Stupendous Man
New Member
Alright, I'm soon to order my new computer. Built for gaming with a budget of 1900ish (want to stay under 2000 after tax and shipping) I've got a rough idea on what I want. It goes:
AMD Athlon 3500 s939 (Not sure on Winchester or Newcastle... don't plan to do any heavy OC'ing... what to buy and why?)
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM NFORCE3 ULTRA S939 AGP
KINGSTON HYPERX 1024MB DUAL CHANNEL KIT PC3200 2X512MB DDR 400MHZ 184PIN ULTRA LOW LATENCY CL2-2-2-5 (Will this RAM work with Mobo or will I need to change some bios settings? Ex. this runs at 2.6V, and Mobo supports 2.5V. This would be an easy change in bois?)
ANTEC SX1040 PERFORMANCE II TOWER BLACK 4X5.25IN 6X3.5IN 400W ATX12V P/S
THERMALTAKE VENUS 12 Heatsink (I've been recommnded this before, this will fit S939 correct? Also has anyone had an clearance issues with this Mobo and HS?)
And the graphics card... not too sure what to get here. As of now on my "cart" i have the:
XFX GEFORCE 6800 GT AGP8X 256MB DDR3 DVI & TV OUT RETAIL BOX
Still I'm not too sure whether to get this card as I have no idea how it will run with rest of spec. Will I be able to utilize the card to full potential or do I have a bottleneck somewhere and should I just buy a different card for less than the $565 CAD it's priced at.
All this and a 120G HD and the total came to around 1900 everything in. The rest of hardware and software I have. Thanks for the help in last post although I didn't actually reply in it.
AMD Athlon 3500 s939 (Not sure on Winchester or Newcastle... don't plan to do any heavy OC'ing... what to buy and why?)
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM NFORCE3 ULTRA S939 AGP
KINGSTON HYPERX 1024MB DUAL CHANNEL KIT PC3200 2X512MB DDR 400MHZ 184PIN ULTRA LOW LATENCY CL2-2-2-5 (Will this RAM work with Mobo or will I need to change some bios settings? Ex. this runs at 2.6V, and Mobo supports 2.5V. This would be an easy change in bois?)
ANTEC SX1040 PERFORMANCE II TOWER BLACK 4X5.25IN 6X3.5IN 400W ATX12V P/S
THERMALTAKE VENUS 12 Heatsink (I've been recommnded this before, this will fit S939 correct? Also has anyone had an clearance issues with this Mobo and HS?)
And the graphics card... not too sure what to get here. As of now on my "cart" i have the:
XFX GEFORCE 6800 GT AGP8X 256MB DDR3 DVI & TV OUT RETAIL BOX
Still I'm not too sure whether to get this card as I have no idea how it will run with rest of spec. Will I be able to utilize the card to full potential or do I have a bottleneck somewhere and should I just buy a different card for less than the $565 CAD it's priced at.
All this and a 120G HD and the total came to around 1900 everything in. The rest of hardware and software I have. Thanks for the help in last post although I didn't actually reply in it.
