Hey guys, looking for a help/advice/comments on a setup I'm looking at. Haven't upgraded my system in a long while and performance is really starting to annoy.
Current system:
Replacing:
Intel p4 2.4ghz
Radeon 9800 Pro
Asus p4pe
1 gig ram
350w Antec
Keeping:
Optical drives, Audigy 2 ZS.
Looking to move up to:
Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 550W Power Supply - 99.99
- Mainly chosen from recommendations from friends. Not too sure if it's overkill and would like some suggestions here.
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe - 157.99
- Chosen because of SLI/X2 upgradeability. But open to other suggestions.
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego - 228.00
- Wanted a decent midrange using 939.
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 Dual Channel - 238.00
- Most likely overkill. No real plans to overclock, but same as other choices, wanted something that could last/upgrade. Not too sure if just a 2x512 is good enough, but questioning any performance hit(if any) for using 4x512 as opposed to a 2x1gb. Open to suggestions.
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 - 156.00
- OS/games drive
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s - 155.50
- File storage
XFX PVT42GUAD7 Geforce 6800GS 256MB GDDR3 - 205.00
- Chose this based on the THGC buyer's guide. Wanted an affordable midrange that does well.
One issue I'm questioning is whether the need for SLI capability should exist or not since I really don't like upgrading unless it's absolutely necessary, at which time there will most likely be another generation of architecture available. I used a TNT2(p3 800mhz) -> GF3(p4 2.4ghz) -> Radeon 9800 Pro(p4 2.4ghz) only replacing when I couldn't limp any longer.
Thanks for reading.
Current system:
Replacing:
Intel p4 2.4ghz
Radeon 9800 Pro
Asus p4pe
1 gig ram
350w Antec
Keeping:
Optical drives, Audigy 2 ZS.
Looking to move up to:
Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 550W Power Supply - 99.99
- Mainly chosen from recommendations from friends. Not too sure if it's overkill and would like some suggestions here.
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe - 157.99
- Chosen because of SLI/X2 upgradeability. But open to other suggestions.
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego - 228.00
- Wanted a decent midrange using 939.
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 Dual Channel - 238.00
- Most likely overkill. No real plans to overclock, but same as other choices, wanted something that could last/upgrade. Not too sure if just a 2x512 is good enough, but questioning any performance hit(if any) for using 4x512 as opposed to a 2x1gb. Open to suggestions.
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 - 156.00
- OS/games drive
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s - 155.50
- File storage
XFX PVT42GUAD7 Geforce 6800GS 256MB GDDR3 - 205.00
- Chose this based on the THGC buyer's guide. Wanted an affordable midrange that does well.
One issue I'm questioning is whether the need for SLI capability should exist or not since I really don't like upgrading unless it's absolutely necessary, at which time there will most likely be another generation of architecture available. I used a TNT2(p3 800mhz) -> GF3(p4 2.4ghz) -> Radeon 9800 Pro(p4 2.4ghz) only replacing when I couldn't limp any longer.
Thanks for reading.