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It has been a long time coming but the day is finally near. I'm going to order and build from scratch a new PC. I've decided on most of it so far. but not keeping up with PC hardware like I used to, I wanted a second (in some cases first) opinion.
AMD Athlon 3000XP 400MHz FSB version
Coolermaster Jet 7 fan
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 128Mb graphics card
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 160gb Serial ATA150 7200rpm 8mb Cache
512Mb x2 chips of DDR 400 MHz RAM. Any recommendations on brands?
Nforce 2 based motherboard. Struggling to make up my mind on this, last time I checked the two to get were Asus and Abit boards. Do I go for an A7N8X-X or A7N8X Deluxe or A7N8X-VM from Asus, or NF7 Crush or NF7-S Crush from Abit? What about Gigabyte or MSI boards?
I'd like a 19" CRT monitor, been looking at Iiyama's. Anyone got one?
The DVD drive will likely be a Pioneer.
Can't think of much else. Mainly advice on the motherboard I was after. Thanks folks.
AMD Athlon 3000XP 400MHz FSB version
Coolermaster Jet 7 fan
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 128Mb graphics card
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 160gb Serial ATA150 7200rpm 8mb Cache
512Mb x2 chips of DDR 400 MHz RAM. Any recommendations on brands?
Nforce 2 based motherboard. Struggling to make up my mind on this, last time I checked the two to get were Asus and Abit boards. Do I go for an A7N8X-X or A7N8X Deluxe or A7N8X-VM from Asus, or NF7 Crush or NF7-S Crush from Abit? What about Gigabyte or MSI boards?
I'd like a 19" CRT monitor, been looking at Iiyama's. Anyone got one?
The DVD drive will likely be a Pioneer.
Can't think of much else. Mainly advice on the motherboard I was after. Thanks folks.
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TwinMOS is the RAM to go for, whatever you intend to be doing with it.
That spec is pretty good, i will definatly go for the NF7-S motherboard, Also are you planning on overclocking? if not then why not go for a quieter cpu HSF as that Jet one is pretty loud, As for the brand of memory this also depends on if you are going to overclock or not.
Colin
Colin
All that glow in the dark stuff puts me off a bit, but luckily I don't have a window in my case.
I think the board's too new for anyone to say whether it definitely is or is not the best, because I don't really trust reviews. But, reading other forums, the people who own the board seem to love it, the people who don't own it love the NF7, and then it all degenerates into fanboy bitching.
I think the board's too new for anyone to say whether it definitely is or is not the best, because I don't really trust reviews. But, reading other forums, the people who own the board seem to love it, the people who don't own it love the NF7, and then it all degenerates into fanboy bitching.
Ah, but it doesnt have a black PCB and glow in the dark PCI slots.
And you get rounded cables and stuff too.
And you get rounded cables and stuff too.
The best, in fact.
I still hear the NF7-S is better.
unknown kernel wrote:
some good thongs about that board.
I'm sold!
some good thongs about that board.
I'm sold!
unknown kernel wrote:
> good thongs
Noooooo!
> good thongs
Noooooo!
I saw them. They looked good, but I wasn't sure about the performance or anything. Plus around £30 more than an Asus Deluxe thingy majig.
I've been hearing some good thongs about that board. It's probably the one I'm going to go for when I upgrade in the new year. Bit pricier than some, but it has loads of features.
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