Computer geekery

[plonq]

Here is my current shopping list (subject to tweaking here and there prior to purchase).


Sorry guys, no Mac for me this time around.  I'm open to ideas and suggestions if you've had good/bad experience with any of these, or think I'm setting off in the wrong direction.

Motherboard:
ASUS -- (A8V-E-DELUXE) (VIA K8T890) AMD SOCKET 939 / 8 CHANNEL AUDIO / DUAL CAHNNEL MEMORY / 10-1000MBPS GIGA LAN / 8X USB 2.0 / SATA / RAID 0,1 / IEEE 1394 / (3 PCI / 2 PCI-EX1 / 1 PCI-EX16 / 4 DDR 400 / MAX 4.0GB MEMORY)
CPU
AMD --  ATHLON 64 (3200+) SOCKET 939 (64 BIT) (RETAIL W/ COOLER) (3 YEARS MFG WARRANTY)
Memory
2 x Generic --  PC-3200 DDR (400MHZ) 512MB W/O ECC
Video
Sapphire --  (RADEON X800 PRO-VIVO) (RETAIL) 256MB DDR / PCI-Ex16 / TV-OUT / VIDEO-IN / DVI
Hard Drive
Seagate --  (BARRACUDA SERIAL ATA V) 200GB (8MB) / 7200 RPM (SATA) (5 YEARS MFG WARRANTY)

The two components I'm wavering on the most are the CPU (I'd save $60 going with the 3000+) and the video card (because there's a question of availability).  I'd love to go with an X850, but I'm not eager to part with big dollars when I'm pretty sure an X800 will meet my needs for a few years.

Comments

[tamarik.livejournal.com]

Don't go generic on the ram. It looks like you're putting together a gaming system and there's nothing more aggrivating than trying to peg down a memory problem.

I highly suggest going with Corsair's pre-paired packs. I'm running some of their 3200 and I can overclock the ram waaaay past spec and not have a prime95 hiccup. It's too bad I got shafted on the processor and can't get it above a 10% OC. Check Newegg on the price of the Corsair, they typicall have damn good prices.

The 3200+ is the way to go as far as CPUs. The HTT on it clocks at the easy-to-calc 10x, so if you ever want to OC the processor, they're really simple to do.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

From their web site:

"Newegg.com does not currently ship internationally; we only deliver to locations within the United States and to Puerto Rico."

OC is not a big concern for me at this point, but my figuring is that if that changes down the road, memory is one of the easiest parts to replace if that's what's standing in my way.