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Started by Bubba, January 30, 2005, 05:38 hrs

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Bubba

My pc died,,,,how is this for 800$

CPU
: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Retail CPU w/Fan
Motherboard : ASUS A8V Deluxe VIA K8T800Pro Motherboard  
Memory : 512MB Dual Channel DDR400 Memory
Video Card : 256MB GeForce FX5700 8X DDR Video Card TVout/DVI  
Hard Drive : 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Harddrive  
DVDRW/CDRW : 16X LiteON Double Layer DVD+/-RW Drive w/NERO
Floppy : Mitsumi 1.44MB Floppy Drive  
Network Card : 1Gbit Super Fast Ethernet Network Adapter  
Sound Card : AC97 8-channel Sound Adapter  
Case : RAIDMAX Gaming Case w/420 WATT Power Supply
Keyboard / Mouse  : PS2 Keyboard, Scroll Mouse, Speakers
Ports : 6 USB 2.0, Serial, Parallel, 2 1394 Firewire Ports
Bundled Software : Nero CD and DVD Burning Software and Power DVD Playing software, all drivers for video,sound, and lan.







Like Grandpa used to say, "maybe there ain't nothin' wrong, but, somethin' aint' right."

query

Not bad - don't forget a copy of Windows if you don't have one to transfer and remeber, OEM copies from Dell, Gateway, etc.) can't be used on non-branded systems).

Make sure the hard drive is not a Maxtor.

Change Lite-on to NEC, LG, or another more reliable brand.

Bubba

Thanks,,,I have an os,, I think they are WD hard drives, and sorry,, but I am a LiteOn fan, I have two now, a DVD and DVD burner, they some "special" things with the right software. I may use them in new machine.
I do some cd/dvd burning, and online gaming, want to improve over my old, dead Dell Dimension 8100
Like Grandpa used to say, "maybe there ain't nothin' wrong, but, somethin' aint' right."

Bubba

or,,,,,,,,,,,, for $939        
?Intel Pentium 4 3.4Ghz Prescott HT CPU
?ASUS P5P800 800FSB Motherboard
?1GB Ultra Fast Dual Channel DDR400 Memory
?160GB 7200RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
?16X Double Layer DVD+/-RW Drive w/Nero
?1.44 Floppy Disk Drive
?256MB GeForce FX5700 Video Card DVI/TVout
?56K V.92 Modem
?1Gbit Marvell Ethernet Adapter
?High quality 8-Channel AC97 Audio
?420watt Black Cobra Gaming Case Front USB 2.0
   Case shown above is one included
?3 1394 Firewire Ports
?6 USB 2.0 Ports (2 Front and 4 Rear Ports)
?Black Keyboard, Mouse and Speakers
?1 year parts and labor warranty




Like Grandpa used to say, "maybe there ain't nothin' wrong, but, somethin' aint' right."

query

The Athlon system is a better buy  performance wise.

Neither of those is a gaming video card, if that's a consideration.

Again, make sure the drive is not from Maxtor.


Mark H

If you want gaming, step up to a Nvidia 6800 (non GT and non Ultra for about $200) for better performance.
Enjoy the nature that is around you rather than destroying it.

Carskick

The FX5700 was a good gaming card a year ago. Now, you can get a 6600 for a simiar price, and it's a much better performer. The FX5700 should be fine as long as you don't play too many DX9 games.

The Athlon 64 is a much better choice. If you are willing to spend that money that you showed in thew P4, then get 1GB of RAM for the A64 system. I have 512MB, and as time goes on, I wish more and more I had 1GB.
Athlon64 X2 3800+ Machester@2.45Ghz, 4x1GB A-DATA PC3200@204(2.5-3-3-6), XFX 8800GT, ASUS A8N5X NF4, Antec 300 case, Antec EarthWatts 650w, 640GB 16MB and 200GB 8MB 7200RPM SATA WD HDDs, NEC3540, NEC3550, Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate<br />Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/Carskick

Neon

Increase the amount of memory if you plan on moderate or greater multitasking.

Agreed, FX5700U is not a good buy anymore, and is getting harder to find. The 6600 has about twice(!) the performance for a similar price.

You didn't mean to list the Gb ethernet as a separate card, since that feature is built into the A8V Deluxe, right?
Area 64 project|Asus SK8N|nForce3 Pro 150 chipset|AMD Athlon 64 FX-51|2x 512MB Kingston HyperX PC3200R|eVGA GeForce 6800GT|WD Caviar SE 1200JD SATA|Plextor PX-708A 8x DVD+R|Plextor PX-116A 16x DVD-ROM|Lian Li PC-60H1S|Antec TruePower 430W ATX|WinXP x64 edition

Bubba

Well,,,, Mrs. Bubba gave me "that look" when I was talking  a new pc. So,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I am getting "parts" for my Dell 8100.  What happened was, the plastic brackets that hold the cpu heat sink failed, and let the heat sink,,,, fall off. YIKES !

I will post more in a different forum, since this is not a System Build issue anymore
Like Grandpa used to say, "maybe there ain't nothin' wrong, but, somethin' aint' right."