Author Topic: Computer system specs (Read 2390 times)

_!Rathe!_ · « **on:** May 02, 2006, 11:18:19 AM »

Ok my brother asked me to hook him up with a system now that he is making some money. He said he could spend about $1000 for the hardware. Here is what I got for him so far. I would appreciate any suggestions, comments etc.

Abit AN8 SLi Mobo
Athlon 64 3500+
2 Gb PC3200 DDR Ram
eVGA GeForce 7600GT 256Mb
2 WD SATA 120 Gb Drives
case, keyboard, mice, monitor.

The Shoctor · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2006, 11:36:27 AM »

Sounds pretty gewd to me....
My machine isn't even that beafy and I run just fine.

Agent4054 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2006, 11:38:47 AM »

yeah that looks like pretty nice specs. I wish i could afford that :P

cuzzNkev · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2006, 12:25:44 PM »

Similar to the setup that I am runnin. Should do him well. I have had some issues with the board tho, so I am not so hot on Asus atm.

Agent4054 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2006, 12:26:51 PM »

he listed Abit, not Asus.

cuzzNkev · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2006, 12:48:21 PM »

I read the model number, A8N SLI is an Asus board. One would not expect two competitors to have naming schema so closely matched.

A8N SLI vs AN8 SLI

_!Rathe!_ · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2006, 01:24:20 PM »

No the board I am looking at is an abit. I am running an Abit NF7 right now and I have loved it. It has never disappointed me.

BTW, isn't asus the economy company for abit?? thought I remembered hearing that somewhere.

cuzzNkev · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2006, 01:38:33 PM »

Not sure. I have had good luck with Asus until this board. I am on 3rd one now tho. Altho, a positive, they have great tech support and RMA people. They did not give me any crap when I returned the other two.

Billabond1 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2006, 02:37:53 PM »

Quote from: "Rathe"

No the board I am looking at is an abit. I am running an Abit NF7 right now and I have loved it. It has never disappointed me.

BTW, isn't asus the economy company for abit?? thought I remembered hearing that somewhere.

I am pretty sure abit and asus are their own companies. I used to have an abit nf7 board, but it died on me. I am an abit fan though.

Grim · « **Reply #9 on:** May 02, 2006, 06:37:22 PM »

i have to say go with the asus a8n sli-deluxe......ive built a pc with the abit 1n8 mobo at school and after a replacement caue for that one cince it didnt route power correctly, the second one wouldnt recognize a SATA drive as SATA, but it would recognize it as IDE.....after that i told them to buy an a8n sli-deluxe and we installed it in 15 minutes and it ran perfectly first time. I also ise that MOBO in my pc (my first build) and again, it worked flawlessly first time!(keep in mind that was my first build too)

The Shoctor · « **Reply #10 on:** May 02, 2006, 08:37:01 PM »

I have always had issues with the aBit software.

louber1115 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 02, 2006, 09:49:12 PM »

MSI makes quality products across the board.

I'm running the K8n Neo now with my 3700+, has been rock solid for months. I bought it for $90, its probably cheaper by now.

Random recommendation, couldn't you roll the pair of SATA drives into one bigger one and save some green? Like a 300 gig or whatever.

Happy building!

zx2slow · « **Reply #12 on:** May 03, 2006, 04:47:22 PM »

I have to say go with a DFI board, I wish I would of gotten one instead of this gigabyte GA-k8nxp that I have.

I have 2 WD SE16 250GB SATAII drives in Raid0, you can buy em for less than $100 now. I get 112MB/Sec sustained tranfer and some pretty insane bursts.

If you are into overclocking at all, why not pick up a opteron 146 cpu and some ddr500 memory. For a ~$180 cpu you can crank the clock up to FX-57 levels (2.8Ghz) on the stock AMD cooler (Its a 4 heatpipe monster). I got a 2GB G.Skill DDR500 from newegg for less than $160 shipped, and it overclocks like a champ (270mhz with stock volts and timings).

_!Rathe!_ · « **Reply #13 on:** May 03, 2006, 09:27:18 PM »

The PC is for my brother....and this will be his first. So OC'ing the board is out. As for the 1 bigger SATA drive instead of the 2 smaller ones that is actually a better deal and saved me $50 to put towards a bigger monitor. Thanks for all the recommendations everyone and when I get it done I will run 3DMark 06 on it and let you know the results.

_!Rathe!_ · « **Reply #14 on:** May 12, 2006, 11:55:03 PM »

Ok I got the parts and put it together tonight and ran 3d mark 06 on it. Here are the scores.

3dMark Score : 3036
SM2.0 Score : 1367
HDR/SM3.0 Score : 1247
CPU Score : 866

System Specs:
Abit kn8 SLi
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
eVGA Geforce 7600 GT
2 GB Ram
250 Gb SATA HD

Author Topic: Computer system specs (Read 2390 times)

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