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12-02-2003, 10:19 PM
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Could you give me your opinion on this setup?
AMD Gaming setup I have gotten all of these prices off of newegg except for the videocard:
Case: ENlight Black Mid-Tower PC Case w/300W PSU Model:EN-72500AZB 53.00 CD RW: Lite On Black 52x32x52 2MB OEM 38.00 DVD ROM: Lite ON Black 16x OEM 33.00 Heatsink: Speeze "FalconRock" Retail 9.00 (I know the retail AMD has one but should I go with the OEM instead and get this? or just stick with the retail and not worry about a different heatsink?) Floppy: Samsung Black OEM 6.99 Memory: CORSAIR MEMORY 512MB PC3200 Value Select x2 166.00 Motherboard: Asus nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for AMD Processors, Model "A7N8X Deluxe" Retail 117.99 (Now, I know this comes with a built in soundcard and lancard and it can do raid but I already have a 120GB Maxtor HDD so I wont be doing raid. I was also planing on getting the Creative Labs 2 soundcard. Is it worth getting since it does have a higher FSB than the A7N8X-X model, it also gives me more options for the future. The other model is 50 bucks less as well) Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail 91.00 Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - PCI OEM 68.00 Video Card: ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR AGP8X RETAIL 179.00 (Halo 2 does come with this correct?) Please give me some input, thanks in advance. |
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12-02-2003, 11:05 PM
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Stay with the stock Heatsink, and don't worry about buying another one, unless you want to do overclocking, in which you would need more than a $9 heatsink.
Someone said that their samsung floppy was DOA, so see about getting a Panasonic or Sony, although that Samsung should be fine. Good choice of Mobo...if you want to do overclocking try the NF7-S by Abit; supposed to be one of the best overclocking boards for AMD, and the 2500+ is supposed to be very overclockable..... That video card should be pretty good, and either you're not a gamer, which don't think is true, I think you just made a typo....yes Half Life 2 comes with that card, not Halo 2. Everything else looks good. 
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12-02-2003, 11:12 PM
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I have read on this forum that the Lite-on DVD drives are pretty noisy.
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12-02-2003, 11:13 PM
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Yeah, Half Life 2 is what I meant. I could have sworn I read Halo 2 in someone's post somewhere. Oh well, not important. I didnt really care about the floppy but I'll see if pan or sony is as cheap. Though with the mobo, do I need the deluxe? or will I be fine with the x? I'm not planing on OC because 2500's are locked now.
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12-02-2003, 11:15 PM
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Oh, and I just changed cases as well to the Aspire X-Dreamer II Black ATX Case with 350 W psu. I saw that one and it kicks the Enlight's butt(at least in looks.)
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12-02-2003, 11:23 PM
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You're definetly right about the case. I just got the Aspire yesterday and it looks really good and relatively inexpensive. If you get the black one, I think you get free shipping from newegg. The only thing is that people on this forum have said that the PS might no be so great.
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12-02-2003, 11:29 PM
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Ya the psu for that case sint good. Change it if you can. You can still overclock the 2500+ and get a Sony DVD drive.
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12-02-2003, 11:54 PM
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I'm still curious at weither or not the mobo is overboard and I should downgrade a little.
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12-03-2003, 12:55 AM
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The Procrastinator
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What speakers are you using?
If youre using regular speakers i suggest you try out the onboard sound on the mobo, i heard its really decent. Floppy: teac, mitsumi are good brands The drives are a little noisy, but arent they all when theyre being read? 2500+ are being locked so might as well just stick with retail. |
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12-03-2003, 01:22 AM
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I've got Altec Lansing 4.1 speakers.
Trying to decide between: Asus nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for AMD Athlon XP Processors, Model#A7N8X-X Retail and the Asus nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for AMD Processors, Model #A7N8X-Deluxe Retail |
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