new puter.. what do you think?

sirtoby · Mar 30, 2003

My bro just got some nice paychecks coming in and he asked for some advice from me on what to buy.. since I've been in the AMD scene a bit longer than him, and he wanted an AMD system.. (mostly because of price/perfomance)

Anyways.. this is what I told him to get..

Epox 8RDA
Athlon XP 2100+
Samsung PC3200 256mb
Antec case w/ antec truepower psu.
Thermalright SK7 with a quiet Papst fan.

What do you guys think?

-=TriX-R4-KidS= · Mar 30, 2003

not very familiar w/ AMD mobos..........but make sure the mobo uses nforce2 chipset........im not sure if that epox does.

what about video/sound card?

sk- · Mar 30, 2003

yes the Epox-8RDA and the + version are nforce2 base mainboards.

Everything looks good but I would get more ram if he needs it. 2 sticks of 256 would be nice and maybe a better heatsink if he plans to overclock.

Other than that very nice

Ben721 · Mar 30, 2003

If he has the money go with a 2500+ Barton.

NewBldr · Mar 30, 2003

I would go with 2 sitcks of ram to utilize the double channeling of AMD. If he might want 1 gig later, just get 1 stick of 512mb for now. Add another in a month or two.

Also, yes, a better heatsink. AMD is notorious for running hot, so don't skimp on the heatsink.

And finally, I like Sparkle/Fortron, but TruePower is also good. Just make sure he gets enough power. I'd suggest a minimum of 350w, while I personally like 400w+. Can't ever have too much power

SpliT71 · Mar 30, 2003

350 watts powers everything in my rig + 2 tornados, Nexus fan controller, neon light, 2 cd drives, 2 other case fans, so at least get a 350watt psu

Giblet Plus! · Mar 30, 2003

sirtoby said:
What do you guys think?

It's great the way it is.

sirtoby · Mar 31, 2003

Yeah I know about the memory, but he didn't want to spend that much money so I told him to get one stick now, and one later..

He'll keep the video card/ sound card from his old puter.. that's why I also recommended the non-plus version of 8RDA..

Video card is a Creative ti-4400 (w/ Zalman heatpipe cooler)

The soundcard is a SoundBlaster Live! Platinum 5.1

smesx1 · Mar 31, 2003

the sk-7 is a good hsf, it may not be as good as a slk-800\900 but it is very good imo.

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