Shuttle Build Will It Work ?

SebMartin · Jul 11, 2008, 04:04 PM

Hi guys going to build my first system. I have a budget of about £500. This is what im suggesting:

Shuttle: Shuttle XPC SN68PTG5 Aluminium Barebones System - AMD64 (Socket AM2))
Ram:
Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864AA667)
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM
Hard Drive:
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423))
Graphics Card:
Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
CD Driver:
Sony NEC Optiarc DDU1671S 16x SATA DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM

I have two questions:
1. Will this system work and have i forgotten anything?
2. Any things i might wanna change keeping in mind my budget?

Thanks>

Syndicate2083 · Jul 14, 2008, 11:39 AM

I need to read better..

Sorry no one got back to you, looking over the shuttle specs and what you have listed, you should be fine.

** third edit, if you want this thing to play HD (movies) in the future, i recommend going with an nvidia 9xxx series card, or a newer ATi. The HD performance on those products are better than on an nvidia 8xxx card.

procupine14 · Jul 18, 2008, 03:27 PM

wow theres a post in this category?!?! yeah that looks pretty good. I second syn's notion on the 9 series cards. Much better for HD playback ie bluray etc. also look at the 4800 series Ati cards. They make me happy

Syndicate2083 · Jul 18, 2008, 05:05 PM

Yup and benches so far indicate that the 4800 ati cards have better HD performance than that of nVidias current offerings, so if thats your aim you most likely want to head that direction.

Who says an nvidia fan cant recommend ati haha.

-Syn

procupine14 · Jul 21, 2008, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syndicate2083

Who says an nvidia fan cant recommend ati haha.

-Syn

truth

I've been a nvidia fan for a looooonnng time but I have to say that a 4800 series Ati is what's going into my HTPC very soon after I get an HDD lined up for it and a case

GigaWatt · Sep 26, 2008, 07:15 AM

hmmmm, i would add another DIMM of 1GB RAM plus to the 2 you have already added... or get 2 DIMMs with 2GB each, even better, that way you can run them bouth in Dual Channel DDR mode. ofecourse, if you do that, in 32 bit operating systems, you can't have the whole amount of the 4GB of RAM, it will probaly show around 3GB-3.5GB, depending on how much memory resources your other hardware uses. but in 64 bit operating sustems, you can have the hole 4GB, and add even more, if you want to

in the graphics part i would defenetly recomend an ATI (AMD) card, i got a Biostar nVidia GeFroce 7200 GS 256MB DDR2, and the card sucks. especialy the new "improoved" nVidia drivers, the interface is very simple, no options... can't even adjust the S-Video out proparly, for some reason i can't choose the PAL standard from the meny, it's just stuck to auto detect, and (ofecourse) the only picture i'm getting on the screen is in black and white, since the default colour coding is set to NTSC.

althow (almost...) every game works under an nVidia card, it still hasn't got the best price/performance value ratio. on the other hand, ATI cards have some isuses with some games (a fiend of mine had a problem with Silen Hill 4 with Saphire ATI Radeon 3850 HD card on the rig), so i guess what you buy depends on what you plan to do with the rig

Jul 11, 2008, 04:04 PM	#1
SebMartin DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Shuttle Build Will It Work ? Hi guys going to build my first system. I have a budget of about £500. This is what im suggesting: Shuttle: Shuttle XPC SN68PTG5 Aluminium Barebones System - AMD64 (Socket AM2)) Ram: Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864AA667) Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM Hard Drive: Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423)) Graphics Card: Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail CD Driver: Sony NEC Optiarc DDU1671S 16x SATA DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM I have two questions: 1. Will this system work and have i forgotten anything? 2. Any things i might wanna change keeping in mind my budget? Thanks>

Jul 14, 2008, 11:39 AM	#2
Syndicate2083 HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Framingham, MA Posts: 228 Rep Power: 23 System Specs	I need to read better.. Sorry no one got back to you, looking over the shuttle specs and what you have listed, you should be fine. ** third edit, if you want this thing to play HD (movies) in the future, i recommend going with an nvidia 9xxx series card, or a newer ATi. The HD performance on those products are better than on an nvidia 8xxx card. __________________ -Crash the silence for the sake of memory. Intrinsic Realities, Veteran-USN. Last edited by Syndicate2083; Jul 14, 2008 at 11:45 AM.

Jul 18, 2008, 03:27 PM	#3
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	wow theres a post in this category?!?! yeah that looks pretty good. I second syn's notion on the 9 series cards. Much better for HD playback ie bluray etc. also look at the 4800 series Ati cards. They make me happy __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Jul 18, 2008, 05:05 PM	#4
Syndicate2083 HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Framingham, MA Posts: 228 Rep Power: 23 System Specs	Yup and benches so far indicate that the 4800 ati cards have better HD performance than that of nVidias current offerings, so if thats your aim you most likely want to head that direction. Who says an nvidia fan cant recommend ati haha. -Syn __________________ -Crash the silence for the sake of memory. Intrinsic Realities, Veteran-USN.

Sep 26, 2008, 07:15 AM	#6
GigaWatt Now In Color :D Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Macedonia, Skopje Posts: 2,116 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	hmmmm, i would add another DIMM of 1GB RAM plus to the 2 you have already added... or get 2 DIMMs with 2GB each, even better, that way you can run them bouth in Dual Channel DDR mode. ofecourse, if you do that, in 32 bit operating systems, you can't have the whole amount of the 4GB of RAM, it will probaly show around 3GB-3.5GB, depending on how much memory resources your other hardware uses. but in 64 bit operating sustems, you can have the hole 4GB, and add even more, if you want to in the graphics part i would defenetly recomend an ATI (AMD) card, i got a Biostar nVidia GeFroce 7200 GS 256MB DDR2, and the card sucks. especialy the new "improoved" nVidia drivers, the interface is very simple, no options... can't even adjust the S-Video out proparly, for some reason i can't choose the PAL standard from the meny, it's just stuck to auto detect, and (ofecourse) the only picture i'm getting on the screen is in black and white, since the default colour coding is set to NTSC. althow (almost...) every game works under an nVidia card, it still hasn't got the best price/performance value ratio. on the other hand, ATI cards have some isuses with some games (a fiend of mine had a problem with Silen Hill 4 with Saphire ATI Radeon 3850 HD card on the rig), so i guess what you buy depends on what you plan to do with the rig __________________ It's not schisophrenia... it's just a voice in my head...