New PC

navin · 07-12-2004, 06:58 AM

Hi there,

I'm planing to build my own PC by buying the below hardware. I would welcome any suggestion if you have any bad or good experience with the hardware.

Processor : AMD Athlon XP 2600 + / 512K / 333Mhz
Mainboard: Asus A7N8-X
Hard Disk : Seagate 80GB Barracuda / 7200RPM
Memory : Kingston 512MB PC 3200 DDR400
Display Card : Nvidia GeForce FX5200 128MB
Floppy / CD-ROM / DVD-ROM / CD-RW - Sony

Thanks a lot friends.

navin · 07-12-2004, 08:03 AM

em... no one to suggest or comments??

lavenderAC · 07-12-2004, 09:11 AM

You really don't need a CD ROM when you going to get the DVD ROM. That would be 3 drives including the burner. Two is plenty. You should have a DVD ROM and a DVD burner, which will do both CD and DVD burning. No need to DVD Burner if you won't be burning DVD though.

Northbridge · 07-12-2004, 10:18 AM

Are you going to play many games ?

CrucialLabs · 07-12-2004, 11:06 AM

It looks like a good system, if you are doing any gaming I might suggest using an ATI video card but the nVidia will work just fun for most games. 512MBs will be enough memory for most applications but be aware more would not hurt. either 768 or 1024MBs would be the most I would do. Also do not be alarmed when the PC3200 does not work at that speed. If the processor has a FSB of 333MHz then the memory will run at this speed too. I might suggest dropping down to PC2700 memory just to match the FSB speed unless you plan on overclocking then the current configuration will work fine.

PizzatheHut06 · 07-12-2004, 11:25 AM

Interesting point CrucialLabs. I was thinking about building a similar system, but I didn't know that about the RAM. Is it harmful for the system to use the PC 3200, or are you recommending PC 2700 simply because you would be paying for something you couldn't use with the PC 3200? I'm asking because I already have 512 MB of PC 3200 RAM with an XP 2500+.

compy · 07-12-2004, 03:55 PM

that is correct, you would be wasting the extra money on the pc3200 when you could just buy the 2700, unless you were planing on upgrading the cpu to match the ram soon. also what is the diff numbers compared to fsb. ie, 2700=333fsb...so on and so on.

navin · 07-12-2004, 08:30 PM

wau.. thanks guys for all the reply. regarding on the ram i might downgrade to 2700 as suggested and normally i would play soccer mgmt game namely championship manager 4.
a question here, would ATI card beat nVidia card any time?? lets compare a 128MB one.

compy · 07-12-2004, 08:50 PM

well, i think they both equal up as good cards, i would say it comes down to what you are going to use it for and what features you want on it.

Sh0r_ty · 07-12-2004, 09:41 PM

hey im thinkin of buildin a similar system for playin games, will it be able to cope

AMD 2600xp
512 pc3200 (possebly 2700 now)
Gigabyte 128 9600 XTG
dvd rw 4x
dvd rom
floppy
120gig SATA 8meg segate
Gigabyte 7vt600f mobo

07-12-2004, 06:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
navin Newb Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 37	New PC Hi there, I'm planing to build my own PC by buying the below hardware. I would welcome any suggestion if you have any bad or good experience with the hardware. Processor : AMD Athlon XP 2600 + / 512K / 333Mhz Mainboard: Asus A7N8-X Hard Disk : Seagate 80GB Barracuda / 7200RPM Memory : Kingston 512MB PC 3200 DDR400 Display Card : Nvidia GeForce FX5200 128MB Floppy / CD-ROM / DVD-ROM / CD-RW - Sony Thanks a lot friends.

07-12-2004, 09:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
lavenderAC Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 260	You really don't need a CD ROM when you going to get the DVD ROM. That would be 3 drives including the burner. Two is plenty. You should have a DVD ROM and a DVD burner, which will do both CD and DVD burning. No need to DVD Burner if you won't be burning DVD though. __________________ First Built Computer: Antec Plus1080(SOHO File Server)+430w Intel P4-3.0E 1M Cache Asus P4P800-Dlx i865PE,800FSB Dual DDR400 WD 120G-8MB Buffer LG 16X DVD LG GSA4082B DVDRW 8X +/- Black ATI Rdeon 9600XT 128M Creative Audigy 512MB DDR PC3200

07-12-2004, 11:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
CrucialLabs True Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 194	It looks like a good system, if you are doing any gaming I might suggest using an ATI video card but the nVidia will work just fun for most games. 512MBs will be enough memory for most applications but be aware more would not hurt. either 768 or 1024MBs would be the most I would do. Also do not be alarmed when the PC3200 does not work at that speed. If the processor has a FSB of 333MHz then the memory will run at this speed too. I might suggest dropping down to PC2700 memory just to match the FSB speed unless you plan on overclocking then the current configuration will work fine. __________________ Crucial Performance Lab www.crucial.com The Memory Experts(SM) at Crucial Technology is now on board to give you straight answers to your memory-related questions. When responding please provide your full system specs; hardware and software, OS, BIOS, drivers Etc. You can e-mailmemory related questions to cpl@micron.com

07-12-2004, 09:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sh0r_ty Ultra Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 948	hey im thinkin of buildin a similar system for playin games, will it be able to cope AMD 2600xp 512 pc3200 (possebly 2700 now) Gigabyte 128 9600 XTG dvd rw 4x dvd rom floppy 120gig SATA 8meg segate Gigabyte 7vt600f mobo __________________ AMD 64 939 3200+@2.7ghz ASUS A8N-SLI DELUX htt@270X5 Segate 120gig SATA 1gig PC3200 Geil Value Ram Duel Channel@ddr480 3-3-3-8 Gigabyte 6600GT-PCI-E@580/1.3

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

07-12-2004, 08:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
navin Newb Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 37	em... no one to suggest or comments??

07-12-2004, 10:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
Northbridge True Techie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 149	Are you going to play many games ?

07-12-2004, 11:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
PizzatheHut06 Ultra Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 901	Interesting point CrucialLabs. I was thinking about building a similar system, but I didn't know that about the RAM. Is it harmful for the system to use the PC 3200, or are you recommending PC 2700 simply because you would be paying for something you couldn't use with the PC 3200? I'm asking because I already have 512 MB of PC 3200 RAM with an XP 2500+.

07-12-2004, 03:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
compy Ultra Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 769	that is correct, you would be wasting the extra money on the pc3200 when you could just buy the 2700, unless you were planing on upgrading the cpu to match the ram soon. also what is the diff numbers compared to fsb. ie, 2700=333fsb...so on and so on.

07-12-2004, 08:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
navin Newb Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 37	wau.. thanks guys for all the reply. regarding on the ram i might downgrade to 2700 as suggested and normally i would play soccer mgmt game namely championship manager 4. a question here, would ATI card beat nVidia card any time?? lets compare a 128MB one.

07-12-2004, 08:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
compy Ultra Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 769	well, i think they both equal up as good cards, i would say it comes down to what you are going to use it for and what features you want on it.