My Mid-Range Upgrade: Opinions?

[Dan0368]

The time has come for me to upgrade my system. Its been awhile, I currently have?

-Athlon 64 3000+
-768 mb DDR
-Radeon 9800 Pro

Now this is just going to be a mid-range upgrade, nothing that expensive. Here is what I have put together so far, let me know what you think.

CPU ? AMD 64 x2 4600+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103749
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103751 ? whats the difference between the first cpu and this one?

Memory ? A-DATA 2GB DDR PC2 6400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820211066

Motherboard ? Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128034

Video Card
SAPPHIRE Radeon X1950PRO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102061

I realize that the x1950 pro isn?t dx-10 ready but I?m not worried about that at all. When the time comes for DX10, I?ll buy a new card. Not interested in a 8600GTS.

I?m not sold on the motherboard yet. The first PC I built had a GB MB and it was great. That also has a couple awards and tons of great reviews on Newegg. I?m not an overclocker, btw.

Anyways, what do you guys think?

Thanks for your time.

 

[MarcVenice]

The first CPU will run cooler and consume less power then the second CPU. As for the ram, meh, I don't know if I should trust a-data. Maybe I'm just stupid, but for some reason I'd rather spend 10$ more on Corsair or OCZ ram instead. The videocard is good enough. If you're not a hardcore gamer then that card will be plenty fast, it's a huge upgrade over what you got.

The mobo, hmz, I actually don't know much about am2 mobo's. One thing that would be important to me is wether it is going to be compatible with phenom or not. You need a am2+ mobo for that. If they don't cost lots more money, then I would buy a am2+ mobo, so you can throw in a qaudcore in a year or so when you want to. Btw, in the specs it sais: Supports 1.8V DDR2 DIMMs

Not sure if that means the mobo simply won't be able to run 2.1v ddr2 dimms, but if it does, pick your ram accordingly.