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Whaat do you fellas think of this ?
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:38 am
by CIH
Looks good to me but I've been out of the loop PC wise for a while and haven't been paying attention to the various developments and what not.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASUS-MOBO-ATHLON- ... dZViewItem
almost looks too good for the price but the seller has a solid record. The one snag I can see is the AGP GPU.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:43 am
by Taristin
Probably so cheap because Socket A's are no longer being made... and the graphics are a 9600XT (I have that in my desktop at home) which isn't top of the line, and is AGP, not PCIe.
It's last generation's technology. It'll last you a while, but it's not gonna be a simple upgrade for CPU, and if you wanna upgrade the video card you have to find an AGP version, if they still make them.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:18 am
by Flipside
AGP is still pretty widely available atm, but Taris is right, it's not a bad system par se, but you might regret it in a couple of years when you need to replace rather than upgrade.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:34 am
by Petrarch
Depends where you draw the line between replacement and upgrading.
The only original component on my PC now is the CD drive, but it's still the same machine I bought over 3 years ago! Honest.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:17 pm
by CIH
my pc must be 5 years old, and it's only ever had a stick of SDRAM or two.
After some diggin' here's the plan:
3 ghz or better processor, ideally 64bit compatable
GPU somethin' like an X800 GTO or better. If I can stretch an x1800 XL/7800GT. PCI-Ex16 anyway. GeForce 6800GS looks good
1ghz Ram at least.
Whatever mobo fits my chosen CPU/GPU combo (thinking nforce4 or similar) ideally with sli/crossfire.
Prefer ATi & Athlon but not really arsed. So long as it's good for games and Max I'm happy.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:47 pm
by kasperl
As already noted, the chipset and port for the graphics would hurt you in the long run.
Right now I'm running a AMD 64 3000+, 1 GB DDR and Radeon 9800Pro, and I know I won't be able to upgrade my graphics for a long, long time. And upgrading then means going for a budget card.
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:27 pm
by CIH
this is better
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1
this way I can use my exsisting monitor and what not and buy better stuff as i go.
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:28 pm
by Taristin
personally, I'd just build my own HTPC with a microATX board and call it a day. Probably could do it for less. Sterling is almost 2 USD, right? So... for 1000 I could build a real nice box.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:48 pm
by CIH
More like £1 to $1.70, but sill not bad.
I don't fancy building somehing from scratch as I've never done much more than add a bit of RAM.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:54 pm
by Taristin
Aww, but it's fun...
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:00 pm
by CIH
not if I wreck a weeks pay worth of kit
Having said that, I doubt if I'll get what I want without doing so.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:19 am
by Taristin
*Taristin can build one and ship it over thar! All you'd need to do is get a UK PSU*