How does this system look?

[Jimmy Little]

i'm builing someone a 'half good' computer

how does this sound?


Coolermaster Centurion Black
Tagan 380W Low noise Power Supply
Abit NF7-S VER 2.0 nForce2 SKT A 400DDR 8xAGP SATA Firewire 5.1 Sound LAN Retail Box
Thermaltake Volcano 12
8cm Akasa Clear Fan w/ 4 col LED's
AMD AthlonXP 3000 [2.10GHZ 400]OEM
80GB Maxtor D/Max+9 ATA133/7200 8MB
NEC 2510 Dual Layer DVDRW Black
512MB — CT6464Z40B DDR PC3200

have i missed anything out apart from mouse/kb and floppy?

[Scientist]

Graphics Card?

Otherwise looks a good system, You would be better off with a cheaper 2500M rather than the 3000 though in terms of price vs performance.

[mr_anderson187]

Scientist is right, this mobo, that you picked (and i have) can take the mobiel 2400 and 2500's, but id go against him with the model, the 2400 is better as it runs 0.05 volts lower than the 2500 (1.35 iirc) so you get a slightly better overclock, otherwise its a great system

[CMC]

wot sorta price are you payin for that mobo, seems like quite a good investment

[mr_anderson187]

i got it off the 'bargain hunt' forum afew weeks ago, its pretty sweet, are u after teh version one or version two though?

[CMC]

i dunno wot 1, probly versio 1 coz i imagine itl b cheaper, and wel im a cheapskate and im skint

[mr_anderson187]

im not really knowledgeable on the version 1 one, it was Buff who persuaded me to get it, and im not regreting it, its great for overclokcking a JUIHB, what processer do you have?

[CMC]

im runnin an 2400 with crap cooling i can get it to bout 2.3 tops, but i hav to drop her down again coz starts playin up

[mr_anderson187]

what stepping is that on?

and how much was it when you got it?

[CMC]

no idea, wer cud i find out?? i think i got it for lik 55 or 60 £

[mr_anderson187]

im in no way an expert on the stepping, so youd have to ask someone else about that, but what cooling is it, is it the one that came with your processer? a stock one?

[CMC]

yes its just the stock one, i hav no muny to buy stuf, i need cheap stuff and since i got screwed ovr on ebay las weekend i gonna use it less, and its good for cheap stuf like

[mr_anderson187]

i see, id redcommend any of the thermaltake range, the volcan0 11+ is very good, doing 75cfm, was able to keep my juihb 1700 steady at 2.1ghz on my old asus a7v8x-x mobo, does the sound matter to you? cos theres a better option if you dont mind a bit of noise...

[CMC]

id rather it was quiet like but... if its a cheapish option that will get me runnin a half decent system id think bout it

[mr_anderson187]

do you mean *cheapish, cos if you had a wee bit of cash lying around, you could get:

any thermaltake spark heatsink, are very good
Arctic Silver 5
kustom PC 120>80mm converter
Delta Focussed flow 190cfm fan
3pin to 4pin adaptor

this provides EXTREME COOLING, but is out of control, the onyl rheostat i found to control a fan that pulls this wattage (24) is from america and would take like £20 to get over hear, or there arew gudes to build your own, but i wouldnt advise that now. or if have a bit more extracash to flaunt you could get the thermalright slk 900a, which is meant to be the best out there

[CMC]

roughly how much would each option set me bak?? il b doin a hell of a lot of overtime over christmas, so il hav sum cash after that