Comments on New System Please

[scooch]

Hi,
I am currently running an Athlon Tbred 1.33 so I am due for an upgrade. Here is what I priced out at Newegg.com Please share you thoughts. (I will be using some parts from my exisitng comp)

ANTEC SLK2600AMB w/ANTEC SMART POWER 300W 54.99
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Retail 126.99
2 CORSAIR MEMORY XMS 512MB PC-3200C2 190.40
(I think 512 would be fine,but I would get best performance with 2 DIMMS and Nforce2 right?)
AMD ATHLON XP 2500 "Barton" 333 FSB retail 96.00
ATI RADEON 9600 PRO 128MB 8X AGP 182.00

TOTAL: ~650.00

I will be using my 80GB 8megWD HD from my current computer along with DVD and CDRW drives.

What do you think? Should I change anything? Or get something somewhere else?

Thanks!
Scooch

 

[DaveSimmons]

The PC3200 is a waste unless you'll be overclocking.

Newegg had a Sapphire 9500 Pro for $177, faster than 9600 Pro if not overclocking.

 

[scooch]

I will overclock, but most likely not anything tooo serious. I checked and couldnt find that card at Newegg

 

[Tavoc]

Go with the Epox 8RDA+ unless you need the extra features on the Deluxe. The Epox is a very solid board, and can OC just as well for significantly less.

 

[vaporize]

185 P4 2.4C
145 ABIT IC7
73 512 Kingston pc3200
73 512 Kingston pc3200
200 Powercolor Radeon 9700
55 Your case
~730
This is the type of setup i am getting. I heard its faster but it might be out of your budget to go the extra $80. But you should go for Powercolor radeon 9700, its $200 at gameve.com