How's this spec look?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 12th, 2005, 13:53

This is mostly a case of getting onto 939 and PCI-E without having to spend 600 quid.

Mobo: Asrock 939Dual-SATA2
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (maybe summat higher)
Ram: Corsair PC3200 512MB x2
PSU: Tagan 480W - Easycon Series
Case: Antec P180 (black)

Stuff i already have
GPU: ATI x800 pro (agp)
HDD: Maxtor Maxline 3 (300gb)
DVD: NEC ND-3520A.

Yup, i know the mobo isn't the fastest in the world, but it'll allow me to upgrade in smaller steps

Post by **Dog Pants** » December 12th, 2005, 14:01

Well it's better than mine, so

Mind you, there's better calculators out there than my machine.

BlkKnight · Post by **BlkKnight** » December 12th, 2005, 14:04

What's your current mobo, CPU & Ram

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 12th, 2005, 14:06

S'a

Biostar Ideq 200n (sff thingy (nforce 2, socket a)
athlon xp 2800+ (barton core)
2x 512mb generic pc2700 rams

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » December 12th, 2005, 14:11

I have a Antec P160 and it is very good if a little bigger than I was expecting but that doesnt really matter. The temperature sensors never worked but meh. The interior of the P180 is very different though.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 12th, 2005, 14:13

the upside down nature of the 180 is partly what appeals to me, it keeps stuff seperated properly (see also: lian li v1000)

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » December 12th, 2005, 14:24

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:the upside down nature of the 180 is partly what appeals to me, it keeps stuff seperated properly (see also: lian li v1000)

it makes more sense that traditional PC case designs. I'm not so sure about all those holes in the lian case though, noise leakage! The whole interior of my case is covered in acoustic padding

Post by **deject** » December 12th, 2005, 16:52

looks good to me. I haven't heard of this Tagan company but I'm sure you'll be fine with 480W.

Post by **Dog Pants** » December 12th, 2005, 17:15

deject wrote:looks good to me. I haven't heard of this Tagan company but I'm sure you'll be fine with 480W.

I've got a Tagan PSU and I've had no problems with it. It glows blue too (like everything else in/attached to my machine).

BlkKnight · Post by **BlkKnight** » December 12th, 2005, 17:35

Sorry to put a downer on this, but I don't think you'll see MUCH of a performance boost.

The way I see it is:

1gig PC2700 > 1 gig PC3200 - negliable diff
2800 Barton > 3200 64 bit - small diff - better when 64 bit OS out.
New mobo - SATA2 is not yet implimented into disks fully. Marginal improvement.

What I'd be inclined to do for now would be to buy 2 x 1gig DDR400 memory sticks (and run them @ 333) to replace your 2x 512's.

Then at a later stage - end Q1 06 when athlon bring out their newest line - upgrade the lot going PCIE for graphics rather than AGP.

Thet's what I'm doing (my machine's not much better than your):

NF7-S rev 2.0
Athlon XP 3000 Barton
2 gig ddr 3200
2 x 160 gig maxtor SATA
2x 300 maxtor SATA
PCI SATA Raid card
Nvidia 6800
Lian-li PC-7 case
1 x Thermalright SK7
4 x Thermaltake Smart Case fanII
1x Liteon CDRW
1 x Liteon DVDRW

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » December 12th, 2005, 17:46

BlkKnight wrote:1gig PC2700 > 1 gig PC3200 - negliable diff
2800 Barton > 3200 64 bit - small diff - better when 64 bit OS out.

uhhh.. The RAM may make a bit of difference, and it wouldn't be PC2700>PC3200, never.. The difference would be the other way.

There would be a fairly great difference in Processor. May not see it in greater frame rates, but general running speed of your PC (And they've brought out a 64bit version of XP?)

BlkKnight · Post by **BlkKnight** » December 12th, 2005, 18:23

sorry you misunderstood the ">" i meant going from > to not greater than!

All I'm saying that might not be the best upgrade path at the moment.

Has 64bit xp-pro been released yet? I thought it was on RC2 still? I've not read this quarters tech-net yet tho.

For gaming - you'll see 2 or 3 fps increase - which looking at his spec this is what he does

2 gig ram makes a big difference in BF2

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 12th, 2005, 18:55

narf the aim right now isn't so much a huge performance boost.

more just to get away from SFF, back onto a decent case and a reasonable upgrade path (ie. the options of pci-e and socket m later)

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » December 12th, 2005, 19:48

pixie pie wrote:uhhh.. The RAM may make a bit of difference, and it wouldn't be PC2700>PC3200, never.. The difference would be the other way.

you have given away you're true geekness reading it that way.

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pixie pie >= nerd

Post by **deject** » December 12th, 2005, 21:20

this == code;

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » December 13th, 2005, 17:26

spoodie wrote:
Code: Select all
pixie pie >= nerd

.. I just did coding once in a blue moon..

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » December 13th, 2005, 23:18

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 13th, 2005, 23:20

caveman900 · Post by **caveman900** » December 14th, 2005, 0:13

Pfft.

That is all.

Post by **deject** » December 14th, 2005, 3:08

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:

public void isCode(Obj this) {
if (this == code)
System.out.println ("This is a code.");
else
System.out.println ("This is not a code.");
}