Building a new computer

[Sava]

[Whaleboy]

I slap you!

[Sava]

with a trout?

[Whaleboy]

Yes. Repeatedly.

[Sava]

[Whaleboy]

What's your case like?

[Sava]

here:



link: http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase...mi/bwa/bwa.htm

[Whaleboy]

Not bad

If I were to have a side window it would have be full of LED's... I love blinking lights. Trouble is that it wouldn't be tastefully understated which is important for modding to work so I just wouldn't bother.

[Blake]

I recentely upgraded - my computer started smoking then wouldn't boot . Anyway i have that exact CPU now, the mobo I ended up with being an asus A8V, the onboard sound is a little borked. I can't quite remember why I didn't go with a nforce chipset, maybe temporary insanity or the A8V was the best performance/price tradeoff with AGP rather than PCIe (since I'm using a AGP videocard and doesn't look like PCIe will be good for anything for 2+ years...)

Anyway the AMD64 is good . Doesn't do anything special ofcourse but it's nice and fast in 32bit emulation and I can say I'm using a 64bit OS w/ Linux. Might have to look into getting a 6600GT looks very solid for the price and my video card is due for an upgrade.

[Urban Ranger]

Whaleboy - I have some reservations about the mobo you chose. I have the exact same one from MSI, but I am having some strange subtle problems that I am unable to pinpoint so far.

First, the box freezes suddenly, unexpectedly, and solidly. I ran memtest86 and other sorts of fun stuff but everything seems to be fine.

Second, I can't copy large amounts of stuff from one HDD to another (on the same controller) without the computer hanging in the middle somewhere.

Third, my Liteon DVD combo drives would deteriorate slowly, however when I brought them back for repairs they worked splendidly on the tester's machine.

[Whaleboy]

Scary stuff UR, do you think it could be a cooling issue?

Well you've put the final nail in the MSI coffin for me, I think I'll go for the Abit AN8 Ultra I linked to earlier. It's only £6 more expensive and seems to be more than worth it.

[Sava]

I've got an Asus A8V Deluxe with an Athlon 64 3500+

UR is right...

I would recommend researching your mobo very carefully. Go to a lot of review sites.

[Blake]

My A8V is weird, the onboard sound generally works fine in games and stuff, but the microphone and line in don't work - if I plug in the microphone it just records line out and line in does much the same. The asus sound manager thing gives mostly incoherent yet sometimes correct reading. I'll probably just get a dedicated sound card at some point. Other than the onboard sound the mobo seems to be rock solid.

[Sava]

meh

I've got a SB Audigy 2 Platinum ZS

onboard audio sucks

no matter what the mobo

[Provost Harrison]

Re: Building a new computer

Originally posted by Whaleboy
OS: Windows XP Home £59.15

I have an idea to save you £59.15 straight away