Wanted: l33t systemz.

[Rogue]

I'm after a box worthy of l33tness. Could someone tell me what one needs to make a box [So far I got
Motherboard
Case
Memory
Ram
Sound/Video card
Coolage
USBs/Ethernet etc
CD drive
Floppy drive]

And anyone recommend good brandz? Not the most expensive but you know, something you have which is affordable and does the job.

EDIT: I was told about this site
http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/
Any good?

[HaYl0]

few links for ya,

www.overclockers.co.uk
www.overclock.co.uk
www.scan.co.uk

whats your price range hombre?!

[Rogue]

Preferably between 400-7/800. You could get a decent pre-assembled box for that [They are affirmations against all that is leet]

[HaYl0]

ok i was bored here ya go:

first cpu: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Intel_Pentium_4_Socket_478.html

about 4th down that page - Intel Pentium 4 "Northwood" 3.2GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - OEM (CP-027-IN) £164

2nd mobo: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ABIT_Socket_478.html

a bit down the page you will find - Abit IC7-G MAX2 Advance "Canterwood" (Socket 478) Motherboard (MB-032-AB) £95

maybe a bit overthe top but you want it l3333t right? its a bit up from my motherboard

Memory: http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=17351

different place but shit hot memory.its 1gb of corsair dual channel ram - Corsair XMS3200C2 Pro TwinX (2 x 512Mb) 1GB Dual Channel Pack kinda pricey at £172 but well worth it!

HDD: here is just one of many - http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=16767

most hdd are the same atm so the one i posted is fine and a nice 120gb space for your pron - Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120Gb 8MB Cache OEM £57

Graphix: ok card of choice would be x800 but its like 300-350. so ok actually had a look i cnnot see and 9800xt cards just shitty se or pro editions. ill get back to you on that but a decent card we shall say £200 for now.

drives: this http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=17001

cobi dvd wr and rom standard really, £28

case: not sure if u want one but can get cases cheap i personally would go for a thermaltake case its big and verrryyy nice my is very cool remember you want your hardware to be kept cool dont ye! price about 50-60 squids.

floppy drive: LOL hope ure joking? but they cost between 10p and 10 quid and are all crap in my opinion.

anything else?

the price as it stands with what i have posted is: £776 that pc would be the dogs everyone agree?

[TheTrout]

Well this is hardly super duper, but might make a good building block, and it's certainly cheap enough -

Dell 2.6ghz, 512mb, + TFT = £286inc.

Dell Dimension 2400 £286.05 inc. VAT/Delivery

Specs:
2.6GHz Celeron Processor
Windows XP
512mb DDR RAM
40GB hard drive
15" Flat Panel Monitor (TFT)
48x CDROM
USB Optical Mouse
Dell v92 Data/fax Modem
1 YR Warranty


Go to Dell Small Business. Scroll down and search by e-Value code 111-d01245c. Change support to 1 YR CAR. Continue to checkout and enter the discount code 9D$3D2KJV4LDLD for £30 off.

[Rogue]

I have heard things about Dells not being able to upgrade properly or something, is this true?

[HaYl0]

some of the dells i have seen are tiny and use laptop parts would be very hard to upgrade

[Rogue]

Ooh I got a laptop now as many of you know. I don't really want another/parts thereof.

[Pate Dogg]

What is your current spec? You may be able to use some of the parts in your current computer, things like the floppy drive and CD ROM.

Edit:
64 3500+ Boxed Socket939
Asus K8T800PR Skt939 A8V-DELUXE
1GB PC3200 DDR RAM
Antec SX1040-B 400W ATX Case
Seagate 200Gb 8Mb SATA
256Mb Radeon 9600 XT DDR DVI-I/TV Out

£538.38 ex. vat
£632.59 inc. vat

Assuming you keep your CD rom/floopy and don't mind onboard sound :)

[Rogue]

How do I find my current spec? I'm not the techno-whizz I may have made myself out to be, and I thought you couldn't use laptop bits for a PC?

[Pate Dogg]

oops, I figured you already had a PC sitting around somewhere.

[Zeph]

If you go for an Athlon 64, get socket 754 and a motherboard to match.

[Rogue]

If you go for an Athlon 64, get socket 754 and a motherboard to match.
Professor Plum with the what in the where now?

[Zeph]

There are different versions of the Athlon 64 and asociated motherboards, an older variety with 939 pins on the bottom of the CPU and a newer variety with 754 pins on the bottom of the CPU and socket on the motherboard, the newer variety is cheaper as the 939 is usually asociated with the Dual Processor OPTERONS and the expensive high end Athlon FX-50 series. Go for socket 754 and spend less money.

[Rogue]

http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~kseger/confused.gif
Of course. I understand perfectly.

[Zeph]

If you want to buy a PC, you have to research into, whats available, whats cheapest, what you get for your money and it doesnt hurt to learn a bit of terminology. Go! Read!

[Rogue]

Can't you teach me master? When I saw you at the Lan I knew you'd be a font of gaming knowledge.


I only deliver the beatdownz :). I don't understand them :(.

[MIsc^|^decoy]

are u sure the 754 are newer than the 939, the 743 CPU's/mobos are cheaper that the 939

but i might as well be wrong


oooh and i think i got me own pute for chistmas

[Tracius]

Socket 940 is for the older Opterons and AthlonFXs but requires registered memory
Socket 754 is for the original and some current Athlon64s and doesn't support dual channel memory
Socket 939 is for the newer AthlonFXs and 64s and supports unregistered dual channel memory.
(in a nutshell)

[{ScL}Driller]

tbh go for a athlon 64 they are far better than the intels and totaly out perform them when running things like doom3 and source.

[Rogue]

So if I bought all that and put it together it would be a functional system, not counting the obvious of keyboard/mouse/monitor etc

[happynoodleboy]

Prices are from kustom. This is the kind of thing I'd put together. The only thing I'm not too sure about is the Gfx card and the Ram. The case is lush though....
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/1252.jpg

1252 AeroCool X202 Case Black £40.00 £47.00
1703 Antec SmartBlue 350w PSU £41.70 £49.00
5560 Asus K8VSE Deluxe Motherboard £62.98 £74.00
5650 AMD Athlon64 3000+ CPU Retail £87.66 £103.00
5232 Crucial PC3200 DIMM 512mb £41.99 £49.34
5232 Crucial PC3200 DIMM 512mb £41.99 £49.34
5306 Gainward Ultra 2100 TV/DVI £179.57 £210.99
6218 Western Digital SATA 120gb 7200rpm £46.81 £55.00
4290 AOpen Chameleon 52x CDRW/DVD-ROM £20.00 £23.50
4205 Sony Black Floppy Drive £6.81 £8.00

[Rogue]

That's about 670. Not bad. Is that l33t?

[WildMoose]

Roque your answers made me piss my pants laughing !!!!

I recommend dr. rogue to go to the shop, give the man behind the counter some money, then he gives you a computer.

[Poopie]

www.alienware.com

[Rogue]

Roque your answers made me piss my pants laughing !!!!

I recommend dr. rogue to go to the shop, give the man behind the counter some money, then he gives you a computer.
http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=650

[happynoodleboy]

http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=650


HELL YEAH!!! :rox:

[MIsc^|^decoy]

these lubic kits seem fun<car shaped Puter?> <Out of ideas!?>

http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/Kustom_PCs_Shop_Lubic___Test_Cases_105.html

[Rogue]

Hayl0 I checked your blueprints over with someone on another forum and they said this to me.

"I was reading that the Canterwood based motherboards are starting to show there age a bit. Sir EEvil are you interested in 64-Bit 1337'ness. I mean for 90 quid you get a fantastic MSI 64-Bit Socket 939 mobo, and for 180 you get a 64-Bit 3200+ with socket 939 interface - which will absolutly fly."

[Zeph]

I thoroughly recommend 64 bit Athlons, they rock.

[happynoodleboy]

I second that. I've got a 3500 and it's faster than Seb Coe with the runs!

[Neg]

Well i got my new alienware pc :P

[HaYl0]

nice ill steal it at the lan ;)

[Zeph]

Not if the landlord gets there first :P

[Poopie]

lol

[Rogue]

Well this is hardly super duper, but might make a good building block, and it's certainly cheap enough -

Dell 2.6ghz, 512mb, + TFT = £286inc.

Dell Dimension 2400 £286.05 inc. VAT/Delivery

Specs:
2.6GHz Celeron Processor
Windows XP
512mb DDR RAM
40GB hard drive
15" Flat Panel Monitor (TFT)
48x CDROM
USB Optical Mouse
Dell v92 Data/fax Modem
1 YR Warranty


Go to Dell Small Business. Scroll down and search by e-Value code 111-d01245c. Change support to 1 YR CAR. Continue to checkout and enter the discount code 9D$3D2KJV4LDLD for £30 off.
I might check this out tomorrow, but might only be able to purchase it Friday/Saturday as I get paid. I don't want another Celeron [Had one with old comp] so would that mean anything else would have to be changed?

They have the Dimension 3000 for about £360 with a pentium 4 but naturally today is the last day at that price. But fiddling around with the 2400 specs could be cheaper right?

[Zeph]

Just try playing with the specs until you're happy. It cant hurt.

[Rogue]

Well this is 3000 at £300
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/desktops_Q4_W10_dimen_3000_D01302?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd

It seems a bit better at a tiny increase in price, but with VAT I'm guessing 350

[Pate Dogg]

No HT with the processor
Crap amount of RAM
No DVD ROM or Rewriter of any kind
no floppy drive
no soundcard

The list goes on :)

[Rogue]

No HT with the processor
Crap amount of RAM
No DVD ROM or Rewriter of any kind
no floppy drive
no soundcard

The list goes on :)
If it was remixed to have
Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with HT technology (3.0GHz, 800fsb, 1MB cache)
3.5in 1.44MB Floppy Drive [add £20.00] Dell Recommended
48X DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Creative Labs SB Live 5.1 Sound Card
512MB Dual Channel DDR400 (2x256MB)

£514
Excludes VAT & Shipping

Suddenly seems less appealing now. Final price comes to £661.55. I could probably just upgrade my laptop for that?

The weird thing is that on the previous page it says it's from £299 up not including Vat and delivery, but if you opt to customise it, it jumps to £388 excluding Vat and delivery.

[Zeph]

The only components you can upgrade in a laptop are the Memory and Hard Drive, so you're not exactly spoilt for choice.

[Rogue]

Is there much point then if for example you have a wank graphics card or something?