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Asustek A8N-E S939 nForce4 Ultra ATX
http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&Quicklinx=3RWG
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 200GB S150 (SATA)
Thermaltake VA7000BWA Shark Case - Black with Window No PSU
NEC DVD+-RW/RAM 16x IDE Black LabelFlash Dual Layer
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ S939 512KB
Antec SP-500PGB


Quick opinion on this? (especially the motherboard, the other one wasn't in stock) Hopefully the final setup...

 

Yeah it's pretty good. Always best to price hunt though, see if there are any bargains.

Have a quick look through these and see which comes out cheapest (and in stock!) for you.
www.ebuyer.com
www.savastore.com
www.misco.co.uk
www.aria.co.uk
www.overclockers.co.uk
www.komplett.co.uk
www.pcnextday.co.uk
www.scan.co.uk

 

I'm using the sites buy now pay later option, so I can afford the parts

 

A fair few places do those, so dw about it. Aria certainly do at least.

 

If i live in the US, can i still order a case from www.xcase.co.uk ?

 

Ah. Tbh I'd recommend XCase for browsing. In the Uk, buy from em. In the US, buy from newegg.

 

@sammorris: When you say

I am assuming you are talking about a 939 socket; if thats correct, lets make sure were both thinking of a AMD Athlon 64 4000+. According to AMD, the all of the 4000+ processors are 939 socket types. I got my information at: http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/des...000DEP5AS&opn=ADA4000DAA5BN&opn=ADA4000DKA5CF

 

Yes that is correct the AMD 4000+ is a 939 socket

 

Sorry guys...not all of them,unless someone at Newegg made a boo-boo!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104257
It would appear that the 4000+ is available for both socket 754 and 939.Oddly though the 754 version has a higher clock speed 2.6 vs 2.4 for the 939 socket.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103529

 

The 4000+ Single core is available for 939 and in a mobile version for 754. That's how its on 754, for laptops, hence the (62W) designation. 4000s use a lot more than that normally.

 

Today, I bought the following...

NEC DVD+-RW/RAM 16x IDE Black LabelFlash Dual Layer
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 200GB S150
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ S939 512KB
Thermaltake VA7000BWA Shark Case
Antec SP-500PGB

All good?

 

Cool, Thermaltake Shark, that's a fine case. Well done!

 

...finally got something right, haha cheers

 

Lol, cool, enjoy it!

 

Quick question...should i go with the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium or the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe??? The deluxe has 2 PCI Express x16 slots and the premium only has one! Also, do i have to buy a NIC card or does the mobo have that covered?

 

i would go with the Deluxe nicer board all the way around and its def. a better borad to OC with. NIC card is with the board yes

 

No, out of those choices go Premium, it's far better.
I think aabbccdd you're thinking of the A8N32-SLI Deluxe, not just the A8N-SLi. The 32x Deluxe is an utter nutter of a board, but the best oen overall unless you crave SLi is the Premium.

 

So it doesnt matter that the Deluxe has 2 PCI Express x16 slots and the Premium only has 1? What makes the Premium so much better?

 

I think you only need two PCI-E slots if you wanna run dual graphics (not 100% though)

 

The A8N-SLi Premium has two 16x slots for SLI just like any other SLI board.
Look, here's the rundown of the models.

A8N-SLi SE. Basic board, still supports SLI fine.
A8N-SLI Deluxe. Slightly more advanced, supports SLI.
A8N-SLi Premium. Has even more features and a fanless chipset cooler, supports SLI.
A8N32-SLI Deluxe. Notice the 32, this also runs sli, but can run it marginally faster because it supports two 16x lanes, most boards with 2 16x slots pass them through a single 16x controller, so the end result is two lots of 8x. As of yet, however, there's no great advantage in getting a 32x SLI board.

I'd recommend the third, the SLI Premium. The 32-Deluxe is also fanless, but in order for that to give you 32x SLI, it uses two nForce 4 chipsets (basically small processors) that put whopping amounts of heat into your case. The Premium only needs 1 and it has pretty much all the features that the 32Deluxe has.