctc.net...
I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy).
Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is
what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I
should
change?
How do you plan on loading in the operating system and games without a
cdrom
? Also while you may not need it , the floppy sould only be a few
dollars
more.
I agree, it may be hard without a CDROM :-) I'm actually salvaging a
burner
and floppy drive from the old computer.
--Mitchua
Also, BIOS updates are usually done via a floppy. Then again, that may
have changed. I usually end up updating BIOSes of older systems (500mhz
and below), so my impression is biased.
Not to mention all the great Linux distros on floppy! |
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zalzon
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:57:00 GMT, "Mitchua" <mitchua@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I've never found an online (Canadian) retailer that's cheaper than
Canada Computers (http://canadacomputers.com/).
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How about this one : www.canadasys.com |
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zalzon
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:59:11 GMT, "Mitchua" <mitchua@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Good point. I was thinking that's something that could be upgraded later to
save on costs now. Speaking of RAM though, is 333Mhz really going to
preform better than 400Mhz with a 333Mhz CPU like some zines say?
Thanks for the reply,
Mitchua
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i'd go for 400 even if it goes a little slower.
when it comes time to upgrade to 64 bit motherboard and chip (which
will happen eventually), you can use the ram. Get the ram as a one
piece 512 block as the 64 bit system will need a crapload of ram to be
useful. So 512 as one block will give you more space to expand on the
new board.
I generally don't worry about "future proofing" my system when i buy
it but in this case it may pay off since 64 bit chips will be on the
market in force in 2004. |
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Ancra
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: Building AMD system, please tell me what you think |
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:59:11 GMT, "Mitchua" <mitchua@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "Shepİ" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:m5jktvsmuvghlf0kjvp5sjpjkatrb8msua@4ax.com...
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:14:10 GMT Singing Yo-Ho-Ho and a Merry KMA
"Mitchua" <mitchua@yahoo.com> wrote :
I'm building a new base PC for a friend (i.e. no CDROM or floppy).
Here's
what I'm thinking. I'm trying to keep the price at $700CND (which is
what
all this costs at my local computer store). It's primarily for gaming,
movies, etc. Please tell me what you think. Is there anything I should
change?
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No, not really. My faith is invested in nForce chipsets though. But
that's probably just religion...
ancra |
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