Is my RIG Crap or What...?

[WACC2400XP]

Hey
Just wondering....... ive been looking at everyone else's setups and i was getting a bit upset about my setup.... Any ideas would be helpfull

AMD 2400XP T'Bred B at stock
ECS K7S6A motherboard
384MB DDR2700 Generic Ram
20 GB western digital Hard disk
16x dvd
48x24x56 CDRW
32MB ATI rage 128 Pro AGP4 (from my very first pc...3 yrs ago)
Trust Wireless lan PCI card
300 Watt PSU
I-CUTE Midi case with side window and 80mm LED fan
and the most expensive peice of Kit..... My water cooling setup £200 worth


Any suggestions Welcome

WACC2400XP

[ColtIce]

does it do what you need it to?is it stable?it does not matter what anyone else thinks about your setup.only you can answer the "am i satisfied with my rig " question

[WejRepus]

personally i only would see the need to upgrade to a bigger hardrive and a better graphics card
and if you have all that watercooling you shouldnt be running stock speed

[Gnufsh]

It sounds fine to me. Why is it at stock if you have a watercooling setup?

[Mr. $T$]

Nope it is not crap, some parts out dated, yes. But crap , No.

If it does everything you want it to do at the speed you want it done then your good to go, heck why get a 100GB HDD when you only use 11GB?

[WACC2400XP]

Like MR T said... im only using 12.5GB of HDD space and also what sort speed could i get and what max temps should i get...???

idle- case=30 cpu= 40
load- case=36 cpu=47

degrees c of course

[Mr. $T$]

Not bad, I would say your good up till 70*c actually I prefer below 50*c but AMD chips are tuff and could take 70 easy. I know that the T-birds could take 90*c before damage would happen, well according to AMD anyway. My OC'ed T-Bred 1700+ hits 45*c and there is no ill effects from it.

[dowmace]

lol!!!! that reminds me how crap my Rig is I'm still running on pc2100!! all of my other parts aren't too bad I guess TI4200 and a barton 2500+ at 2.3 ghz

[Mr. $T$]

Originally posted by dowmace
lol!!!! that reminds me how crap my Rig is I'm still running on pc2100!! all of my other parts aren't too bad I guess TI4200 and a barton 2500+ at 2.3 ghz

Well that barton overclock is pretty sweet, and the TI4200 is known to hit 4600 speeds with no problem, so it is not that bad :) think of it as being a 3200+ and a TI4600 then it is not so bad.

You see that is why I like to overclock when I feel time for an upgrade, I just put a little more voltage in my trusty 1700+ and get an extra 200MHz or so. :D I had a GHz on it but now it does not like very high voltage :(

[shiyan]

your hard disk and graphics card are the only things which are slightly dated, but all the rest look fine.

you don't have a crappy setup at all.

a faster hard disk will make working more enjoyable, because windows loads faster, programs start faster etc.

if you game a lot, then a graphics card upgrade would be due. if you don't want to spend a lot, then Ti4200s cost very little nowadays, and offer decent performance. If you want a very up to date card, based on your budget, have a stroll through the video cards section. But in short ATI cards are better at the moment.

it's not your first thread but:

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!

[Cyberwiz01]

Actually, one of my brothers has that motherboard. It doesnt overclock at all. You can not adjust the multi, and the front side bus is limited to stock speeds. I hear there is a 3rd party bios for it, which will allow you to adjust the FSB, but I dont know if it supports multiplier adjustments. If you plan on serious overclocking you will need a new board.

[Mr. $T$]

Well for speed you might want to look into a raptor? there $110 at www.newegg.com and a great motherboard with nVidia Soundstorm is the abit NF7-S which is also somewhere around the same price as the HDD. Nothing there is overkill but if you would like the tweak you system a little more those are two great products to look at as well. The TI4200 in it's day would be tweaked to beat the TI4600 which cost twice as much :) and now is common to find in the sub $100 range. If you want to overclock your processor a good value heatsink is the SK-700 which is made from solid copper and is about $20 anywhere. That HS can take 85 watts off a processor and not break a sweat. You can find reviews on the www.overclockers.com home page.

What you saw above is what I would upgrade to if I was in your postion and was looking to upgrade, but remember unless you need it I would advise not to just spend money because it is burning a hole in your pocket. ;)

I just used newegg as an example, becuase I don't think they ship outside the US.

[Gnufsh]

There isn't an OC BIOS for the K7S6A like there is for the K7S5A?

[Foxie3a]

Basically, if you need/want more performance what you'll need to do is get a better motherboard..and you can talk for days about which one..you could write a book even..

that will boost your performance by some, without even overclocking(u wont be able to notice the performance gain though) and thenyou can overlock since you have that nice water cooling setup..

Next get a new graphics card..if not for gaming then just for your eyes..

Total = Less than 200 bucks which I think is nice considering you'll have a gaming machine right in front of you.