[Astalavista]

Intel P4 3.0E 800 MHZ 1MB Cache Box---------------$231.22
ASUS P4C800 Intel 875P FSB800---------------------$170.74
ATI 9600SE 128 DDR-----------------------------------$71.13
512 Kingston DDR 400----------------------------------$83.58
512 Kingston DDR 400----------------------------------$83.58
Seagate 120 GIG Sata----------------------------------$105.83
Seagate 80 GIG Sata-----------------------------------$83.58
Inno DV 1000 Firewire----------------------------------$23.11
1.44 Panasonic------------------------------------------$6.94
LiteOn 52x24x52 CD-RW-------------------------------$33.80
Mars Casing w/ keyboard & mouse-------------------$29.35
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Total------------------------------------------------------$922.86

[Drewdatrip]

Make sure to get the P5c800-E a much better reversion
That and get a better vid card...the Se version are pretty bad
Lookinto a gigabye 9600xt u can get them for abount 150

|Drew|

[Astalavista]

what is a P5c800-E is that a motherboard?

[darph]

right is a better board

why you should take two difference hd ??
take two 120 gig and you can create a raid with them

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

For what will you use it?

(e.g. gaming, coding, ...)

[Astalavista]

where can i find info on the board you are recommending.

i can't find any reference on it anywhere on the web.

i just want a nice computer. time for me to upgrade

[XtremeMaC]

go buy western digital raptor 10.000rpm!

why not get a better graphics card?
get a better mb that has firewire inside it.

u could get a dvd writer from lite-on as well $100 difference

[Drewdatrip]

Asus P4C800C-E

@XtremeMaC Yes the Raptors are nice but i have only noticed a increase in performance when the drives are put into a raid striping setup. The difference in the single drive setup is not very notable.


A very good setup from what i have seen is 2x Wd160Sata drive in striping. You get performance and a decent amount of space for a good price.

|Drew|

[Astalavista]

motherboard with firewire? what brand and model please.

video card = please give advice on a 128 MB video card with good performance.

I already hv a 12X LiteOn. I did not include that on my list sorry.

Asus P4C800C-E = yes, i have seen this board on a number of sites.
will upgrade my choice to this.

this raptor sounds interesting. I would like to hear other people's comments.

how much is a 120 or 160 gig raptor?

[XtremeMaC]

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how much is a 120 or 160 gig raptor?

u'd be dreaming
there is 37gb and 74gb versions of it..

[gandalfgrey]

why 128 mb video card?
Not saying, that 128 mb is bad, but there's a general idea that amount of ram indicates performance. Guess what, it's not true.
If you'd buy a tnt2 with 128 mb ram(not really exists), it would be wasted, because it can't _use_ it. IT could do 1600x1200, but tnt2 core would handle 2 fps at most. Same thing with Radeon 9200s with 256 mb ram.. what a waste.

I suggest buying and 9800 non-pro/pro/xt.. depending on your budget, or 9600XT.
I'd avoid nvidia FX line, because DX9 frankly sucks on them.


also.. why prescott? it's hotter, slower, overclocks less(since you buy ASUS board, i'd expect you do some overclocking). Northwood based 2.8C or 3.0C are the way to go.

[Mpak]

Don't you want to dream about RAID controller?

[Astalavista]

ok

since there isn't any 100 Plus gig Raptor

I will just get a 160 GIG Seagate SATA (7200 RPM)

and base on opinions i hv read. I will be getting the ATI 9800 Pro 128.

Thanks for all your help.

[Drewdatrip]

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also.. why prescott? it's hotter, slower, overclocks less(since you buy ASUS board, i'd expect you do some overclocking). Northwood based 2.8C or 3.0C are the way to go.

They maybe hotter and not as good for overclocking...but they are denatly a better Cpu.
1mb of cache is very helpful when it comes to hadcore number crunching, cpu intensive loads etc.

I would go with the prescott

|Drew|

[gandalfgrey]

Anandtech
Hardocp
Extremetech

Northwood is faster most of the time. That + the fact that it's hotter etc. makes it inferior cpu.