im building a new pc what do yeas think?

Cr8or

Board = £135.13(uk) - Epox EP-8K7A+ DDR (Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron)
Chip = £105.75(uk) - AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.2GHz (Socket A) Guaranteed to 1.4GHz+
Ram = £69.33(uk) - PQI 512MB PC133 (dimm)
Hard drive = £105.99(uk) - IBM 60GXP 41.2GB UDMA100
chip fan = £16.45 (uk) - Thermaltake DUO462-3 Super-Orb CPU Cooler (Socket A)
Tower and P.S.U = 79.95(irl) - Codegen Midi Tower 6000 Series
gfx card = £120(irl) - Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 64MB

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£764 (irish total with vat and exchange rate etc.)

Lump

You could get it cheaper in america...


John

D-Generate

The monitor is the going to up that price by an awful lot.

Cr8or

a few specification :

mobo: http://www.epox.nl/english/products/motherboard/ep-8k7a+.htm

tower: http://www.peats.ie/cgi-bin/shop/db.cgi?view=1&id=4131&type=6&path=14x122x539

ram: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Memory_8.html

Cr8or

i have everything else ie: monitor , dvd , burner wires and all that stuff .

.ak

I want your old 3d card please.

-Dark-Angel-

P.S: I want your soul, too.

Cr8or

lump i cant find any us sites with good deals.
if yea know any good us sites taht will ship do tell me.

Supercell

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Lump:
You could get it cheaper in america...


John </font>

That seems like a pretty nice kit, Lump care to say where he could do better?

Farls

http://www.newegg.com/

a lad called Tarzan on the boards sent me there...very cheap i thought but not so sure about buying american for some reason or another

Farls

CriminallyInsane

You should get an nVida GEforce 3 for your graphics card if you have a little mad money. They are more powerful than a pentium II .Thev even need to be plugged into the mains - NOW THATS POWERFUL!

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Cr8or

im not gona blow 400 quid on a geforce cause i dont have cash 2 blow.

that list is under 800 for a reason.

Gladiator

Personaly i couldnt get thatt board,
the abit ddr 731 chiset with raid will be out in 2- 3 weeks
if you still want that board, it will be alot cheaper then,

Cr8or

thanks for the advice

rymus

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Farls:
http://www.newegg.com/

a lad called Tarzan on the boards sent me there...very cheap i thought but not so sure about buying american for some reason or another

Farls</font>

No bloody point buying american now seeing as its almost dollar for pound exchange rate wise.. what a cruel world.. c'monnn the economy!

Lump

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Longfield:
That seems like a pretty nice kit, Lump care to say where he could do better?</font>

Abit KT7A - Via KT-133A Chipset 200/266MHZ FSB Sock A Motherboard with 6PCI 1 ISA 1 AGP slot -Retail Box-For AMD Processor $109.00

Guillemot Hercules 3D Prophet Kyro 4000 XT 32MB SDRAM $50.00

AMD Thunderbird 1GHz 266MHz Bus Socket A processor 256K cache Retail Box Version with HeatSink and Fan $110.00

Kingston Value RAM 256MB PC133 168Pins SDRAM 32X64 Chip RAM 7ns Speed Clock 3 Speed Lifetime Warranty $35.00

MITSUMI Floppy Drive 1.44MB 3.5inch $9.00

Creative Lab sound blaster 128 PCI Sound Card OEM Version : $26.00

Arctic Silver's Premium Silver Thermal Compound, Thermal Paste : $6.00


Subtotal: $380.00
Shipping and Handling Charge: $ 26.34

Grand Total: $ 406.34

Plus $50 postage to Ireland.....


Works out at IEP£ 411


Fair enough, I may be lacking in some things along the way...... But then again it is £300 or more cheaper.

John

Gladiator

no the abite is not way more expensive,
its 9 sterling more for the non raid version and 21 sterling for the the raid version

on an yea change your memory, pqi aint the best either


[This message has been edited by Gladiator (edited 26-07-2001).]

Gladiator

on and its far fro mthe same, for starter it 3 phase power not 2, hasnt got any of that intergrated ****e,

Matt Simis

I think your memory may be a problem:
Epox EP-8K7A+ DDR
PQI 512MB PC133 (dimm)

The DDR mobo will need DDR ram.

I have this motherboard, thought about the Abit DDR, but its not out yet, way more expensive and other than having more memory slots (which you must use REGISTERED DDR Dimms in only, to use more than 2) its the same.

At the moment I have my 1.33GHz TB running at 1600MHz. Thats with an underpowered 300W PSU. Getting a new one soon

Cr8or

lump are u quoting store prices or some site you found on the net?

Gerry

erm why are you recommending the abit board gladiator? because you recognise the brand name? The epox is currently the best ddr board around, it consistently clocks to higher speeds than the abit, ( people have clocked it up to 180 fsb stable ) The abit tops out at around 140-150. Go and read a few reviews. www.amdmb.com for a start.

Gladiator

Gerry i think you miss understand, im not talking about the current model, but the 761 chipset model, its really very impressive, and due out in afew weeks, its got everything the epox has and more

Illkillya

Gerry is Miss Understand

-ADREN-

That graphics card.. it aint a great one.. soon down the road ull be looking for an upgrade try and at least look for a GF2 Gts cheep some where.. the HP 4500 will run Cs great.. but as for future games im not so sure.. read some reviews. I may be rong. Altho i have read the HP 4500 to a GF2 GTS and id have to say id spen the extra 80 quid perhaps for it. At least it will keep u from moaning for a little while longer..

All pcs some time or another will make u mon..

Gerry

lol iky. Erm gladiator, I know you are talking about the abit kg7-raid. Just let us know what is better about it?

Fand

NewEgg's prices are keen - but it's academic, they don't ship to Ireland. Only places I've found that ship to Ireland are The Chip Merchant (chipmerchant.com) and Micro Warehouse (warehouse.com).

You know about The Overclocking Store in Britain? theoverclockingstore.co.uk - they specialise in overclocking gear, and are cheaper than you're quoting, though, oh, maybe not when you factor in the sterling diff.

You don't mention your vid card and soundcard - what you getting and why?

Fand

oh, wait, I see you're actually quoting in yuk pounds, so the sterling differential doesn't come into it. Yeah, definitely look at The Overclocking Store.

Memory's crashing down in Britain at the moment, it's cheaper there than in the US as far as I can see.

Take a look at dabs.com - they have PC133 cas2 (faster than cas3 because of the addressing system) SDRAM for something like stg£30 per 256MB at the moment. Nice people to deal with, too.

As are both Micro Warehouse and The Chip Merchant, by the way, in my experience.

Lump

Dont worry sbout me, I have all the ram and mb checked out, I didnt rush into this........ Im not stupid


John

Lump

Oh, just incase you dont believe me

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">CPU
2. Supports AMD-K7 Athlon 700MHZ-1.2GHZ or 200/266MHz FSB Socket A Processors


Chipset
1. VIA KT133A /VIA 686B
2. Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
3. Supports AGP 2X/4X (Sideband)
4. Supports 100/133MHz Memory Bus Settings

Memory
1. Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support PC100/PC133 SDRAM module
2. Supports up to 1.5 GB MAX. (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB SDRAM)


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John