Grade this Rig!

[!!tio!!]

AMD Athlon XP 1600+
Soltek SL-75DRV2
Samsung 256MB DDR x 2
ATI Radeon 32MB DDR
Western Digital 30 7200
Creative SB Live DE 5.1
Pioneer A05S (16x slot in DVD)

Marks out of 10 for..

Performance
How multimedia
How stable
How good overclock
How long can it stand b4 is outdated

and a total marks out of 50

[Luie]

I give it 45 out of 50.
I think the HDD and the Sound Card will out date soon.

[Mike K]

I think you could do better on the vid card
maybe radeon 8500
then 10/10

[LordRHYMEZ-]

Your system is outdated.

Every computer is 'outdated'

When p4 2.0ghz came out, they had already invented the 2.5's, or 2.7's.


No matter what, CPU'S Are always outdated.

The reason that they do that is so they have more time to invent new one's, So it's irelevant that your cpu is not outdated.

[Kato]

well, your system is quite good, though you can do more with the video card and soundcard. try upgrade to 8500 or Gefore3, and Audigy for the sound.....but his system will do, just OC IT!!!!!!

40/50, HAHA:D

[Thelemac]

*Moved to "General Hardware"*

[Yodums]

45/50

[funnyperson1]

40/50
first of all, i wouldnt get a Soltek, Id go with Epox or ASUS
Video Card=Radeon8500
Sound=Audigy

other than that, its a nice system....

[mark]

a computer is only as good as it runs, and does what you want it to do

[donny_paycheck]

45/50....audigy games won't be around for a bit longer. I'd go with an 8500 or straight old GF3 (no Ti) for a vid card. 64mb of DDR vram will make a big difference.

[Arkaine23]

43/50

vid card, processor, soundcard, HDD

Great rig! Should run everything under the sun.

[!!tio!!]

loooking at this stupid system
i would grade 0 now....
my rig is better but cant update (cuz i use hotmail)

[Hookem]

Awesome motherboard...just built my third box using that board and talk about painless...Unlike my Asus A7N8X Deluxe (what a pain in the butt)...I used to really like the 106S slot load Pioneers but unless they have really pumped up the jam on the 120's, I would choose something else...I prefer the Toshiba's for DVDROM's...What I do not understand is why for 5.00 more dollars you do not get a Lite-On CD burner...Might get alot more use out of it than just a DVD-ROM...As for the video card you really should try to go with atleast a ATI Radeon 8500...It will play most games and you should be able to find one cheap...Nice video card for the money...:)

[h20link]

agreed on the video card thing, and your profile doesnt say if you're in the US or not, but if you are, drop an extra $10-$20 to bump that 1600 up to an 1800-2000

[Hookem]

Yeah h20link has a good point...You really should look in AMD processors and try to find the 1700+ or a 2100+ steppings that are good overclockers...The 2100+ B's are easy to find...Do not know about the 1700+ B's...:)

[RoadWarrior]

performance 2 off for XP 1600, 3 off for radeon, total 5
multimedia 10 should do anything "multimedia-ish"
Stability 9 (SBlives can sometimes screw things up)
overclock 9 (XP 1700 Tbred would give it 10)
longevity 7 you might be needing more CPU and GPU power very soon.

Total 40/50

Road Warrior

[Trent]

40/50
CPU is decent but faster available for not much money,
Not a fan of Soltek boards
Radeon is aging
I would never be able to survive on just 30 gig.

[SpliT71]

40/50
cpu is outdated
video card is needed of an upgrade (gf3 sounds about right)
soltek mobo... :( never heard anything good from them

[Zerileous]

Marks out of 10 for..

Performance - 7
How multimedia - 6
Sound - 8
Vid - 4
How stable - 9
How good overclock - 8
How long can it stand b4 is outdated - 4

and a total marks out of 50 - 34

[SuperDave1685]

I tihnk I'd have to give it a 40/50. Like a lot of people have mentioned so far, I'd go with a better video card ( a GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500). I think that sound card will suit your purposes pretty well. I'd also would have gone with an Epox or Asus board as well. Not a BAD system though. I tihnk it'll hold u for a bit anyways... mine isn't much better....