Is this a good system for the price?

[G-Dub]

Hey Guys,

Yes it's another thread about a potential system, asking for your advice.

Do you think this is a good system for gaming? Is the price reasonable? :thumbs:


CPU --- AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT 3800 (2.4ghz) 512KB L2 CACHE (939 pin)

Memory --- 1024 MB DDR400 PC3200 WITH LIFETIME WARRANTY!

Motherboard --- ASUS® K8V SE DELUXE (754 pin) / ASUS® A8V DELUXE (939 pin)

Hard Drive --- SATA 80 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb Cache

Graphics Card --- 256MB RADEON X800XT (PLANTIUM EDITION) + DVI + TV-OUT

Power Supply & Cooling --- Silent 500W PSU + 120mm Fan + 19.2 dBA CPU Cooler! Super Quiet! £33

Price --- £974 inc VAT and Delivery

[NonStopableForce]

Translate the price to Dollars, and i will tell you : p

But you might want a bigger HD, or a second HD, a 80 gig is starting to get small these days..

Edit: whats with the 2 motherboards? " ASUS® K8V SE DELUXE (754 pin) / ASUS® A8V DELUXE (939 pin)", the first one you can't even use, because your cpu is a socket 939, so get the second..

-NonStopableForce

[KoreBolteR]

$1,835 (£974) according to this (http://www.xe.com/ucc/)

[duffers20]

Where are you getting this from! they seem like pretty decent prices. You already got a DVD/CD Drive and a case?

[G-Dub]

Where are you getting this from! they seem like pretty decent prices. You already got a DVD/CD Drive and a case?

Awesome prices aren't they! Yeah It comes with case. I've already got burners and all mouse, monitor etc.

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

Found it through a google advert as I really wanted a custom built good spec pc because they are professionally put together and these guys were the cheapest! :D

And although I'll have a SATA hard drive for the OS could I mix and use my secondary IDE hard drive with all my steam backups, music and other files?

I honestly don't have a clue about SATA :rolleyes:

[NonStopableForce]

$1,835 (£974) according to this (http://www.xe.com/ucc/)

wow, 1,835 bucks? thats alot, for a pc period, i bet i could get roughly the same pc, for a little over a thousand.....(i build pcs)...

I just built a gaming pc for my cousin for 500 bucks, and it had a 3000+ AMD 64..... : p

-NonStopableForce

[Asus]

That is one big beast! If you want to trim the price and not the beast, check out a 3500+ and a X800XT. Would perform very similar and you would save some money.

[G-Dub]

And although I'll have a SATA hard drive for the OS could I mix and use my secondary IDE hard drive with all my steam backups, music and other files?

I honestly don't have a clue about SATA :rolleyes:


anyone know? ;(

[oni_666]

SATA and IDE will work together no probs...just make sure the SATA drive is the one with the operating system on...cos its faster than the IDE...maybe not by much though.
And make sure the ram is branded...Kingston, corsair xms, Ocz, etc cos Asus boards are a bit picky about their ram..And with the dual channel capabilities of the cpu and board you need good ram to Match.

Just did a quick search around and you might wanna check this out...first site I went to..If you looked harder at other sites surely you could find something even better and cheaper than this..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/full_systems.html

"Titan Vantage" AMD Athlon 64 3500+ System (FS-004-OK)

[WhiteZero]

wow, 1,835 bucks? thats alot, for a pc period, i bet i could get roughly the same pc, for a little over a thousand.....(i build pcs)...

I just built a gaming pc for my cousin for 500 bucks, and it had a 3000+ AMD 64..... : p

-NonStopableForce
Ummm... thats not alot for a high-end PC... even if you build one yourself, you'll be spending about $1800 - $2000 for top-end.

[oni_666]

www.overclockers.co.uk

AMD 64 bit 3800 (939)
Asus A8V (939) Pci Express
1GB Corsair XMS 3200C2 Pro series (2,3,3,6,)
Maxtor 80GB (8mb cache) SATA
256mb XT850XT Pci Express
550Watt PSU (37A on 12v+ rail) (from www.aria.co.uk)

All for £985 inc VAT (exc delivery).

[G-Dub]

www.overclockers.co.uk

AMD 64 bit 3800 (939)
Asus A8V (939) Pci Express
1GB Corsair XMS 3200C2 Pro series (2,3,3,6,)
Maxtor 80GB (8mb cache) SATA
256mb XT850XT Pci Express
550Watt PSU (37A on 12v+ rail) (from www.aria.co.uk)

All for £985 inc VAT (exc delivery).

is that one if i built it myself?

if so, think i'll go with the first one you posted up...

Thanks oni_666! :thumbs:

Thanks everyone for the help!

[Vorac1ous]

Hey Guys,

Yes it's another thread about a potential system, asking for your advice.

Do you think this is a good system for gaming? Is the price reasonable? :thumbs:


CPU --- AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT 3800 (2.4ghz) 512KB L2 CACHE (939 pin)

Memory --- 1024 MB DDR400 PC3200 WITH LIFETIME WARRANTY!

Motherboard --- ASUS® K8V SE DELUXE (754 pin) / ASUS® A8V DELUXE (939 pin)

Hard Drive --- SATA 80 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb Cache

Graphics Card --- 256MB RADEON X800XT (PLANTIUM EDITION) + DVI + TV-OUT

Power Supply & Cooling --- Silent 500W PSU + 120mm Fan + 19.2 dBA CPU Cooler! Super Quiet! £33

Price --- £974 inc VAT and Delivery
Nice system even for the money, should last atleast 2 or 3 years.