help with specs

[bluebolt13]

ok guys/gals listen up i'm building a pc for LL3 and trying to work out how much it'll cost first, what u think of these motherboard, gfx, and hard drive specs

Detailed Specification

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3400
Heatsink and Fan: Novatech H/S & Fan
Memory: 512MB DDR PC3200 400MHz (2 x 256MB)

Motherboard 755A01-6EKRS
Socket Type 754
Memory Slots 3x DDR
Chipset

SiS755 + 964
AGP Slots 1
16x PCI-Express Slots N/A
1x PCI-Express Slots N/A
PCI Slots 5
CNR Slots N/A
Onboard Sound 5.1 channel AC97 (Realtek)
LAN Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) controller (Realtek)
Modem No
Onboard Graphics No
USB Ports 4
Parallel Ports 1
Serial Ports 1
Firewire Ports 1
Form Factor ATX

cost: £246.28

Product Description ASUS AX800 XT/TVD - graphics adapter - RADEON X800 XT - 256 MB
Device Type Graphics adapter
Enclosure Type Plug-in card
Interface Type AGP 8x
Video Input Video capture adapter
Video Output 2048 x 1536
Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI RADEON X800 XT
Video Memory Installed ( Max ) 256 MB - GDDR3 SDRAM
RAMDAC Clock Speed 400 MHz
API Supported DirectX 9.0, OpenGL 1.5
TV Interface Video in / video out
Max Monitors Supported 2

cost: £338.92

Product Description Maxtor DiamondMax 10 - hard drive - 300 GB - ATA-133
Form Factor 3.5" x 1/3H
Manufacturer Warranty 3 years warranty
Dimensions (WxDxH) 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.6 cm
Weight 0.6 kg
Type Hard drive - internal
Data Transfer Rate 133 MBps
Interface Type ATA-133
Buffer Size 16 MB
Capacity 300 GB
Average Seek Time 9 ms
Spindle Speed 7200 rpm
Connector 40 PIN IDC

cost: £116.90

please comment as i dnt have a clu at this kinda thing :( lol u may call me a n00b if u wish

[Green_Goblin]

n000000b :p

[SentineL_]

upgrade the RAM to 1GB m8, where are u buying this from btw?

[bluebolt13]

yer i will :) that's a package just 2 get me started, i'm getting it from http://www.novatech.co.uk

[Soup Dragon]

novatech just round the corner from me never had any probs with them

[Zeph]

Yeah i either buy my stuff from Scan.co.uk or Novatech, never touch Ebuyer with a barge poll.

[Soulari-]

u need a bigger hdd for obvious reasons

and f00k u... everyone's got x800 now :(

[Jackal]

You may want to think a motherboard with SLI, a bit of future proofing.

[Lid]

Yep i agree with jackal go for an SLI motherboard, cos otherwise ur spending all this money now and then when agp becomes outdated and u want a new card u will need a new motherboard, so u might aswell go for an SLI board now.

Although i never go cheap on RAM, Geil ram is quite cheap compared to some other companies and is meant to be really good also comes with a life time warrenty i think.
www.microdirect.com sell it. 1GB DDR3200 with heat spreader £70

Hope that helps

[Logitech]

u can visit www.overclockers.co.uk the best prices u can find :D
i wont comment on pc desc cause u ll hear 200 diff things from 200 diff ppl,and maybe mix u up :)

[bluebolt13]

sorry, again
u may call me a n00b if u wish

but what is SLI?

[Zeph]

n00b!!! http://www.slizone.com/content/slizone/learn.html

[bluebolt13]

thanx Zeph, also does anyone know where i can get a fan for my **shudders** pentium 3 processor? the bearings have gone in this one and at 5 oclock in the bloody morning i keep getting woken up by this grinding sound, PLZ HELP ME GET A DECENT NIGHTS SLEEP!!!

[happynoodleboy]

I'd recommend getting a Zalman processor cooler. They are ultra-quiet and VERY efficient! Means you can overclock if you want and you never have to worry about your processor overheating.

Cannot recommend these enough...

Also- if you're just using the PC for CSS I would get a 74Gb Raptor drive. Lightning fast- and do you REALLY need all that storage? Can always pick up a couple of cheap high capacity drives later...