yah i know another opinion!!!!

[rhinoman08]

i have made a pc on cyberpowersystem.com and this is it so tell me what you think........

--(939-pin) AMD ATHLON64 3500+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology
--(939-pin Socket) ASUS A8V DELUXE VIA K8T800 MAINBOARD WITH LAN, USB2.0, IEEE, & AUDIO
--512 MB PC3200 400MHz DDR MEMORY
--Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM ATA 100 8MB Special Editon
--NVIDIA Geforce FX 5700 256MB 8x AGP w/ TVO, & DVI
--SONY 16X DVD-ROM
--SONY CDRW 52X32X52 EIDE
--NEW!!! Creative Labs SB LIVE 24.bit 7.1

this for bout $1100, i think is a great deal for your money specially for me cuz im not a hardcore gamer or nething i just game a little

 

[Praetor]

1. That mobo is um... not that great
2. Got any details on the memory?
3. You shoudl consider upping to 160GB (shouldnt cost more than $10USD and thats already overcharged)
4. Make absolutely sure you're not getting a 5700LE

 

[mgoldb2]

You can do better then you did with cyberpower.

Use the amd 64 configuer and you can do the following for ~$1100

(939-pin) AMD ATHLON64 3500+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology
(939-pin Socket) GigaByte GA-K8NS ULTRA-939 nForce3 Chipset AGP8X w/LAN,USB2,IEEE,&Audio
512MB pc3200 Kingston Hyper-X High Performance Memory w/ Heat Spreader
Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM ATA 100 8MB Special Editon
ATI RADEON 9600 XT 256MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI
NEC 3520A 16X DVD+-RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
Creative Labs SB Audigy-2 ZS 7.1
windows xp home

 

[Praetor]

Or even ditch the soundcard and put that money for another 512MB or a 9800ish

 

[mgoldb2]

Or even ditch the soundcard and put that money for another 512MB or a 9800ish

Personally I would ditch the soundcard for the extra ram but I trying to match everything he chose to be equal or better with the idear that he knows what he want(could be a bad assumption). The price increase to the 9800 pro is more money then the soundcard.

edit: my price includes windows xp (I dont know if his does) If his does not then there room to upgrade to a 9800 pro while keeping it at ~1100 by removing windows xp from the price.

 

[Tha Killa]

1. That mobo is um... not that great

How bad is it? When I was checking some AMD64's Newegg a whole bunch of people said they had the motherboard.

 

[Praetor]

The price increase to the 9800 pro is more money then the soundcard.

9600XT --> 9800Pro AIW = ~$100CAD difference here..... easily scoping in roughly the price of the soundcard

edit: my price includes windows xp (I dont know if his does) If his does not then there room to upgrade to a 9800 pro while keeping it at ~1100

Good call

How bad is it? When I was checking some AMD64's Newegg a whole bunch of people said they had the motherboard.

Yeah a bunch of people ... including me. Its not bad -- for a VIA board. Its unfortunate ASUS decided to sit out on the nForce3Ultra tho

 

[mgoldb2]

9600XT --> 9800Pro AIW = ~$100CAD difference here..... easily scoping in roughly the price of the soundcard

while that definally true if you building yourself.
I was going by cyberpower prices since it did not sound like he was building himself. At least on the american cyberpower site upgrading from a 9600XT to a 9800 pro cost $126. Upgrading from onboard sound to soundblaster audigy 2 zs cost $69. the videocard upgrade is nearly double.

 

[Praetor]

Oh right you are ... wow thats quite the difference in price if you stop and look at it wow.