Is this a good configuration for gaming?

[voogru]

ok I wanted to know if this is a good config for gaming before i shell out any money.

001 ABIT KA7-100 $165.00 W/Shiping
002 AMD 750MHz Athlon CPU $199.00
003 128MB Micron True PC133 8ns w/ ECC $161.99 W/shiping
004 Super Mid-Tower ATX Computer Case- Athlon Approved W/300 watt PS $110.00
005 Global Win V0S32 athlon fan 35.00
006 30GB EIDE ULTRA-DMA/66 3.5LP 7200RPM 169.00
007 Kenwood 72X TrueX CD-ROM Drive 107.00 w/shipping
0008 Microsoft IntelliMouse
0007 Logitech Cordless iTouch Keyboard
0009 MONSTER SOUND MX300
008 Guillemot - Prophet DDR DVI / 64MB $344.00 w/shiping
009 Black 3.5 1.44MB Floppy Drives, OEM $25.00

Sub-Total $1315.25
Total ---.--

I want your opinion tell me what you think would be better.

any responce would help

thanks
voogru



[This message has been edited by voogru (edited 07-15-2000).]

[jman01pa]

Heck yea! That would be a great system. How much all that gonna cost? What are you gonna connect with? Modem? Cable? DSL?

J http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Warthog]

I like the amount of RAM and the DDR vid card. I'm planning on getting a similar system myself with 733mhz, 128 of Rambus DRAM and a 64mb DDR vid card.

Looks good to me http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif.

Warthog

[voogru]

Its gonna cost a total of around $1300
to 1500 but no more than 1500And i will be connecting with a speedy DSL.
hmmmmmmmmmmm I still need a ethernet card


Thanks for your responce

[Snuffy!]

Thats a MONSTER system!

[Minvaren]

About the only things I would change :

Have had bad luck with WD drives.
Make sure HD is at least 7200rpm.
Might want to go with PC133 ram for overclocking (but don't know much about overclocking Athlons)

Otherwise, sweet system!

Minvaren

[voogru]

ok one question:

This is my first time building a system
is there anything i should know like tip. tricks etc.

thanks,
voogru

[wtp]

holy ****, with that setup, your king... look, u got a good mobo, you got a fast CPU, you got a GEFORCE!! well, i suggest you to get a SBLive, but other than that, your king, higher king if you got the SBLIVE http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

wtp http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[wtp]

oh yeah, i suggest SBLive, and get yourselves some 140 dollars speakers from Cambridge Soundworks, or the top of the line from Altec Lansing. Buy the ones that have 4 speakers, and then use that to play in 3Dgames. It's tight, you can actually hear them in the back of you. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

wtp http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[rock19]

Don't bother with the Cambridge Soundworks. Go for the Klipsch Pro-Media. These speakers are simply amazing. And yes, I have heard them myself, not just from every review that talks about how good they are. http://www.klipsch.com/
They sell for $250, but with how much you are spending on the rest of your system, it is worth it.

Travis

[Ruahrc]

Wow!

Wish I could get that sytem http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif. I'm shooting a little lower with an Athlon 700, 128MB PC133, GeForce SDR, SQ2500, and 15GB WS 5400 HD. But mine only weighs in at $800, so I think it's a fair trade.

Only thing I would change to your system- Since you're spending all that money- I would recommend throwing a DVD Drive in instead of the 48x CD-ROM. With all that money invested, it seems like a logical choice, for this computer (should?) last you a few years and DVD by then will most likely be more than just for movies.

Ruahrc

[voogru]

I need a reccomended DVD-ROM drive

[Warthog]

Check out the Pioneer slot drive: http://www.goroyalpc.com/CD.asp?id=571

The slot feature is super cool.

Warthog

[voogru]

I dont really like slot drives cuz the cd may be uncenterd causeing little problems i dont need
i want one with a door

http://www.goroyalpc.com/images/dvd_105s.gif

Medium Format
DVD-ROM disc: Conforms to the DVD Book Version 1.0 Standards.
Supported formats: Single Layer, Dual layer, DVD-R (disc at once and multi border) and DVD-RW. DVD-RAM not supported.
CD-ROM disc: Conforms to the Yellow Book (ISO/IEC10149), Red Book (IEC908 and system Description CD-ROM XA standards.
Supported formats: CD-DA, CD-ROM Model, CD-ROM XA Mode2 Form 1, CD-ROM XA Mode2 Form 2, Photo CD ( Single and Multiple session), CD-Extra, CD-R and CDR-RW (supports AM2)
Disc size:
120 mm (5-inch)
80 mm (3.5-inch)
Data Transfer Rate
Sustaned:
DVD (6.6-16X CAV mode)
Minimum: 8910 KB/second
Maximum: 21600 KB/seconds
CD-Rom( 17.2-40S CAV mode, 16 Kbytes or greater block transfers)
Minimum: 2586 KB/second
Maximum:6000 KB/second
Burst Max:
16.6 Mbytes / second (PIO Mode 4)
33.3 Mbytes / second (Ultra DMA 33)

Note- When playing a disc of poor quality, e.g., disc with off-centered hole, warped disc, imbalanced disc, the drive will automatically slow its rotation speed to a lower rate to ensure reliable reading. In such case, the transfer rate will be lower. Transfer rate of CD-ROM is specified with a 1.3mm linear velocity disc.
Buffer Memory Size
512 KBytes
Access Time / Seek Time
Access Time* (Average):
DVD-ROM: 95 milliseconds (random average)
CD-ROM: 80 milliseconds (random average)
Random Seek Time* (Average):
DVD-ROM: 85 milliseconds (random average)
CD-ROM: 70 milliseconds (random average)
Full Stroke Seek Time* (Average):
DVD-ROM: 240 milliseconds (random average)
CD-ROM: 160 milliseconds (random average)

* The values are specified for both a CD-ROM Mode 1 disc and disc and a single DVD-ROM disc.
Initialize / Start / Stop Time
Disk Initializing Time Is the length of time beween disc spin-up and the drive reaching a pause on the first address after reading th TOC.
DVD-ROM Type: 5 seconds
CD-ROM Type: 8 seconds
Startup Time (Spin Up) is the length of time beween the spindle stop condition of the drive unit and unit pausing on the address of track number one (after initialization, in response to the host computer sending a start command to the drive).
DVD-ROM Type: 3 seconds (random average)
CD-ROM Type: 3 seconds (random average)
Stop Time (Spin Down) is the length of time beween a pause condition and the disc rotation stopped by the STOP command.
DVD-ROM Type: 5 seconds
CD-ROM Type: 5 seconds
Loading / Unloading Time
Loading is the length of time between the push of disc into the slot and the clamping of the disc inside the drive.
Max: 3 seconds (includes disc camped indie drive)
Unloading is the length of time (after the eject button is pressed) from the drive pause from the slot eject.
Max: 4 seconds
Audio Caracteristics
Output Level:
Line out: 0.70±0.1 Vrms (10k ohms load)
Headphone out: 0.60±0.5 Vrms (32k ohms load)
S/N Ratio:
Line out: greater than 7 dB (JIS A-weighted; 2kHz LPF ON)
Frequency Response:
Line Out: 17 Hz ~ 20 kHz ±2.5 dB
Channel Separation:
Line Out: >65 dB
THD
Line out: 0.1maximum (1kHZ 0 dB: 20 kHz LPF ON)
Acoustic Noise
Without loading Operation.
Maximum: 43dB(A)
This product is a Bare OEM drive, there are no manual or cables included.


voogru, sorry but I had to remove the IMG. It was hot-linked directly to the original site thereby stealing their bandwidth. If you have a website, feel free to upload the .gif to it, then you may post the IMG. Thanks. -socalgal

[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 06-22-2000).]

[Warthog]

hmmmm...search around. There is a model with a tray also.

Warthog

[JC]

Where are you getting all your stuff? I am also biulding a system like that. Check it out at general tech discussion. Its title is Buy or Biuld. Where are you getting your case and power supply? ****, this if for Half-Life? Wooo, boy, youl'l kill with that and DSL in CStrike!!!
JC

[JC]

Oh and BTW, what game are us Half-Life players going to play when Half-Life and its mods are replaced? OOOO, what game will that be?
JC

[Wilan Wong]

That's one heck of a good gaming system. It should run games to a fairly high speed. Are you getting the "Normal" Athlon or the T-bird? I'll suggest the T-bird since it has that special full-speed cache which has an large impact on gaming performance. Plus, the motherboard will last longer too http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif cause the motherboard will use Socket A and AMD are planning to use the next generation CPUs as SocketA.

[voogru]

You Hit the nail right on the head!

This is mainly for Half-Life and Counter-Strike and many other games that may replace half-life (not for a loooooonnnng time!!!)

Gee Im glad i chosen that mobo!

[neo_otyugh]

that is one SAWEEEET system...
i am running a cle2 566@850, 192 megs of ram, sblive, and three hard drives (wd 3.2, samsung 4.3, maxotr 10), cd burner and tnt2u....this is the fastest computer i have ever used...but i know the vid card i have is the choke point...oh i gto cable too and am addicted to CS, i think your system will dump all over mine!!!

[Dave2]

Get the MSI K7 Pro instead of the KA7 100 because the KX133 chipset doesn't support the Thunderbirds. Get a Thunderbird 800 instead of the Athlon 800.

[voogru]

I heard the Ka7-100 supports the T-bird


so whats the deal here?


voogru

[voogru]

I found an pretty good DVD CDRW CD-ROM all in one!!

heres a pic(sorta)
http://www.ucdweb.com/images/products/TOSH-SDR1002.gif

heres the specs

Manufacturers Part#: SD-R1002
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Description: The world's first combination CD-RW drive with DVD-ROM readability to hit the market. The drive features a fast writing speed of 4X for CD-R and CD-RW and employs a full 24X speed maximum playback for CD-ROM and 4X for DVD-ROM.
Hardware Included: CDRW/DVD IDE drive / CDR and CDRW blank media / IDE and audio cables / screws / manual
Software Included: CyberLink's DVD software decoder software / Adaptec Easy CD Creator & DirectCD
Operating System Suppported: Windows 95/98 Windows NT or MAC OS
Rebate: 0
Warranty: 1 Year MFG

heres the website and price
http://www.ucdweb.com/
and the price is : $245.00

not bad eh?

[falcompsx]

pretty sweet system, get an optical mouse, mousepads suck and optical doesn't need it. Also any pioneer DVD should be good
And yes, SB Live is MUCH better then MX300 IMHO. Also think twice about a cordless keyboard, as replacing batteries just plain sucks. WD Hd's are kinda slow, go with maxtor, or for ultimate performance get IBM. Anyway here's my box:
cel2 566@850
Abit BF6
SBLive!
CLA 2 GTS 32 meg DDR
3Com modem
LinkSys NIC
HPT dma66 controller
15 gig maxtor 7200(fast!)
10 gig IBM(no complaints yet)
6 gig maxtor 5400(extra storage, but slow)
Philips 4x4x16 burner (firmware flashed to yamaha!)
Toshiba 32x cdrom(good ol' reliable 32x)
white floppy(it's faster then the black ones! hehe jk)
zip
128 generic PC133 memory

It kicks @$$ today, but I know next week it will suck, oh well, that always seems to happen. Good luck with you sys! I'm curious how much higher your benchmarks are then mine, let me know!

[Dputiger]

I'd go for the A7V and the T-bird 800. The A7V mobo will take a 1.4 gigahertz chip so you'll have upgrade ability for a while.

Also, I wouldn't buy a GTS right now. The performance gain over the GeForce DDR isn't worth the extra 100-150 bucks, in my opinion. Personally, I'd go GeForce DDR and save that extra 150. It's still a **** fast card--and, honestly, will you notice the difference between 115 and 130 frames per second?

But, hey, the GeForce 2 is still a great card--so no big deal.