What to you think of this system?

[cfuk]

Hi all, just wondering what your opinan is on this system:

My PC at the minute:
Thermaltake Xaser III Case
MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Maxtor 160GB 2mb Cache
BTC DVD-r/RW x4
MSI DVD-Rom
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Abit Siluro™ FX5800 DOTH Deluxe
2x Corsair XMS 512Mb DDR 400MHz PC3200
Case fan
Blue Case Neon
Thermaltake Volcano 9 Cool Mod
550Watt Unknown PSU

Soon to be:
Thermaltake Xaser III Case
MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR
AMD Athlon XP3200+
Maxtor 160GB 2mb Cache
BTC DVD-r/RW x4
MSI DVD-Rom
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Abit Siluro™ FX5800 DOTH Deluxe
2x Corsair XMS 512Mb DDR 400MHz PC3200
3x Coolmaster Blue Neon Case Fans
2X Coolmaster White Neon Case Fans
2x Thermaltake Case Fans
Blue Neon Light
White Neon Light
CWT 550 Watts PSU
Water Cooler System
and some other little bits and bats

[Sirius]

Originally posted by cfuk
Hi all, just wondering what your opinon is on this system:

Soon to be:
3x Coolmaster Blue Neon Case Fans
2X Coolmaster White Neon Case Fans
Blue Neon Light
White Neon Light
and some other little bits and bats
With all those light you wont be able to look at the pc. :D

[Mr.Radar]

Originally posted by cfuk
AMD Athlon XP3200+
CWT 550 Watts PSU

Why are you getting a 3200+ when almost any 2500+ will get 3200+ (or better) speeds? Especially with the nice RAM and the watercooling setup you have/are getting. You might even be able to get speeds beying 2.4 GHz with water.

Also, CWT PSUs are of varying quality, most are good (especially the ones that have "A" and "B"as the second to last character on their model names) but some are just above quality you'd find in companies like Raidmax. If you REALLY want a GREAT PSU get the Fortron 530 or Antec TruePower 550. Or, if you're really have lots of money to blow, get a PC Power & Cooling unit. Those are the best of the best (and their pricetag shows it).

[mfjonny]

agreed, grab a 2500, use the extra money on quality PSU.

[cfuk]

so i should get my hands on a Barton XP 2500+. I could be hard to get a hand of them power packs as i live in the UK and i only really know four places to buy parts online:

http://www.coolcasemods.com/customer/home.php

http://www.aria.co.uk/

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

http://www.scan.co.uk/

As for the lights lol i like the look of fully done cases (i like kitted up cars, so it says it all really lol).

[BmanG17]

i've been reading that all the new series of 2500+ bartons are 100% locked...is this true?

[Cjwinnit]

Originally posted by cfuk
http://www.coolcasemods.com/customer/home.php

http://www.aria.co.uk/

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

http://www.scan.co.uk/


Add www.ebuyer.com and www.dabs.com to the list. Dabs suck a bit but they are popular. Ebuyer are pretty good :)

[delljunks]

Most of it looks good, except AMD and Maxtor 2MB. I'd go with Intel Pentium 4 and Seagate 8MB.... if you don't like Intel, thats fine

...if you don't like Seagate thats fine too (but I'd have to call you a fool LOL), but at least get 8MB its like exactly the same price. Doesn't make sense to get all these high performance parts and go for a sluggish drive

[Cjwinnit]

Originally posted by delljunks
...if you don't like Seagate thats fine too (but I'd have to call you a fool LOL), but at least get 8MB its like exactly the same price. Doesn't make sense to get all these high performance parts and go for a sluggish drive

Well it depends on what his priority is, it looks like he has the drive he likes or else I would have said that getting a WB SE (8MB cache) drive would have been a good idea. Seagate are good because they are quiet, but they aren't exactly the fastest drives in the world..

[cfuk]

i've only just got it lol £69 it's all i could aford