New machine specs

strat · 06-10-2001 3:00pm #1

AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz (Socket A) Guaranteed to 1533MHz+ &#163;93.15 
GlobalWin 802 - Black (Macron 300W PSU) &#163;72.30 
Arctic Silver II   &#163;5.00 
Abit KT7A (Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron)  &#163;76.50 
Crucial 256MB DDR PC2100 CAS-2.5   2x&#163;28.00  &#163;56.00 
ThermoEngine V60-4210 (Socket A/FC-PGA) &#163;18.00 
Subtotal: &#163;320.95 
Shipping: (Parcelforce Euro 48) &#163;63.00 
VAT: &#163;67.20 
Total: &#163;451.15

thats all in sterling and all from overclockers.co.uk

Basically what I want to know is will all that kit work together alright - is the board ok for the ram/chip/psu n stuff and any other words of wisdom welcome

- i didnt go got the delta fan cause i hear its mega noisey

- is it worth getting the new KG7 mobo from abit ?

phaxx · 06-10-2001 3:36pm

Damn the shipping is expensive from there. £63 sterling??

JustHalf · 06-10-2001 4:32pm

Yo Strat.

That RAM won't work in your board.

BTW, I'd recommend getting a DDR board, and better RAM if you're going to be overclocking (they have some Corsair or Crucial 2400 stuff there)

A ThermoEngine is no longer the business.

I'd recommend waiting for a KT266A-based board personally.

R. Daneel Olivaw · 06-10-2001 4:39pm

DOuble the price almost for a 266A board. The best one to get without doubt, but will prob cost around £140 sterling, and is around $150 US.

DaSilva · 06-10-2001 7:15pm

You need a DDR motherboard as someone already pointed out,
try one of these:

A-Bit KG7-RAID 4 DDR Slots - Expensive!
A-Bit KG7 4 DDR Slots - No Raid - Less Expensive
A-Bit KG7-LITE 2 DDR Slots - No Raid - Quite Cheap!

I dont know many other boards becuase I havent read about them but I heard something about the Asus A7266 or something like that being very good

Shamie · 06-10-2001 8:05pm

It might work out cheaper if you get the stuff from dabs.com because they have a fixed postage of £23sterling to Ireland.

I think OcUK and Dabs are around the same pricing...

Or atleast buy the bigger parts from dabs and the fan/heatsink from OcUK.

strat · 06-10-2001 9:37pm

ok lets take out the KT7A and slap in the

Abit KG7-RAID (Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron) 1 £122.95
the thermoengine is out eh ??
wots the best then - i dont want it tooo noisey tho

Snaga · 06-10-2001 10:12pm

Lo strat,
Im looking at the Kg7 raid 4DDr + athlon 1.4 + crucial 2*256mb DDR cas-2.5 with an SK6 heatsink.

That all came to IEP £505 with everything tacked on, but am checking dabs now

Its there in the motherboard+cpu kits in OcUK.

I bought a full server case to house it in today and Im getting the psu proberly in peats.

JustHalf · 06-10-2001 11:02pm

Originally posted by R. Daneel Olivaw
DOuble the price almost for a 266A board. The best one to get without doubt, but will prob cost around £140 sterling, and is around $150 US.

I'd buy one tommorrow at that price.

And some DDR RAM might come in handy too

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