building friend a pc. good setup???

Stiffler69 · Apr 18, 2004

my friend asked me to build him a pc since he saw mine and i said sure so he asked his parents and they approved of letting him spend 800$ with shipping and taxes this is canadian.

he wants to download movies and convert them, not as much play games so here is what i have.

amd barton 2500 retail
soltek 75FRN2-L mobo
samsung 512meg ddr pc3200
wd cavalier 80gig hdd ata
liteon 451S dvd +- rw
antec slk2600amb case 300watt psu
sapphire radeon 9600SE 128meg 8x agp

total price for all this was 779.66$ CANADIAN with shipping and taxes.
tell me what do u guys think of that setup

makaka · Apr 18, 2004

if he want to convert film i think he should gowith 1)a64 2)intel 3)amd

i reall suggest to get an amd mobile 2500 and overclock it at 2500mhz it will slitly match the 3.2 intel and A64 in decoding and codding
mobo good one like abit nf7-s or dfi utra infinity(if looking for 240+ fsb)
some good power supply such forton, antec(400w at least)
9800 refre

Steven4563 · Apr 18, 2004

he dont want to speed over 800$ lol makaka

but i would go with a mobile barton 2500+ and overclock it
find him a cheap Ti4200
also get a maxtor H/D a fast ome ATA 133 7200rpm
the ram and everything else look good maybe a better psu

Stiffler69 · Apr 18, 2004

im gonna get this at www.ncix.com, they dont have any ti4200's, the hdd is a
western digital 80GB INT ATA/100 HD 3.5LP 9MS 8MB 7200RPM OEM

twheeler · Apr 18, 2004

If he wants to convert movies, he'll need gobs of disk space and likely could use a DVD-RW.

-Thomas

Steven4563 · Apr 18, 2004

well from that site then i would get.......

AMD ATHLON XP 2500+ 512K 333FSB SOCKET A BARTON RETAIL BOX 3YR MFR WARRANTY $121.15

ASUS A7N8X-X NFORCE2 400 SOCKETA AGP8X 5PCI USB2.0 ATA133 SOUND LAN $104.72

SAMSUNG 512MB PC3200 DDR400 184PIN OEM $155.54

MAXTOR 80GB 7200RPM 8MB 8.5MS ATA133 OEM QUIET *1YEAR WARRANTY* $106.41

the rest of the stuff id keep the same maybe find another site with refrubs that do a Ti4200 or look on Ebay but i wouldnt get him a 9600SE there are slow slow

Stiffler69 · Apr 18, 2004

yea i wanna get everything from the same site, he trusts me cause i alrdy bought from the once so i trust ncix.com too, but remember i can get all those items up there cheaper cause of weekly newsletter discounts like the barton 2500 i get for 109, the movo for 74$ the hdd for 93$ and stuff.

overdoze · Apr 18, 2004

I've build 100's of PC so far and with that budget and that store I'd get these

AMD MOBILE ATHLON XP-M 2400+ 1.8GHz 266FSB BARTON 45W 1.45V OEM
SAMSUNG 512MB PC3200 DDR400 184PIN OEM
LITEON DVD+R/RW 4X4X12 CDRW 40X24X40 IDE RETAIL BOX W/ X-COPY
WD CAVIAR 80.0GB INT ATA/100 HD 3.5LP 9MS 2MB 7200RPM OEM
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 SE 128MB AGP8X VGA DVI-I TV OUT OEM
RAIDMAX SCORPIO 868 MINI TOWER BLACK ATX 420W P4 W/ SIDE WINDOW & LED FANS
ABIT NF7 SOCKETA NFORCE2 DUAL DDR AGP 5PCI ATA133 SOUND LAN
THERMALTAKE A1889 SILENT BOOST SOCKETA COPPER 2450RPM 27.5CFM 21DBA

Most parts are same except a few changes. You can OC this combo to 2.25GHz minimum.
total price for all this was 798.99$ CANADIAN

Stiffler69 said:
amd barton 2500 retail
soltek 75FRN2-L mobo
samsung 512meg ddr pc3200
wd cavalier 80gig hdd ata
liteon 451S dvd +- rw
antec slk2600amb case 300watt psu
sapphire radeon 9600SE 128meg 8x agp

total price for all this was 779.66$ CANADIAN with shipping and taxes.
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Stiffler69 · Apr 18, 2004

he doesnt like the scorpio case he says its too fancy for him lol, let where do u see that mobile 2400?? let me do it with the discounts i can get.
also thats not with shipping and taxes 798$

overdoze · Apr 18, 2004

main reason why I got that case b/c off the bigger watt PSU for OCing. The cpu is oem and have to buy good heatsink to OC easily. The motherboard is more OC friendly and may last longer than the soltek due to reputation.

TheMightyBuck · Apr 18, 2004

get him athlonxp3200
asus a7n8x delux
3 gb ocz pc4000
some raptors, raided...
cold fustion nuclear power for the psu (u can get a home kit!)

Stiffler69 · Apr 18, 2004

TheMightyBuck said:
get him athlonxp3200
asus a7n8x delux
3 gb ocz pc4000
some raptors, raided...
cold fustion nuclear power for the psu (u can get a home kit!)

u didnt read the hole topic have u??? i said he doesnt want to spend more than 800$, ppl these days dont finish reading stuff before opening their mouth

hrhrhrFOOT · Apr 19, 2004

Why are you guys downplaying the 75frn? Thats a really really good motherboard.

Anyways, try to get a bit of a better video card. Even a radeon 8500 or 9100 would work. Spend the extra $20 cn for a better video card.

Canadian Bacon · Apr 19, 2004

Actually make sure you subscribe to the ncix.com mailing list cause they usually have some really good deals on pretty much everything, and they always have the mobile 2500+ for pretty cheap. Either do that or pricematch EVERYTHING.

And as long as you don't need SATA or firewire, the Soltek board is an awesome deal. I've had no problems with it whatsoever, unlike my ABIT board.

Also I have no idea why so many of you like Maxtor harddrives. In my experiences they're the most unreliable pieces of crap ever. For example in one of the computer labs in my university, they decided to buy a whole bunch of new computers...all with Maxtors in them...that was about a half year to a year ago and right now I would say that about half of them have primary hard disk fails.

Canadian Bacon · Apr 19, 2004

Stiffler69 said:
u didnt read the hole topic have u??? i said he doesnt want to spend more than 800$, ppl these days dont finish reading stuff before opening their mouth

I'm pretty sure he did finish reading the thread...and I'm also pretty sure he was joking...seeing as how he suggested getting a home kit for COLD FUSION NUCLEAR POWER.

LoL I think you should be the one reading entire posts

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