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I used Akasa TIM when cleaning and that seemed to do quite well, unfortunately the same can't be said for the Arctic Alumina paste I put on.

 

hi, I was going to build a new pc but when I saw the total cost($1700), I figured needed to shave about $700 off. I was planning to get:

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6V250F0 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $95
Model #: 6V250F0
Item #: N82E16822144013

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $163
Model #: A8N-SLI Premium
Item #: N82E16813131540

Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail $67
Model #: SP-500
Item #: N82E16817103937

OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ4002048ELDCTE-K - Retail $194
Model #: OCZ4002048ELDCTE-K
Item #: N82E16820227056

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX - Retail $355
Model #: ADA4200BVBOX
Item #: N82E16819103547

I would appreciate any suggestions as to what I could get instead of something listed above that would be cheaper but not necessarily sacrifice preformance.

I am also looking for case. Besides what is posted above, I am also putting in two cd drives, a zip and a flopy drive. The cases I was looking at were the NZXT LEXA-NP Black/ Silver Aluminum/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Model #: LEXA-NP
Item #: N82E16811146018

and

Thermaltake Armor VA8000SWA Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Model #: VA8000SWA
Item #: N82E1681113315

I would really appreciate any input on either of these case or a different case that would be better.

Thanks

 

Cheers creaky, I'm after Weaponstuff (the version for 2004, I think it's 3.0)

eparker, I prefer the Lexa case it looks fantastic, but it is nevertheless expensive. You could also find cheaper memory. CAS 2.5 Kingston RAM (just ordinary stuff) should do fine and will be a lot cheaper.

 

OK, thanks for looking though.

 

Ok I have a geforce fx 5200 with 256 video memory. Is a geforce 6600 LE with 256 video memory better or is it the same or should I leave the fx 5200 in the pc and ignore the 6600 LE

 

The geforce 6600 LE with 256 video memory is better. It is 128-bit instead of 64-bit and its GPU is 500MHZ instead of 250MHZ.

 

sam i play
bf2 halo black hawk down the elder scrolls IV need for speed underground farcry actually now i look i play dozens lol

 

pcrepair: So you don't experience any issues with any of those games?
Dante016: The 6600LE is mildly better than the 5200, but a 6600GT will see far better results.

 

nope no issues at all ....well maybe with my game play i'm crap at the last couple of races in underground
and i need to wear specs for blackhawk down
but no it all works great
my son has the same setup but with the gtx card, it clocks just under a 1000 points more than mine on 3dmark 05 but i think thats not a lot for an extra £100

 

Not a lot at all, how many marks do you get then?

 

6902

ftp://pc-repair.no-ip.org

3dmark.jpeg

 

How's about you just attach it?

 

sam i may make a living fixing computers but i have no idea how to attach a jpeg to the forum

 

Lol, it needs to be on the web - just go
[ img ]URL[ /img ] without the spaces in the square brackets.

E.g. the google logo's address is http://www.google.co.uk/logos/miro.gif at the moment, so

 

testing lol
ok so what am i doing wrong ?
i'm getting splinters from scratching my head

http://www.martinspcrepair.vze.com/3dmark.jpg

thats where it's at

 

make sure there aren't any spaces anywhere. the brackets must be square and the end bracket must have a forward slash before the img, and the URL must include http://


Ah. I see the problem.
The image mustn't be a redirect. Take the URL that your redirect goes to, not the one people must use.

 

OK, fair's fair, we'll go private.