New Pc - Plz Check Specs For Me!

[cjsavvy]

Got a budget of about £1200 but I am reasonably flexible. I am a noob at overclocking but I am going to give it a go when this is built I already have a DVD-R and CD-RW drive, speakers and soundcard. Anything could be improved on? Anything I have forgotten?

AMD Athlon XP 2800+............£97.88
CoolerMaster Jet 7 CPU Cooler................£25.95
Abit SoA nForce 2 NF-S...........£74.05
Western Digital Caviar 120 GB...........£67.24
Hercules 9800 Pro 128 MB DDR...........£195.00
TwinMOS 1 GB DDR PC3200.............£119.00
Thermaltake Xaser III Supertower (Aluminium with window)............£104.69
Hercules ProphetView 920 PRO 17" TFT...........£269.00
Sony 1.44 MB Internal 3.5" Black...........£7.44
Microsoft Intellimouse Optical OEM..........£14.00
Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard...........£19.00
Xaser III Fireball Front Panel...........£8.00
Q-Tec 550W Dual Fan Gold PSU...........£24.90
D-Link Network Card..............£6.90
Sunbeam Window Applique - Girl.........£4.64
Asaka AK - 172 12" Cold Cathode - Red.........£9.95

Total minus VAT £1047.64
Total inc VAT £1230.98

Would the 9800XT give any noticeable performance increase over the 9800 pro?

[Kunal]

where are you getting these parts from? i would be tempted to get a A7N8X Deluxe SKT A NForce2 Chipset Motherboard VER: 2.0 motherboard as ive heard great things about them. The 9800XT is better than the PRO but its more expensive, just stick with the pro.

[cjsavvy]

What percentage increase does the XT give over the pro? worth 150 quid or whatever the difference is?

[ck-uk]

Originally posted by Kunal@5 November 2003 - 18:44
where are you getting these parts from? i would be tempted to get a A7N8X Deluxe SKT A NForce2 Chipset Motherboard VER: 2.0 motherboard as ive heard great things about them. The 9800XT is better than the PRO but its more expensive, just stick with the pro.

Mate i just killed the same mobo last week..i cant even get it to post now.It is a good mobo thou but when i first had it i had to take the ram back three times..it seems its very picky.If you go to asus site they have a certified ram module list the board will run with.You also got to have at least to seperate ram modules to benefit from the twinbank ddr.On the board the ram banks are divided into two channels anyway so you cant get confused.

[cjsavvy]

So shud i stick with the Abit? Is this a good performing mobo?

[superdick]

it sucks

[Virtualbody1234]

Go with Asus.

[cjsavvy]

OK thanks for that guys. Now for the graphics card! Should I go for the Hercules 9800 PRO or the Hercules 9800XT? Worth the extra money? Also what will the chosen processor overclock to with that cooling system?

[Kunal]

i'd stick with the pro personally, altough the XT is better, i doubt it worth the extra £150! where are you getting your parts from anyways?

[cjsavvy]

Im getting most of the parts from www.dabs.com/uk and a few from www.overclockers.co.uk. Ive just seen an article on the web about flashing a 9800 pro to an XT. Anyone used this method? Any feedback would be appreciated.