Thinking of building a new desktop.

mattpower3000 · 06-12-2005, 12:19 PM

I may get rid of my old dell p3 laptop and have a permanent desktop instead; so i have looked around and this is the kind of spec that i am looking for. I think i am just drawn to the xeon system, before anyone asks why i have chosen this over p4 extreme. Basically I want it to be very capable machine, and fast, very fast. I do play some games but looking to the future i would want to play halo 2 and grand prix 5. How do people rate this spec, especially for games?

Ebuyer 500w PSU/ATX/P4 Ready in Black with dual fans

Antec SLK3700 BQE Solution Series Atx Pc Case With 350w PSU

Asus NCCH-DL 2xSocket-604 I875P ATX - Sound GbLan USB2 IEEE1394a
800FSB SATA-Raid Retail Box

Intel Xeon 3.0D GHz 1Mb L3 Cache 800FSB 1u Retail

Point Of View GF 6800 Ultra 256MB PCI-E Bundled with Splintercell Chaos Theory Brothers in Arms and Far Cry

Maxtor 6L300S0 DiamondMax 10 300GB 16mb Cache 7200rpm SATA - OEM

Corsair (VS512MB533D2), 512MB, DDR2, PC4200, 533MHz, 64Mx64, non-ECC, 240pin DIMM, unbuffered, x 4

Pioneer DVR-109 16x DVD R/RW Writer - OEM Brushed Aluminium Front

Samsung 16x48 DVD Rom Internal IDE OEM

Creative Labs OEM Audigy2 ZS 7.1 Pci Sound Card

Harman Kardon Soundsticks II

Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse & Keyboard

Windows XP Pro with SP2

Regards,
Mattpower

Tony Williams · 06-12-2005, 12:36 PM

No, I wouldn't get that Ebuyer or the other PSU! to be honest I wouldn't get Xeons, go for AMD 64s!

**Praetor** · 06-13-2005, 09:35 PM

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Ebuyer 500w PSU/ATX/P4 Ready in Black with dual fans

At a whopping 17A, that PSU is stupidly weak for your system there

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Asus NCCH-DL 2xSocket-604 I875P ATX - Sound GbLan USB2 IEEE1394a
800FSB SATA-Raid Retail Box

Intel Xeon 3.0D GHz 1Mb L3 Cache 800FSB 1u Retail

Bad choice for gaming

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Point Of View GF 6800 Ultra 256MB PCI-E Bundled with Splintercell Chaos Theory Brothers in Arms and Far Cry

Overpriced regardless of what you're paying for it.

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Pioneer DVR-109 16x DVD R/RW Writer - OEM Brushed Aluminium Front

Can save some money with the NEC 3520/3540 (which uses the same NEC chipset as the Pioneer)

06-12-2005, 12:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
mattpower3000 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 27 Posts: 38	Thinking of building a new desktop. I may get rid of my old dell p3 laptop and have a permanent desktop instead; so i have looked around and this is the kind of spec that i am looking for. I think i am just drawn to the xeon system, before anyone asks why i have chosen this over p4 extreme. Basically I want it to be very capable machine, and fast, very fast. I do play some games but looking to the future i would want to play halo 2 and grand prix 5. How do people rate this spec, especially for games? Ebuyer 500w PSU/ATX/P4 Ready in Black with dual fans Antec SLK3700 BQE Solution Series Atx Pc Case With 350w PSU Asus NCCH-DL 2xSocket-604 I875P ATX - Sound GbLan USB2 IEEE1394a 800FSB SATA-Raid Retail Box Intel Xeon 3.0D GHz 1Mb L3 Cache 800FSB 1u Retail Point Of View GF 6800 Ultra 256MB PCI-E Bundled with Splintercell Chaos Theory Brothers in Arms and Far Cry Maxtor 6L300S0 DiamondMax 10 300GB 16mb Cache 7200rpm SATA - OEM Corsair (VS512MB533D2), 512MB, DDR2, PC4200, 533MHz, 64Mx64, non-ECC, 240pin DIMM, unbuffered, x 4 Pioneer DVR-109 16x DVD R/RW Writer - OEM Brushed Aluminium Front Samsung 16x48 DVD Rom Internal IDE OEM Creative Labs OEM Audigy2 ZS 7.1 Pci Sound Card Harman Kardon Soundsticks II Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse & Keyboard Windows XP Pro with SP2 Regards, Mattpower

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06-12-2005, 12:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tony Williams Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 35	No, I wouldn't get that Ebuyer or the other PSU! to be honest I wouldn't get Xeons, go for AMD 64s!