Could you help?

What do you think of this soon to be mine pc ...

www.komplett.ie...


Chassis : Cooler Master Wave Master Black Aluminium (Without PSU)

Power Supplies : NorthQ 4775-400, ATX 400W Silent, 140mm Fan, 12-17dBA, 4xSATA, PCI-E, 20/24pin

Mainboards : EPoX EP-9NPA3J, nForce4, Socket-939 ATX, 4xSATA/ATA, GbLAN, DDR, PCI-Ex16

Processors : AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2GHz Socket 939, 1MB, BOXED w/fan

Memory : TwinMOS PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512MB Dual Pack Kit w/two matched PC3200 CL2.5 DDRs

Graphics Cards : XFX GeForce 6200 TurboCache, PCI-Express,supports 256MB, Tv-Out/DVI

Hard Drives : Samsung SpinPoint P120S 250GB SATA2 8MB 7200RPM

Floppy : Sony Floppy Drive, 3,5" 1,44MB Black Floppy Drive Internal

Optical Drives : EC DVD±RW burner, ND-3550A, 16x, Dual, Black OEM

Operating Systems : Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Software English OEM

Mice : Trust Ami Mouse 250S Optical 3 button mouse, scroll, PS/2

Keyboards : Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500, game resistant, Black, PS/2, UK

Monitors : Tiburon 17" LCD HL1704 Monitor, 1280 x 1024, 12ms, 700:1

So what do you think i should get to help the proformance of this pc as i want everything to be perfect for it so is there anything that isnt up to scratch in that list ? or is there anything that could help teh perfromance of the pc and what not

I always giggle a bit when I see your name. Reminds me of a cartoon with someone running is circles screaming that. A perfect fit for ATS!

Anyway, about your post. Its a nice system for the money. I wish I had it.

Looking over the list, here are some changes I might consider....

The TwinMOS ram is special, but I dont think you'll be happy with just 512 mb of ram (2ea 128 mb sticks). I would hold out for a gig (cost about 47 more) or two (cost about 126 more). see here

Also, XP Home? Go for the Pro Edition if possible. +53 but its worth it.

About the hard drive, I note that they list the Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM for the same cost, but its 16mb instead of 8mb like the one in your list.

A final note is that a 17 in monitor is really not very large. Particularly if you like games. They list the BenQ 19" LCD T905 TCO99 Monitor, Silver/Black, 12ms for just +66 more. You will be much happer with the extra size I think.


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166 Total additional cost


Just thinkin out loud here, not trashin your choise, (its better than what I have right now).

Best of Luck

The only thing I would change is, get a SLi motherboard. You don't have to have two graphic cards but you can use 2 when you get the money.

www.slizone.com...

Thanks guys for all the help and il take makeitso advice and get those upgrades

I completely agree with the guys above... Spot on! I would just like to ask (more than suggest) why no soundcard? The type of sound you're getting from onboard sound is not bad, I guess, but it's far from top of the range... If you're going for top of the range, you're going to need a decent card you want to plug those 7.1 surround speakers (which you don't mention?) into for the full-on gaming experience... Just a thought.