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Old Jul 24, 2004, 11:22 AM   #1
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Hey people, i think its time to get a new rig, im gonna spread out the buyin over 4/5 months so it'll be done by xmas

Aniway here what im gonna be getting:

Case: Coolermaster TAC-T01 Wave Master
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3400 (Socket 754) - Retail
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP nForce3 250 Skt754
Memory: Geil Golden Dragon 1.0GB PC3200 Dual Channel
Graphic Card: Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB DDR3 AGP +DVI +VIVO Retail
PSU: ThermalTake 560W PurePower PSU Black/Silver
Sound: Creative SoundBlaster Audigy2 6.1
Hard Drive: 160 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 SATA
Optical Drives: NEC ND-2510 Dual Layer DVD +/- R/RW
Keyboard and Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop LX 501 - Retail
Speakers: Pure Digital ZXR-550 5.1 Speaker System
Font Panel: Coolermaster Musketeer 1 Silver Analogue display
Cables: Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable
Monitor: 17" LG Flatron L1710B Silver TFT

What do'ya think? Im thinking i might just be able to play doom1 and half life on it
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Old Jul 24, 2004, 11:35 AM   #2
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Re: New Rig
[QUOTE]Originally posted by chrisg22
[B]Hey people, i think its time to get a new rig, im gonna spread out the buyin over 4/5 months so it'll be done by xmas

Aniway here what im gonna be getting:

Case: Coolermaster TAC-T01 Wave Master
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3400 (Socket 754) - Retail
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP nForce3 250 Skt754
Memory: Geil Golden Dragon 1.0GB PC3200 Dual Channel
Graphic Card: Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB DDR3 AGP +DVI +VIVO Retail
PSU: ThermalTake 560W PurePower PSU Black/Silver
Sound: Creative SoundBlaster Audigy2 6.1
Hard Drive: 160 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 SATA
Optical Drives: NEC ND-2510 Dual Layer DVD +/- R/RW
Keyboard and Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop LX 501 - Retail
Speakers: Pure Digital ZXR-550 5.1 Speaker System
Font Panel: Coolermaster Musketeer 1 Silver Analogue display
Cables: Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable
Monitor: 17" LG Flatron L1710B Silver TFT

What do'ya think? Im thinking i might just be able to play doom1 and half life on it

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Old Jul 24, 2004, 11:48 AM   #3
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Why are you going for the extra (slight) expense of a dual channel memory kit on a single channel rig?

socket 939 is dual channel and more future proof than the AMD64 socket 754, semprons (32bit athlon/duron replacements) are taking over the 754 apparently.

Just my 2p
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Old Jul 24, 2004, 11:52 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #4
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i was told that it was a dual channel rig..... mmmm i'll av to look into that wont i
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Old Jul 24, 2004, 11:59 AM   #5
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i was told that it was a dual channel rig..... mmmm i'll av to look into that wont i
With the AMD64 chips the memory controller is on die (on the processor). Only the 939 and 940 chips have dual channel controllers on die.

Who told you that it was dual channel and is this a self build or shop build? I'd have to question the reliability of the shop if it's the latter.

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Old Jul 24, 2004, 12:03 PM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #6
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thanks a nice warm welcome lol nar it was off another forum i'll av to change that then i'll just buy single channel geil then its only a few quid cheaper
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Old Jul 24, 2004, 03:24 PM   #7
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Why not get the Audigy 2 ZS? It supports 7.1 speakers, and I doubt it can be more tha $5 or so more expensive.
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Old Jul 24, 2004, 03:41 PM   #8
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Why not get the Audigy 2 ZS? It supports 7.1 speakers, and I doubt it can be more tha $5 or so more expensive.
If you look around the Uk at the moment everyone seems to be doing deals on the ZS, I've seen it as low as £70.00 so it's a dood buy at the moment. Is there something else due out, you don't usually see a widespread price drop like this until the next gen is due.
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Old Jul 24, 2004, 04:41 PM   #9
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If you look around the Uk at the moment everyone seems to be doing deals on the ZS, I've seen it as low as £70.00 so it's a dood buy at the moment. Is there something else due out, you don't usually see a widespread price drop like this until the next gen is due.
That seems about right, I payed about that much after conversion for my card, that I bought like 4 months ago.
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Old Jul 24, 2004, 05:48 PM   #10
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That seems about right, I payed about that much after conversion for my card, that I bought like 4 months ago.
The trouble with currency conversion dollar wise particularly USD is that although there are so and so dollars to the Pound, in practice things works out about the same numerically due to the excessive taxation and profiteering that runs riot over here.
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Old Jul 24, 2004, 06:04 PM   #11
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Yeah, except that was Canadian.

I just checked prices on them here, and they seem to be about the same, which I don't really find that low for that type of card.
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i think personally... that spreading out buying a computer over a period of 6 months is rather a terrible idea.. (enless you are able to use it the entire time, and simply make smooth transitions over time)... if you gonna build a rig.. wait till you've got the money and the parts are availabl.e. and plurger all at once... that way you will most definitely end up with the best price and best hardware all at once.....
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