Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)

[McGraw]

Tomorrow I shall be taking the plunge and getting a new system.

It will probably be:

Amd Athlon 64 3500 Winchester
2x512mb Geil 3200 Cas 2.5
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (PCI-E)
Plus whatever the fastest PCI-E X800 is I can afford with change from £525 (200? seen an XT for £202 inc).

Some questions please:

1. Is this a well balanced system, i.e. am I better off going going for the 3800 San Diego and cutting back slightly on Graphics?

2. Is Geil Ram ok?

3. Is that Motherboard ok?

4. What does VIVO on a gc actually give you in the real world? Is it worth spending more to get VIVO?

5. Is this good value and I safe buying from these guys? http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/product.asp...nc+power+cable

Thanks a lot.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by McGraw

Tomorrow I shall be taking the plunge and getting a new system.

It will probably be:

Amd Athlon 64 3500 Winchester
2x512mb Geil 3200 Cas 2.5
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (PCI-E)
Plus whatever the fastest PCI-E X800 is I can afford with change from £525 (200? seen an XT for £202 inc).

Some questions please:

1. Is this a well balanced system, i.e. am I better off going going for the 3800 San Diego and cutting back slightly on Graphics?

2. Is Geil Ram ok?

3. Is that Motherboard ok?

4. What does VIVO on a gc actually give you in the real world? Is it worth spending more to get VIVO?

5. Is this good value and I safe buying from these guys? http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/product.asp...nc+power+cable

Thanks a lot.

Cheers.

1 3500 venice will be better than winchester. 3800 san diego also would make a good choice

2 dunno but id image so

3 yes

4 video in video out you can put a svideo/composite device for video capture,,upto you if its worth it

5 dont know about them

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

1 3500 venice will be better than winchester 3800 san diego also would make a good choice

WILL isnt going to be tomorrow

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by McGraw

Tomorrow I shall be taking the plunge and getting a new system.

It will probably be:

Amd Athlon 64 3500 Winchester
2x512mb Geil 3200 Cas 2.5
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (PCI-E)
Plus whatever the fastest PCI-E X800 is I can afford with change from £525 (200? seen an XT for £202 inc).

Some questions please:

1. Is this a well balanced system, i.e. am I better off going going for the 3800 San Diego and cutting back slightly on Graphics?

2. Is Geil Ram ok?

3. Is that Motherboard ok?

4. What does VIVO on a gc actually give you in the real world? Is it worth spending more to get VIVO?

5. Is this good value and I safe buying from these guys? http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/product.asp...nc+power+cable

Thanks a lot.

Cheers.

1. Depends it you're going to use it mainly for gaming, if so, spend more on the video card and less on the processor

2. Geil ram is great, it runs a little hot but works flawlessly and is great for oc'ing.

3. If there's a fan on the Northbridge, expect it to die within 6 months, you can replace it with a passive heatsink instead, other than that GB boards are reliable but not exceptional on performance.

4. VIVO = Video in/Video Out, some X800 VIVO's will let you flash with an XT PE bios, but video in is a bit pointless when most decent digital video cameras transfer using firewire.

5. It's good value, I've never heard of the company though.

[Aragorn]

2. Geil is what I have in my A64 rig. So far so good! Are you going for the sticks with heatspredder?

No mention of disk/dvd/burner/Case/PSU in your £550 - reusing all of this from your old system?

Originally Posted by gary_580

WILL isnt going to be tomorrow

Overclockers have them coming in stock monday,tomorrow they have 3200 venice coming into stock .3800 venice in stock now

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Overclockers have them coming in stock monday,tomorrow they have 3200 venice coming into stock 3800 venice in stock now

Coming soon, now where have i heard that before?? i doubt they would come into stock on Monday as its a bank holiday

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

3800 venice in stock now

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal..._939_cpus.html Good point on the bank holiday

IMHO I would hold off 7 days to see if they do come into stock

[McGraw]

I just want it for the Bank Holiday.

go for it then dude

[McGraw]

Yes, with heat spreaders.

Keeping the other kit.

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Overclockers have them coming in stock monday,tomorrow they have 3200 venice coming into stock .3800 venice in stock now

I notice they have the fx55 in stock now

Ive resigned myself a wait till dual core is here,Mind you a 3800 does the job ok

[ELLCOOLJ]

I've bought from pcbuyit they're part of a larger company I bouight an X800XT 256M PCI-Express friday £172 ex VAT or £211.50 inc VAT and delivery. It arrived Monday perfect OEM card and power cable I downloaded the latest ATI drivers worked no problem with my older Chieftect 360W PSU. The card to me is identical to the Sapphire card just without the stick on the heatsink, indentical in everyway infact! ! BARGAIN!
http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/dept.asp?de...me=PCI+Express The X850XT Platinum Edition is cheap too but out of my budget!

would be interested in seeing the core speed and ram frequency on that card