Author Topic: New system (Read 652 times)

boxboy28 · « **on:** January 06, 2003, 02:56:38 PM »

Im building a new system for my pops! Heres the spec's any problem here? what do yuo all think?
box

PENTIUM 4 - 3.06G (RETAILED) & DDR BUNDLES
(ASUS P4PE/R/Gb L/F/SATA; INTEL PENTIUM 4 3.06G; KINGSTON 512MB NON-ECC PC2700
KINGSTON KVR333X64C25/512 512MB PC2700 333MHZ CL2.5 DDR DIMM
(1024 mgs DDR total)

WD 120GB 1200BB EIDE ULTRA-ATA/66-100 8.9MS 7200RPM 2MB BUFFER (Bare drive)

TOSHIBA 16X/10X/40X + 12X EIDE INTERNAL DVD COMBO DRIVE

TOSHIBA DVD/CD-REWRITABLE DRIVE SDR-5002

SONY 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE

ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO 128MB AGP

ANTEC PLUS660AMG MINI TOWER W/TRUE 330W (PENTIUM 4 READY) ATX POWER SUPPLY

Microsoft Windows XP Professional W/Microsoft Plus

Sub Total $2,224.72

Im going thru Mwave they seem to be pretty resonable! and good to deal with!

Just wonder if there are anyproblems i might run into out side the power supply?
And what do you all think of this

Bohemith ?

box:D

Wlfgng · « **Reply #1 on:** January 06, 2003, 03:23:06 PM »

didn't think you could mix PCRAM and DDRAM

boxboy28 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2003, 03:37:40 PM »

Not mixing ram its the same RAM!

Wlfgng · « **Reply #3 on:** January 06, 2003, 04:05:38 PM »

oops misread.. thought I saw pcram and ddram
it was pc2700, sry.

stick a SB Audigy 2 in it and you'd have my system

it kicks bellybutton btw

boxboy28 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 06, 2003, 04:10:58 PM »

LOL well like i said its for my dad but you can bet that diddlyer aint leaving my house for as long as i can keep it around!
I was gonna buy him an SB Audigy 2 and speaker system but i figured thats some thing he can by in NC + get exactly what he wants! But im damn excited to play with it once i get it all working!

Box

Pfunk · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2003, 06:04:42 PM »

Sounds like you building it around your needs and not his? What in the hell does he plan on doing with a monster like that? Hopefully some sort of digital video editing or CAD, b/c otherwise that a whole lotta computer for just checking e-mail and surfing the web

eagl · « **Reply #6 on:** January 06, 2003, 06:32:02 PM »

See if you can get the western digital drive with the 8 meg buffer instead of the 2 meg buffer. All the hardware review sites rave about the 8 meg drives.

funkedup · « **Reply #7 on:** January 06, 2003, 06:41:04 PM »

I endorse mwave big time.
And I concur on getting the 8MB buffer WD drives. They are only like $10 more than the 2MB buffer drives at mwave.

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2003, 08:49:34 PM »

The only question I'd have is if WinXP Pro supported multiple processors.

AKDejaVu

jonnyb · « **Reply #9 on:** January 07, 2003, 12:24:39 PM »

I'd suggest going with an RDRAM solution instead of PC2700. RDRAM is still the best memory solution for the P4. Coincidentally, that will change the MB. Also, as was mentioned above, what exactly is your father going to need a maxed out P4 3.06 system for? Unless he's a hardcore gamer, does a bucketload of digital video editing, or regularly compiles massive applications and renders huge animations, he simply doesn't need that kind of power. Of course if he's the "gotta have the baddest boy on the block" type, then he's certainly getting it with this rig.

To answer another question, XP will indeed see multiple processors. It sees the HT technology as 2 logical processors, and is able to utilize them as if they were actually 2 physical devices.

boxboy28 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 08, 2003, 10:49:37 AM »

Oh ya i know its way to much system for him!
In the future he plans on doing some video editing and DVD type stuff.
The reason i'm building it for him is because if i didn't he'ld be dumb enough to goto GATWAY or DELL and spend twice what it should cost! Not to mention it will be a system that will last him for the next several years (ild guess atleast 3yrs)
Aswell as when i go to visit him in NC ill have a machine that i can use instead of having to carry my system down with me!

I was gonna get that 8 mg buffer but i didnt think it would be that big of a deal not to mention this MOBO board has SATA on it so when the SATA drives come out ill hook him up with one of them!

BOX:D
what preformance gain would the 8mg buffer give?Ya he's that type "im the baddest boy on the block/all of lake Adger NC" not to many hicks there can even spell let alone use a computer!lol

eagl · « **Reply #11 on:** January 08, 2003, 08:49:03 PM »

I read a mobo review that stated that if you hook up a generic IDE drive to a SATA controller with the parallel-to-serial adaptor, you see increased performance. I don't know if this was a real speedup or if there was something else going on, but they reported it. Darned if I can remember the website though...

boxboy28 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 09, 2003, 10:40:22 AM »

well hell find out for me plase cause i have an ASUS A7V6X (i think thats it) XP board that has the SATA but i was waiting for the ST+ATA drives to come out! and where in the heck can ya get the adaptor for such a thing?

Skyfoxx · « **Reply #13 on:** January 09, 2003, 10:56:04 AM »

Watch it Boxboy, I live about 15 mins away from Lake Adger.
We aren't all illiterate down here and some of us even build computers.

Sounds like a killer system though. Good luck with it. Look me up if you are in the area sometime. Always a pleasure meeting fellow AH'ers.

Regards

boxboy28 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 09, 2003, 01:31:08 PM »

LOL cool SKYFOXX then when my dad needs help i can send you over to set him up!

Ya Lake adger is a nive place i was there just over X-mass for the week! i plan on comming down this summer to check it out in all its glory!
So where are you from? Lake Lure area?