My Rig (not yet build though)

[jcw122]

Hey every1...i asked around and got a guy to help me out with picking parts out for my first comp that im gonna build when i get the $$...tell me what u think of the set up NOTE:It is just a rough draft of my setup and isnt final in anyway! :cool:


CPU- AMD 45 Watt Mobile Athlon XP 2500

Motherboard- ASUS "A7N8X"

Memory-Kingston ValueRAM 256MB PC-3200 x2

Video Card- undecided

Sound Card- INCLUDED IN MOBO

Network Card-LAN CARD INCLUDED IN MOBO

Hard drive- Seagate 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive

DVD/CDRW drive- Rosewill CD-RW & DVD Combo Drive

Floppy Drive- 3.5 inch Internal Floppy Drive, Black

Case-COOLER MASTER Praetorian Black ALUMINUM MID-TOWER CASE

Keyboard- Elite Keyboard, USB, PS/2

Mouse- Logitech® MX™500 Optical Mouse

Monitor- XFlat XF-7bk 17-inch (16.0 vis) Monitor, Black

Speakers- ????

Operating System-Windows XP Professional/Mandrake Linux
***might not get XP cause its too much f'ing money!***

PSU- Forton 350Watt OR Forton 400watt

[jimstandard]

well umm we can help you more if you tell us what you will be using it for? If gaming your gonna have alot of problems if you dont go with windows or arent a linux power user

[TxAMD]

Looks good. As for KVR, ideally you want to look for micron chips with markings MT -5B C or the Hynix chips with the last part of the code showing BT-D43. Some have managed to run these at 2,2,2,11. Im running kingston chips coded 0421PT03. Im not sure how many volts your board will let you run through the ram, but at 2.9 volts I could only do 2.5,3,2, 11 with my KVR at (213x11). So thats worst case scenario for your ram if they so happen to be anything other than micron or hynix.

btw, newegg had the Western Digital 80gb 7200rpm, 8mb cache on sale today for $58.

[Aslan]

Looks good. As for KVR, ideally you want to look for micron chips with markings MT -5B C or the Hynix chips with the last part of the code showing BT-D43. Some have managed to run these at 2,2,2,11. Im running kingston chips coded 0421PT03. Im not sure how many volts your board will let you run through the ram, but at 2.9 volts I could only do 2.5,3,2, 11 with my KVR at (213x11). So thats worst case scenario for your ram if they so happen to be anything other than micron or hynix.



Agreed. Because of this, you should go to a store like Best Buy and purchase the memory from there. It will cost a bit more, but you'll guarantee that you'll get the good Micron or Hynix chips.

As for the rest of your system, the Mobile Barton 2600+ is reputed to reach higher speeds than the 2500+ and it costs only $7 more, but it's not that major a concern. Also, the Abit NF7-S is also reputed to reach higher FSB's than the A7N8X. Other than that, everything looks good.