AMD X2 3800+ ASUS M2N DH (IMO excellent multimedia MBO) 2*DDR2 800 Mhz Kingmax RAM Pioneer DVD +/-RW WD Caviar 160 GB with 16 MB cache 7300 GT with 256 MB Compucase 6C case Tagan 420W PSU Samsung 203B 20' LCD + bonus 4GB Patriot USB memory key I am planning to add one more HDD and create RAID0 array... what do you say about it?
cool...your comp and mine are not to far off....I just built mine as well, here is the post.... http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=223349 Heres the specs of mine.. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=216416
So you mean 3.8 x 2 or ? Is it 1 Giga Or? Btw how much this cost you? Nice PC, if it's 3.8 then it is a bit better than mine :S
Nice parts there. I am looking to upgrade my Vid Card to a 512Mb one. Might increase ram to 4g from 2g currently. The need for speed....LOL Col
Cool dude. I do plan to get dual core cpu this year . But I am not sure whether to go with intel or amd. Keep us posted on the developments of the machine. My current cpu is amd, purchased 3 yrs ago and it's working fine so far
Maybe I am a little bit sentimental No, the price was my main reason (approx $80 i difference from Intel CoreDuo D6300), but also I couldn't find similar motherboard for Intel and I really like this one I got...
I've got AMD Barthon on Socket A before and there was time to upgrade to AM2. When I bought AM2, I've decided to buy X2 over single core because it was a small difference in price...
Blah, I need a new PC. Although I am still running on an AMD 1.25GHz w/ 768MB RAM which still suits my needs, so I doubt I will upgrade until next year.
i think its the best time to upgrade. intel will release their new quad core processors and that means pricedrop for the core 2 duos. vista has also been released so if you buy a new comp, it can handle vista. and if you have a crt monitor, lcds has now become affordable and the quality is at par with crts. affordable directX10 graphic cards are also starting to show
The 7300 GT was a mistake... You should of gotten the 7600GT... I got the same computer but with 4200 X2 AMD. MY screen is benq 20 inch...
it was $700 without a screen... I've bought 7300GT because I thought it was good enough to run Vista. I am not a big gaming fan, but I have OK configuration to play Out Run 2006 I've had a little bit limited budget so I decided to cut the expenses on GPU and HDD (bought one instead of 2 for RAID). Also I was considering to buy Intel but for money I gave I think it is a fair configuration... AMD X2 3800+ has 1MB of L2 cache. Don't know about L1...
What is BenQ like? I have very positive experience with Benq stuff (I work in PC shop so I am more in touch with it than usual )