What To Change?

[PCTech]

Could I get some feed back on the below mentioned parts? What changes would you make? How overclockable is the current setup with air cooling? I need suggestions, i'm excited about this! Any input is helpful! TIA

http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishHis...EW &ID=552245


Thanks,
~PCTech

[unicorn]

Ah, composing a new box... Tricky.
I see nothing wrong with your choice. I haven't read the specs in detail regarding the motherboard but I would check if it demands a SATA drive or not, maybe you have to add one (I see you order standard ATA cable).
Overclocking: No ideea
Question: (off-topic) I would like a new rig since my main machine here is getting old. I have no complaints about it but nowadays a 1.4 MHz isn't the primary choice (editing photos and such). Obviously we use our machines different and think about them differently, but I'm interested in an Athlon 64. I have to wait a little of course until everything gets a little more stable...
Anyway: Good luck! Lot of RAM!

[war59312]

Looks good to me but why a:

AMD Athlon XP 2800+

I would just get a 2500+ and overclock that bad boy to 3200+ plus speeds. Good enough. And half the price. But choice is yours.

And yea you are missing ram and a hard drive. Sure you know that. :P

Get some ddr400, at least 512mb of it ( i would get two stick of 512mb myself and run dual channel, like i am now. ) and at least a 80mb 8mb cache hard drive 7500rpm or 10000 rpm of course.

[PCTech]

Alrighty, I was thinking about going with a 2500+ as they do overclock a lot better in my opinion than the 2800. I do have 512 (2x256 DDR400) of ram, 1GB if you count the PC2700 that is also in there.

Stuff I got already:
RAM - 2x 256 DDR400
DVD Burner
CD Burner
DVD Rom
5 HDs (200GB, 40GB, 30GB, 60GB, and 30GB...3 are external)
btw all the HDs I have are 8mb cache ones

also how much of a difference would the sata drives make as far as speed and extracting stuff? Also the 2500 barton is a good chip (less money for me!) Would you go with the Barton Core or not?

[war59312]

Quote:

Originally posted by PCTech@Jan 26 2004, 09:35 AM
Alrighty, I was thinking about going with a 2500+ as they do overclock a lot better in my opinion than the 2800. I do have 512 (2x256 DDR400) of ram, 1GB if you count the PC2700 that is also in there.

Stuff I got already:
RAM - 2x 256 DDR400
DVD Burner
CD Burner
DVD Rom
5 HDs (200GB, 40GB, 30GB, 60GB, and 30GB...3 are external)
btw all the HDs I have are 8mb cache ones

also how much of a difference would the sata drives make as far as speed and extracting stuff? Also the 2500 barton is a good chip (less money for me!) Would you go with the Barton Core or not?

Yes Barton all the way. 512kb of cache instead of only 256kb...very nice...
wish it was out when i got my 2200 a year and a half ago...well then it was the best amd u could get so...

[unicorn]

Quote:

Originally posted by PCTech@Jan 26 2004, 03:35 PM
also how much of a difference would the sata drives make as far as speed and extracting stuff?

I mentioned the SATA drive only as I read a motherboard review where it showed out to be necessary having a SATA drive with that particular mobo - without it the RAID function didn't work.
Better to find out that now and not when unpacking all that new shiny speedy stuff...
And I would still go for Athlon 64. Expensive yes, I can't afford that now but with next box...

[PCTech]

Yah after researching, I'm getting a different mobo, because the only difference between that and the e-deluxe model is sata/raid and 1 gigabite lan port no on board video on that model either. The VM/400 model has onboard nforce2 graphics (better than my current standalone card.) Should I get the A7N8X-E-Deluxe or the A7N8X-VM/400?

Which is better for overclocking?

~PCTech