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New computer suggestions

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eLus1ve

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I'm planning on buying a new computer and need some suggestions whether if i can get a cheaper deal for the similar performances. The following parts is most likely gonna be bought through newegg and the price is also taken from newegg.

Intel Pentium 4/ 2.4C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - OEM $160
(This pretty much explains itself)

ASUS 865PE Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU, Model "P4P800 Deluxe" -RETAIL $126.99
(ASUS seems to be most dependable from what I heard)

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, Low Latency 184 Pin 256MB DDR PC-3200 with Platinum Silver Heat Spreader X2 $70
(I heard the ASUS loves the Corsairs series. I'm wondering if dual-channeling is really worth it)

Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB, OEM Drive Only $85
(I have no clues about harddrive so I just picked this out)

Already have a graphic card.

I need big time suggestions on cases. I don't need anything fancy but something thats sturdy and allows the lowest temperature and ventilation. For cooling I'm planning to go with the Zalman CNPS6000-Cu Pure Copper CPU Cooler for Socket A/370,Retail. I'm just not sure if it's for P4 or AMD.

P.S - I was also wondering if I should just go Barton 2500+ with a nf7-s board.
 
if you can bump it up toa gig with the money saved for a 2500. It migh be a good idea. Your current setup is good though.
 
Not to knock the P4 or the Intel chipsets, but for your money, you get more from AMD.
 
I have to agree with the others on the AMD. It is a better value if you're looking at price as a high priority. With the extra money, get yourself some more RAM. 512 or more would help significantly in WinXP.
 
If you get the NF7-S or even an Asus A7N8X, which is a truly great board, you will save alot of money. Also, the Athon XP 2500s are known to OC like son of bitches.

Since the hsf you list is for Socket A/370, it is for AMD or older Intel. I think socket 370 died with the last P3s. Socket A is the current interface for an Athlon XP.

Corsair makes great RAM, it will work with any mobo worth having.

Lastly, that hard drive is very nice. The Western Digitals with 8mb cache like that one are some of the fastest, quietest drives you'll find.

Hope that clears some stuff up for you.
 
Hmm let me elaborate.

You might be better off with AMD because you can:
A. Used saved money to get a gig of ram.

B. You can get a motherboard with onboad SATA (like the nf7-s). In which case you may (not must) want to switchfor an SATA drive to attain the 150mbs transfer rate as apposed to 100/133 with IDE. (I'm sure you can do this for intel too so i guess it's all a monetary issue).
 
is SATA like a slot like PCI or AGP? It kinda threw me off when you mentioned "onboard" SATA
 
SATA (serial ATA) is a hard drive interface. Like ide(PATA: paralell) but much smaller and only one device per channel.
It offers a higher transfer rate.
 
So does the HD I mentioned (Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB, OEM Drive Only $85) come in both IDE socket and a SATA socket too?
 
Personally, I'd say to stick with the Intel platform you first wanted. Although, for only $5 more, bump that 2.4c up to a 2.6c.

And I definitely would NOT recommend an Asus motherboard if you are planning to overclock. They are more of a stability board, if they aren't malfunctioning (multiple bad experiences with their AMD and Intel boards). Instead, opt for a cheap Abit IC7.

And I'm also quite certain that Western Digital makes that same drive in a SATA interface. Personally, I'd buy one Raptor simply as a boot drive and purchase a 250 GB IDE for storage. The best of both worlds, in my opinion.

Dark Assassin
 
I'd go for this if I were j00:

AMD 64a 3000+ OEM
Alpha PAL heatsink w/ 80mm fan
Asus K8V Deluxe motherboard
80gb Seagate SATA drive
120gb WD ATA133 drive w/ 8mb cache
512mb Corsair XMS512-3200 c2 (works on Asus w/ manual timing)

I have that same setup and it is dynamite. Should run you about $500 for just what is mentioned up there. That would assume your PSU was up to standard, you were keeping your current video card, and your peripherals weren't accounted for.
 
If you want the lowest CPU temperatures, you might not want the CNPS6000-Cu. Look at the CNPS7000A-Cu or CNPS7000A-AlCu.
 
Originally posted by eLus1ve
So does the HD I mentioned (Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB, OEM Drive Only $85) come in both IDE socket and a SATA socket too?
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yes, Western Digital makes both IDE and SATA interfaces for most of their hard drives

hsf=heat sink fan

my AMD suggestions:
2500+
NF7-S
ThermalTake SilentBoost
and the rest can stay the same, maybe more ram if u want (by more i mean a total of 1024, not 768)
 
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