New Computer Recommendations

Yo,
I'm going to buy a new computer within the next 2 months. I'll be spending around $1600-$1800(AUS). I'd like some recommendations of AMD and Intel systems. Preferably with lga775 chips or AMD 64 chips. List a whole inventry of what to buy including case, psu etc. Thanks for your help peoplez.

AMD Athlon64 3200+ (winchester 90nm) $209 USD
Gigabyte GA-K8NS $118
1gb PDP/Patriot RAM (2-2-2-x) $225
XFX 6600GT 128mb $210
Seagate 200gb SATA HD $189
AOpen 16x DVD-RW DL $62
SuperFlower 520w PSU $38
SkyHawk aluminum case $40
Logitech X-530 Speakers $52
Logitech keyboard/mouse (elite/mx500) $60
Thermalright XP-120 w/ good fan $60
Total $1211 ~ $1600 AUD

I would not cheap out on the PSU these days, espeically if you plan to overclock

Antec NeoPower 480W Power Supply, is one of the best Power Supplys on the Market According the Maximum PC Magazine, though it is 150 dollars a good powersupply is worth the investment.

I am sorry for not converting to AUS these Prices are in CND

Antec NeoPower 480 ($154CND)
Abit AA8XE-3rd Eye P4 S775 925XE DDR2 Mainboard ($220CND)
Intel Pentium 4 530J - 3.0GHz - LGA775 - 800FSB 1MB L2 ($265 CND)
2 X Kingston 512MB 533MHz DDR2 PC2-4200 DIMM ($308 CND)
Maxtor Serial ATA 120GB W/ 8MB Cache Hard Drive ($120CND)
MSI NX6600-TD256E - 256MB PCI-X DDR Video Card ($225 CND)
AOpen 16X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer ($85 CND)
Antec SX1000II VAR II Case ($80 CND)
D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100Mbps PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter ($20 CND)
Logitech Z640 5.1 Speakers ($85 CND)
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live 5.1($55 CND)
Logitech LX 700 Cordless Desktop Keyboard And Optical Mouse ($100CND)

just over $1700CND which is about 1769 AUD

this will be an excelent overclocking PC, the 530J processor is a fantastic overclocker, and the AA8 based Motherboards also are knows for stability and good overclocking features

deRusett listed a system similar to mine (except I got a 3.8 CPU). The AA8XE is great, but the plain one is much cheaper than the Third Eye version. Get the E0 stepping LGA775 since they are overclocking well. Heck, within a couple months you should look for an EM64T P-4 which is 64-bit since the AA8XE supports 64-bit. I have the Kingston HyperX PC2-5400 RAM instead of the PC2-4200 and it overclocks very well.

batboy said:

deRusett listed a system similar to mine (except I got a 3.8 CPU). The AA8XE is great, but the plain one is much cheaper than the Third Eye version. Get the E0 stepping LGA775 since they are overclocking well. Heck, within a couple months you should look for an EM64T P-4 which is 64-bit since the AA8XE supports 64-bit. I have the Kingston HyperX PC2-5400 RAM instead of the PC2-4200 and it overclocks very well.

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the plain AA8XE vs the 3rdEye seems to be about 8-15 dollars cheaper, hardly a vast difference

Interseting how intel designed that socket to prevent overclocking and now they are overcloclking quite well...

I would go A64/nforce4 over p4 lga775 if you plan to game more than anything else.

The new MSI nforce4 and upcoming DFI nforce4's are outstanding mobos and awesome overclockers.

deRusett said:

the plain AA8XE vs the 3rdEye seems to be about 8-15 dollars cheaper, hardly a vast difference

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Looks like you are right. It's been a while since I checked prices I guess. Right now there is only $14 (US dollars) difference in the two mobos at Zipzoomfly, but they might be more in Australia.

Hold off for 64-bit Intels

FLESHnBLOOD said:

Hold off for 64-bit Intels

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why?

with a budget of 1800AUS an Intel 64 will not be a viable solution, the chips will cost a premium as will the Mobo's at first. and there is no real benifit right now or in the near future to having 64bit over 32, its not like the upgrade from 16 to 32 which was needed