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"New Comp - Final Specs!"

Right..OCUK finally got the CPU in stock so here is my final Spec!

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego Core (1mb cache ) Socket 939 - £240
Connect 3D ATI Radeon X850 XT PE PCI-E - £340
DFI NF4 Ultra-D PCI-E Socket 939 Motherboard - £108
Enermax ATX 2.0 485w PSU - £65

Those are my new bits which will be added to my

2 x 512mb PC 3200 Crucial Ram
WD 8mb Cache 160gb HDD (Tempted to grab a raptor drive in a few months - anyone got one?)

Quite looking forward to getting this beast up and running. Gotta wait until thurs now as there are loads of OCUK backorders plus my CC company declined my first order because I spent £600 in one go so had to get that sorted! So come thursday I should have it all built ready for some benchmarking! Really looking forward to seeing what this mother can do!

Raptors have 1,000RPM versus the 7200RPM offered by the Barracuda - but the raptors actually have smaller platters (sa in size of things it takes time to get) than the Barracuda - so, although there is a very slight difference, Barracuda's have over double the capacity for half the price, and only about a second's difference (max.) in access time.

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Got my new kit finally! :D

SATA is great if you have XP SP1 or higher on CD. Otherwise you have to start messing around with floppy disk drivers.....

Raptors are quicker though. And you can notice it apparently. Will hang on until end of month for one I think.

Raptors seem silly.

Buy a Barracuda 7200.7 or .8...

Cheers mate. I also need a new DVD burner too. Might order that soon too :) NEC Dual layer one looks like a winner to me.

Setting up SATA is a pisseasy as setting up IDE. Power cable in one slot, SATA cable from HD to Mobo. Just make sure you set your CD/DVD to Master as it'll have it's own IDE cable then.

FINALLY! Got a bloody tracking number. I've been pulling my hair out. Anyway, I like OCUK but you do hear dodgy stories at times (like mine!) They've always been ok with me though. Komplett are faultless in my experience. Had some faulty Ram from them and they sorted it out straight away. Also dabs have been ok and I've just ordered my brother a wireless k/b + mouse from them. Has anyone got any experience of SATA drives? I'm currently using an IDE one but Payday is on the 20th and I sense a 74gb Western Digital Raptor (10,000 RPM) coming my way!

Is the setup much different from the bog standard IDE drive?

Hmm, didn't notice this thread...

Nice setup though, shame about the service problems you're having :(

My experience with Komplett and Dabs (both my first time purchases) were excellent. I went on to make a further 2 orders with Dabs, each order arriving no later than 2 days after.

They may not be the cheapest, I don't know, but i am very satisfied with their efficiency and service.

Here's hoping you get your kit with no more problems!

They have always been alright with me. If it doesn't arrive by 2pm tomorrow I'll be getting my money back.