my upcoming rig

[rebell07]

well this will be my fist build i know how to do it
atm ive only been doing touch ups in the pc
so here are the parts:

case- Asustek M2V AM2 VIAK8T890 Sound, Gigalan And USB 2.0 2000MHz FSB SATA ATX
mobo- Asustek M2V AM2 VIAK8T890 Sound, Gigalan And USB 2.0 2000MHz FSB SATA ATX
cpu- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz) Socket AM2 Energy Efficient L2 1MB (2x512KB) Cache Retail Boxed Processor
hsf- Arctic Cooling (AC-FRZ-64P) Freezer64 Pro Socket 754 939 940 CPU Cooler with Heat pipe cooling Pro Ver
psu- Hiper 530W Black Type M PSU - ATX v2.2, Silent/Temp Control, Active PFC, SLI/Crossfire Certified
gpu- XFX 7900GS XXX 256MB GDDR3 256bit DVI HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card
ram- OCZ 1GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Unbuffered CL5 (5-5-5-12) SPecial Ops Edition with Camouflage XTC Heatspreader Lifetime Warranty
hdd- Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB SATAII 7200RPM 2MB Cache - OEM
opt drive- Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVD±RW/RAM / DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive - OEM
monitor- Hannspree AH191 19"TFT Monitor Widescreen 1440x900 500:1 300cd/m2 5ms Black & Silver 3 Years Warranty
keyboard and mouse- A4 Tech Black/Silver Wireless Keyboard & Mouse - Multimedia Keyboard with Scroll Wheel and 8 Button Optical Mouse - USB

well thats my budget 400 pounds well its actually 413 shipped but anyways
soon ill be doing upgrade instead of building
like get a tuniq tower or water cooling
new mobo for/with phenoms unless they are am2
maybe sli
i dont know

so what do you guys think?

 

[b1gapl]

It looks pretty nice. I'm glad you went for a better power supply, instead of choosing those value types.

 

[Vaanish]

seems pretty good...

But there are a few improvments i would make.

HD: Western Digital WD1600JS Caviar SE 160GB 7200RPM SATAII/300 8MB Cache - OEM
RAM: Crucial 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400/800MHz CL4-4-4-12 Ballistix 2.2V SLI Ready
MOBO: Asus M2N-E SLI Nvidia nForce 500 SLI MCP Socket AM2 8channel audio ATX (nVidia > Via for chipsets)
PSU: Hiper 580W Type-M Black PSU - SLI Certified with APFC (530W is out of stock)

That will cost a bit more but you will get so much more performance for the £££.

 

[rebell07]

thanks im gonna change all those that you suggested
is 4-4-4-4-12 better than 5-5-5-5-12?
and i know about the mobo ill change
im so disapointed about the psu but ohwell
whats is the mb cache?

 

[b1gapl]

Since you're going AMD, tighter timings is better than speed. So 4-4-4-12 would be better.

The cache is like a temporary place to hold info, before it is sent out. It serves as the messenger, between the CPU and RAM.

 

[rebell07]

ahh ok so 8mb cache is better than 2mb cache thats why you gave me a diff hdd
also what do you think my 36mark06 score will be?
what is timings for ram?
thanks for all the help

 

[rebell07]

also do you know any sites in usa
that ship to the uk
and like over 100 dollars you get free shiping
because theres a tt120 for 25 pounds and thats cheap and i was wondering if it was possible
because parts in the us are soooo much cheaper

 

[b1gapl]

what is timings for ram?

Think of timings as if it were lag or ping. The higher the ping, the more time or delay, it will take the info to be sent and received.

 

[rebell07]

thanks can you also answer my other questions please

 

[b1gapl]

About your 3DMark06 score. I'd say somewhere around 4-6k. With overclocking, maybe 7k.