This ok for an upgrade?

123cool · Post by **123cool** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:42 pm

Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe, ATX, DDDR400, PCI-E, 2 x Gbit Lan, USB 2.0, 1394, 8ch Audio, 4 x SATA, Raid 5 £107.16

256MB XFX PCI-E *Extreme Edition* GF7800GT *450 Core 1.05Ghz Mem* (256bit) ViVo 2xDVI £269.08

1Gb (2 x 512 Mb) Corsair TwinX, DDR, PC3200C2PT, Cas 2, Lifetime Warranty £92.94

AMD Athlon 64 3200 32/64Bit CPU S939 "Venice" 90nm Retail inc Heat Sink Fan & 3 Years Warranty £122.58

120Gb Maxtor Plus 9 (7200rpm,8MB) - SATA - Lead Free £49.30

480W Tagan 2Force SLi Ultra Quiet 21db Also support 12v EPS/SATA/XEON 3 Years Warranty ATX/BTX £63.44

Coolermaster WaveMaster Black TAC-T01EK Aluminium Case (w/o PSU)
£88.11

total £804.36 and roughly in Dollars $1,422.44

i was thinking for next gen games a.k.a F.E.A.R cause my comp at the min strugles gotta run it in low quality and i cant have that. i kno the processer aint that high spec but i still want to be able to upgrade in the future...now all i need is my student loan....lol.

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:07 pm

um, yeah...that is an "ok" upgrade!

i would try just upgrading the video card on your current rig before dropping that much $$$ on an entire new system...but if you have the cash to play...go for it!

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:37 pm

yea...I guess.

Greg

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:11 pm

Only 120Gb? Man my games alone wouldn't fit on that small a drive...

Yeah, nice system. I just built my new rig around the same mobo & CPU. I'd recommend you re-consider the Twin-X memory unless you want to spend a lot of time tweaking it. That mobo doesn't like the default or by SPD timings for Corsair XMS and a lot of people have gone through a lot of grief on other forums I moderate trying to find the right timing for that memory on that board.

I'd do some Googling first, and check Corsair's tech forums to see if you can find some definitive timings settings: http://www.houseofhelp.com/v2/forumdisplay.php?f=128

There may also be timing settings for that mobo here in the Corsair XMS FAQ: http://www.houseofhelp.com/v2/showthread.php?t=38150

If you're not planning on overclocking, I'd recommend Crucial memory. Use their online configurator to order the right memory for your board. Guaranteed to work with by SPD timing and no fiddling with the timing settings. Less aggravation in the end.

I ran into a similar problem with using Corsair XMS memory on my Asus A7N8X-E mobo until I found the recommended settings in the Corsair XMS FAQ.

123cool · Post by **123cool** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:00 am

cheers FP, i know how fussy boards are with memory ill have a look and see what i can find.

BTW

i know its more of a full system upgrade but hey im gonna give my dad the computer i have now and upgrade his at the same time

123cool · Post by **123cool** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:30 pm

i was hoping to buy everything off the one website but the website only gives me the choice of Corsair memory or the cheap stuff,

i think i would need to use the same timings as the A7N8X mobo but not sure lol. alhough that is a nforce 2 mobo might go with some normal corsair memory instead...

EDIT

found it lol, i this is off the corsair website this board and memory should work

Link

now thats just wrong its changed the double + to a waving blue thingy...

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:29 pm

Im currently using the same mobo and mem and have experienced no problems whatsoever. I have the mem clocked to DDR 444 with timings of 2.5-3-3-6 T1 with the dimm v @ 2.80. Using the 1006 vesion bios. I know it is an old bios but it rocks for overclocking. Tried all the newer versions and all they did was make my mem timings real picky. Running the "max mem" @ 333 and fsb at 270, cpu multiplier @ 9 (winchester 3000+), and the HTT at 4 yeilds= 2.41ghz with the mem timings mentioned above. Folding 24-7 with no stability issues and temps 34c@ idle and 50c@ 100% load.
The only problem I have experienced it a power supply failure. I bought another supply that was rated at 420w and it made all my games real glitchy (sli load). Put a 510w in and back to normal ( Doom 3 on Ultra performance). If you go sli, definetly get a bad ass power supply. Now I got a thermaltake 420 layin round for nothing.

123cool · Post by **123cool** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:26 pm

ok taking your advice i upgraded the HDD to a

250Gb Maxtor Maxline III 24x7 Reliability (7200rpm,16MB) SATA II NCQ - Lead Free

and went with a slighty cheaper version of the 7800 still a GT though

p.s

and its saving me a tenner

wpublic · Post by **wpublic** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:01 pm