Vampiricos
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Hi Everyone!
Ok here's the deal, I am going to by a new PC as my upgrade path for my Pentium ( Yes I know sad choice.
) is very well ended. I am finally going to upgrade to AMD AM2. I am going to build the PC in 3 stages.
The 1st stage will be worth $2500 AUD, It will be the base setup of the CPU, Mother Board, RAM, Graphics
Card & Maybe the HDD (Depending on choices made ).
Here is what I'm thinking of getting:
CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 X2 (AM2) 5000+ $449.90 AUD
M/B: Asus M2N32-SLI-DELUXE $348.70 AUD
RAM: Corsair DDR2 2GB PC-6400 PRO (2x XMS2 1GB) TWIN2X2048-6400PRO RAM $449.90
AGP: XFX GF7900GTX 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 650MHz/1.6GHz $843.00
Sub-Total: $2,117.90 AUD
Now this is one problem that's getting to me, the HDD
I want to buy the WD Raptor 150Gb (16mb) 10,000RPM SATA HDD
priced at $413.60, which will bring the Sub-Total to: $2,531.50 AUD
It just feels like a lot of money for a HDD, but I am one that wants to get the best out of my PC, the WD
Raptor 74Gb 10,000RPM SATA HDD is only
$236.50 & the WD Raptor 36Gb is $170.50. See I only want what ever HDD I get to be my C drive, it will
not be used for long term storage. I do however want it to be very good at running programs and anything
of a short term nature, like video editing and crap like that, oh and great for gaming.
How much of a difference will the 16mb buffer make?
If it is worth the performance boost I will not mind, but if I am looking at less than 10% id rather get
it down the track later. Is there a regular SATA or SATA 2 drive that's cheaper & almost as good that I
can use to start and then at my 2nd stage upgrade buy the 150g Rap
Any Ideas?
Another thing that worries me is the multiplier on the 5000+ I hear that it runs at less than optimal, is
that a huge problem? and is it possible to overcome?
Also any other opinions on the parts listed or if I can get better for the same money or less please
advise. I will be planning to put more money into the PC after the 1st $2500, looking at about $250
every 2 weeks. Any opinions on alternatives is also welcome ( Not Intel This time I'm sorry. ). Anyone
who is using any of these parts please let me know if u are happy with the items.
Any input I can get would be very helpful, thank-you
Ok here's the deal, I am going to by a new PC as my upgrade path for my Pentium ( Yes I know sad choice.
) is very well ended. I am finally going to upgrade to AMD AM2. I am going to build the PC in 3 stages.
The 1st stage will be worth $2500 AUD, It will be the base setup of the CPU, Mother Board, RAM, Graphics
Card & Maybe the HDD (Depending on choices made ).
Here is what I'm thinking of getting:
CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 X2 (AM2) 5000+ $449.90 AUD
M/B: Asus M2N32-SLI-DELUXE $348.70 AUD
RAM: Corsair DDR2 2GB PC-6400 PRO (2x XMS2 1GB) TWIN2X2048-6400PRO RAM $449.90
AGP: XFX GF7900GTX 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 650MHz/1.6GHz $843.00
Sub-Total: $2,117.90 AUD
Now this is one problem that's getting to me, the HDD
I want to buy the WD Raptor 150Gb (16mb) 10,000RPM SATA HDD
priced at $413.60, which will bring the Sub-Total to: $2,531.50 AUD
It just feels like a lot of money for a HDD, but I am one that wants to get the best out of my PC, the WD
Raptor 74Gb 10,000RPM SATA HDD is only
$236.50 & the WD Raptor 36Gb is $170.50. See I only want what ever HDD I get to be my C drive, it will
not be used for long term storage. I do however want it to be very good at running programs and anything
of a short term nature, like video editing and crap like that, oh and great for gaming.
How much of a difference will the 16mb buffer make?
If it is worth the performance boost I will not mind, but if I am looking at less than 10% id rather get
it down the track later. Is there a regular SATA or SATA 2 drive that's cheaper & almost as good that I
can use to start and then at my 2nd stage upgrade buy the 150g Rap
Any Ideas?
Another thing that worries me is the multiplier on the 5000+ I hear that it runs at less than optimal, is
that a huge problem? and is it possible to overcome?
Also any other opinions on the parts listed or if I can get better for the same money or less please
advise. I will be planning to put more money into the PC after the 1st $2500, looking at about $250
every 2 weeks. Any opinions on alternatives is also welcome ( Not Intel This time I'm sorry. ). Anyone
who is using any of these parts please let me know if u are happy with the items.
Any input I can get would be very helpful, thank-you