What Do U Think About This Configuration?

My next Toy Box :

AMD XP 2500+ (or 2600+) Barthon core

Asus A7N8X Deluxe

512 (or 1gb) of Kingston DDR Dual 400

Asus RADEON 9600XT (should i go with SE?)

Old SB Live 5.1

US Robotics 56k external (yeah, i know it sucks)

Sony DRU 510A

Samsung 959NF (i don`t hv the cash for a nice TFT )

and my trusty, old Cambridge SoundWorks DT2000 5.1 speakers

I`m pretty proud of my (to be) comp that shuld keep me settled untill G5 PBs arrive some time next yr.

So after seeing all those "Who's got the bigger (pardon, better) machine" i`ve decided to present u my machine and to ask for advice. Is there anything i should change? Any tips? This machine is no competitor to Stevie`s Beast Box and should give me as much as possible for as little cash.

Thanks

PS The use will be Aqua make up and some (lttle) gaming + webdesign

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Originally posted by Unbeliever@Dec 1 2003, 03:06 PM

My next Toy Box :

AMD XP 2500+ (or 2600+) Barthon core

Asus A7N8X Deluxe

512 (or 1gb) of Kingston DDR Dual 400

Asus RADEON 9600XT (should i go with SE?)

Old SB Live 5.1

US Robotics 56k external (yeah, i know it sucks)

Sony DRU 510A

Samsung 959NF (i don`t hv the cash for a nice TFT )

and my trusty, old Cambridge SoundWorks DT2000 5.1 speakers

I`m pretty proud of my (to be) comp that shuld keep me settled untill G5 PBs arrive some time next yr.

So after seeing all those "Who's got the bigger (pardon, better) machine" i`ve decided to present u my machine and to ask for advice. Is there anything i should change? Any tips? This machine is no competitor to Stevie`s Beast Box and should give me as much as possible for as little cash.

Thanks

PS The use will be Aqua make up and some (lttle) gaming + webdesign

It's better than my current box...

Save for the monitor, that is

Save up for a good quality TFT. You'll be pleasantly surprised how good some of them are.

I won't be getting my God Box 'til next summer at the earliest, when I finish uni

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What about my system?

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 266FSB

Mobo FIC AUI3 w/All optional features

512DDR 400 Ram

80 7200RPM HD

DVD-Combo drive 52x24x52x16

48x CD-Rom

Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 128 DDR 8x AGP

Hauppauge TV Turner Card

Windows XP Pro

Cyber Acoustics CA-3080 w/26w SUB

Black Case w/Window and blue light

Thats my little rig

#84771

not bad... not bad...

but not as good as mine!

:who's your daddy:

#84777

nomis_nehc i don`t want this to turn into "Who`s got bigger"!

if u hv any constructive comments they`re welcome but other than that...

@ Stevie - yeah i guess i`d be very pleasantly supprised but i wouldn`t hv enough cash for a good 19" TFT

Should i go with Asus RADEON 9600XT OR 9600SE?

#84805

The SE versions of video cards usually have less features for the benefit of a lower price...

#84849

@Enhanced

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What core is your cpu? And fsb=133 is not the best choice. Set it to 166mhz and have fun (or maybe greater? depends on you ram), but im not really sure if you can do so on your mobo.

VidoeCard isnt good, but better, then mx440

Best thing in your box is your CASE. Nice mod!

#84870

In my opinion Samsung 959NF is the best choice for a monitor. I have 957MB and it's outstanding. Sharp, colours are great - it's just perfect. I recommend you to get that Samsung, forget about TFT. I'll change my 957MB in 10 years, when there will be OLED monitors available. Not sooner

#84872

Originally posted by 3lvis@Dec 1 2003, 03:10 PM

@Enhanced

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What core is your cpu? And fsb=133 is not the best choice. Set it to 166mhz and have fun (or maybe greater? depends on you ram), but im not really sure if you can do so on your mobo.

VidoeCard isnt good, but better, then mx440

Best thing in your box is your CASE. Nice mod!

I am not an overclocker , but if changing the FSB to 166 is not overclocking then bring it on.

and how is this video card not good?

EDIT: BTW, Unbeliever your system is nice (Y)

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