ok this kinda like rat_boy_100's post but he has bought the components for his shiny new pc! i wanna make sure i dont screw up before i buy! looking to build a pc for some nice gaming and geneal use. should cope with new medal of honor great - dam im a sucker for that game! so I came up with this spec... u guys think this will run ok and that?
Gigabyte GA - K8NS Pro ATX
-Socket 754, AGP 8x, 3xDIMM up to pc3200(max 3gb), nvidia chipset, max 1600mhz fsb, serial ata w raid 0.1, dual bios, ata 133 RAID, 8channel sound, 5xPCI, n the normal I/O including USB, firewire and ethernet ports
AMD Athlon64 3400+
2.4GHz clock speed (Is this correct? some sites iv read post it at 2.2GHz?), 512 L2 cache, im sure ya'll know the other good things to the amd!
zorro-x tower w 400w PSU + an internal fan inc, from microdirect (looks the part anway and seem big enough for me!)
Corsair 2x512 pc3200 RAM
Unbuffered, CL 2(dont actually know what this is if anyone wants to tell me!), silver heat spreader, 184pin
Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 9 120GB HDD
SATA 150, 7pin serial ata, 7200 rpm, 8mb buffer
Graphics (open to any ideas if anyone thinks I can get a better card to run MOH for around £70)
nVIDIA GeForce FX5700LE 256MB DDR, 8x AGP, core: 250MHz/ 128bit, ramdac 400MHz
Sony DVD Writer D22D Dual layer , Windows XP Home OEM, TFT Monitor, Cyber Acoustics Speakers, floppy drive, 2nd cd/dvd rom drive, card reader, tv tuner, extra fans??
this should all come in at around £900 mark, im open to any suggestions and advice whatsoever.....
thanks a lot
Jay
Gigabyte GA - K8NS Pro ATX
-Socket 754, AGP 8x, 3xDIMM up to pc3200(max 3gb), nvidia chipset, max 1600mhz fsb, serial ata w raid 0.1, dual bios, ata 133 RAID, 8channel sound, 5xPCI, n the normal I/O including USB, firewire and ethernet ports
AMD Athlon64 3400+
2.4GHz clock speed (Is this correct? some sites iv read post it at 2.2GHz?), 512 L2 cache, im sure ya'll know the other good things to the amd!
zorro-x tower w 400w PSU + an internal fan inc, from microdirect (looks the part anway and seem big enough for me!)
Corsair 2x512 pc3200 RAM
Unbuffered, CL 2(dont actually know what this is if anyone wants to tell me!), silver heat spreader, 184pin
Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 9 120GB HDD
SATA 150, 7pin serial ata, 7200 rpm, 8mb buffer
Graphics (open to any ideas if anyone thinks I can get a better card to run MOH for around £70)
nVIDIA GeForce FX5700LE 256MB DDR, 8x AGP, core: 250MHz/ 128bit, ramdac 400MHz
Sony DVD Writer D22D Dual layer , Windows XP Home OEM, TFT Monitor, Cyber Acoustics Speakers, floppy drive, 2nd cd/dvd rom drive, card reader, tv tuner, extra fans??
this should all come in at around £900 mark, im open to any suggestions and advice whatsoever.....
thanks a lot
Jay
