Tis My budget system please rate and gimme tips
I was also gonna go with a cold theme i mean everythin cathodes, fans, sleeving, paint, keyboard, mouse (EVERYTHING)


Chenming Black Entry level server case with metallic gray decorated mask and side acrylic window $95

Rosewill 500W Black Aluminum Power Supply with 1 x 120mm UV Blue LED Fan & Fan Speed Adjuster, Model "RE501-BLK" $50

AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor – Retail $155

SOLTEK "SL-K8TPro-939" VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 939 CPU–RETAIL $106

PDP Patriot "Extreme Performance" Low Latency CL2-3-2-5-T Memory 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200, Model PEP5123200LL $75

Hard drive- Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD, OEM Drive Only $60.50

Keyboard- Aopen KB-966B/KB-966SB Keyboard PS/2 104keys –RETAIL $15.80

Mouse- Logitech Blue Performance Optical Mouse PS2/ USB, Model "MX510"–RETAIL $32

Monitor- Envision EFT720 17" Pure Flat CRT Monitor $120

Speakers- Cyber Acoustic A5640 5.1 Black Speaker System –RETAIL $98.50

CD-DVD rom drive-ASUS CD-S520/A5 52X Black CD-ROM Drive $21.50

OS- Windows XP home $92

First thing is.................Welcome to Pimprig...
Sweeet stats.........

Just my $.02.......
Rosewill 500W Black Aluminum Power Supply need a upgrade.
Maybe a Aerocool AeroPower II+ 550 Watt Power Supply
Enermax ,Thermaltake or a sweeet Antec .

Oh yeah ill consider it thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by PcCooldude1562 Oh yeah ill consider it thanks

If you need anything just let a Pimp know.....

Are you planning on Overclocking this? DFI makes the best OC board for NF-4

The Patriot memory is OK, I would get the next level up from Patriot or PQI turbo that has the Samsung TCCD chips though (Rated at 2-2-2-5)

Samsung TCCD is rated for use at PC3200 speeds and tight timings, and will run 500FSB (PC4000) with loose timings

ill probly OC it but i havent decided yet and i kinda have and idea for a theme but i need some input on it

I was thinkin about a
^^COLD^^ theme

Quote: Originally Posted by PcCooldude1562 Chenming Black Entry level server case with metallic gray decorated mask and side acrylic window $95

$95 seems a tad on the expensive side for anything made by Chenming. $5 more could get you a much higher quality Antec version of the same design with a high quality Antec power supply included (should outperform the Rosewill, even though its only 430 watt). For around the same quality as Chenming, you can get a great case from Cooler Master for probably around $50 too (the design of the Chenming case you want is really overdone, Cooler Master has some cases that are really a breath of fresh air).

that the thing is tho that, that chenming case is $95 with shipping included if you didnt know and i already had some ideas for what i wanted to do as far as my theme. the thing is that i also dont really like the way the cooler master cases look i kinda want to have a case that also just looks nice. Plus i want the case to be extra roomy so i get good airflow and then when i make the jump to water cooling have no restriction with the 1/2 tubing.......... those are my thoughts

Quote: Originally Posted by PcCooldude1562 Tis My budget system please rate and gimme tips I was also gonna go with a cold theme i mean everythin cathodes, fans, sleeving, paint, keyboard, mouse (EVERYTHING) Chenming Black Entry level server case with metallic gray decorated mask and side acrylic window $95 Rosewill 500W Black Aluminum Power Supply with 1 x 120mm UV Blue LED Fan & Fan Speed Adjuster, Model "RE501-BLK" $50 AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor – Retail $155 SOLTEK "SL-K8TPro-939" VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 939 CPU–RETAIL $106 PDP Patriot "Extreme Performance" Low Latency CL2-3-2-5-T Memory 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200, Model PEP5123200LL $75 Hard drive- Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD, OEM Drive Only $60.50 Keyboard- Aopen KB-966B/KB-966SB Keyboard PS/2 104keys –RETAIL $15.80 Mouse- Logitech Blue Performance Optical Mouse PS2/ USB, Model "MX510"–RETAIL $32 Monitor- Envision EFT720 17" Pure Flat CRT Monitor $120 Speakers- Cyber Acoustic A5640 5.1 Black Speaker System –RETAIL $98.50 CD-DVD rom drive-ASUS CD-S520/A5 52X Black CD-ROM Drive $21.50 OS- Windows XP home $92

Im seeing all the necessary stuff, but Where is the GPU?

this rig is gonna take me over the summer to buy all the stuff so i have to buy it 1 part at a time and the video card i was gonna use was a gforce Fx 5200 TEMORARILY then upgrade to a x800 xt

oh ok, since you didn't state it earlier, i didn't vote then, but i will now.

Not bad at all but really what are you going to be using it for? As far as a game rig goes you may want a vid card and a faster processor like the 35-+ series differnet cores BTW.
A video card is a big deal so consifor one, and if your like me you gotta have that sweet soundcard and 6.1 sound system.
But if this just going to be a base system then it should work fine for ya.

Welcome to PR

I am a big fan of the awesome sound im not a headset kind of a guy, for the comp I have now i built the speaker stand myself it holds up the 2 rear speakers i wanna spray paint it glossy black to match da case and i hope to paint it soon i was gonna upload some pics but the pics are too big and im too lazy to mess with em in photoshop but right now heres my system

Athlon 2800+
Albatron KX18D pro (runs rock solid)
Some Creative labs card cant remember it was like 30 buck good quality tho
Radeon 9800 pro 128mb
Logitech z-640's (not made anymore)
WD 80GB hd
Some crappy generic ram 3-3-3-8
LG CD-DVD drive
And some old burner from a 8 years ago runs at 20kb/s

I just got a 500w ultra x connect YAY so i think that should be better for the PSU dont ya think?

Absolutley that psu rocks i have one the cable managment alone is reason enough to go with ultra i paid 72.72 W/shipping from tigerdirect for mine

also i may be a noob too but from what ive experienced your only as fast as your slowest link in the chain
id go with a cheaper case maybe some slightly lower quality ram but double it to 1gb dual channel if you can Ive got corsair value select 3,3,3,5 for 98 from new egg burner drives are getting cheap so look out and you might be able to get a dvdrw16x dual format dual layer for bout50-60 on sale unless all your looking for is to burn cd's real slowly and between me an my friends ive got a ath xp 3200+ and it keeps right up there with my friends a 64 3000 and i paid bout 70 less for my mobo+cpu but that may have to do with the fact that im runnin all my fsb's at 400 while his boards @ 1600 and his rams @333 xms pro 2,2,2,5 1gb dual channel pluss he paid way too much for the xms in my opinion it wasent worth 220 for the kit especialy when its pc2700 and ive got value select for less than half , dang for less than he paid for the 1 kit of xms
I could get another gig an max out my board so i guess you have to compare quality with price for the
best bang for your buck my total was 750 for all ive got you can see for yourself my bud also oc's his mines
fresh out of the boxes totaly stock runs a lot cooler and cant even tell a diff with doom 3 havent tried anything else yet and if there were any programs that actualy make good use of the 64 cpu's capabilities this would be a diffrent story but right now i personaly think a64's an fx 53/55 arnt worth the high price tag yet..


course im a decendant of the queen of all jews, my grandma she could pinch a penny so hard lincoln's
nose would squirt out a booger..

Quote: Originally Posted by PcCooldude1562 I just got a 500w ultra x connect YAY so i think that should be better for the PSU dont ya think?

good luck to you with that psu Not to discurage you but im on my 2end but all have been good and stable till they blew on me.... They look wonderfull if you do the wiremangment right. So far this one is the best one yet (rail wise) and has had no problems for the 2 mounths that have had it