Upgrading, what do you think?

[Seria]

I am upgrading my system. This is what I have:

MSI KT4V
AMD athlon XP 2400+
e-GeFORCE FX 128mb 5200
Maxtor 80gb

dis is wut I wanna get:

I have been thinking about this m/b:

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8T_Neo-FIS2R&class=mb

Have you guys seen it or heard anthing about it? is it a good one?

AMD athlon 64 2800+
eVGA GeForce FX5500, 256-A8-N313-AX
Western Digital 160GB U100 7200RPM 8MB

I am selling my current setup and that money is gonna go right into my upgrades. So if you are wondering Y do just a small jump, its cuz all I gotta “pay” is like, $70... Well, I think it’s a good deal.

 

[beedubaya]

If I were you, I wouldn't get that GeForce card. If you are going to go with a GeForce, get a 6800. Otherwise, go with a Radeon 9800 Pro.

 

[Seria]

how come? there is like a $300 price jump.
is the 5500 a bad card? or am I talking to a hardcore gamer who needs the best of the best

 

[beedubaya]

The 5500 will choke at games such as Doom 3 and HL2. Are you doing serious gaming? If not, I would suggest this card. Otherwise, go with a higher performance card such as the Radeon 9800 Pro, or at very minimum the GeForce 5700 Ultra.

 

[Seria]

the "most-demanding" game I play is WCIII.
But, there is only a $80 jump to the 5700. that could be do-able.

what about the m/b ?

 

[efree58]

I wouldn't upgrade now if I were you, around X-mas time prices. New AMD chipsets and motherboards will be out and the current prices would be down by quite a bit. If you feel you have to get it now then I would say it is a good board. MSI has done a great job at making the Athlon64 motherboards. I would chose an MSI board for myself. The VIA chipset is good. I prefer the Nforce 250Gb but it's mostly just a preference thing, not much of a performance thing, just extra features.

 

[Regulus]

The mobo you selected does not appear to support dual channel RAM, which could help you out if you ever wanted to play more advanced games than WCIII.

 

[lazerman]

this mothervoard will be much stabler and he can't use dual channel ram anyways because the cpu he selected doesn't support it even though alot of the boards do.

 

[Seria]

well, what combo of cpu and m/b do you reccomend...
(AMD / MSI) i dont have a billion $'s to spend for the "best" stuff, but am not planning on getting an up-grade for free either.

 

[Shadow9684]

i would suggest skt 939 if u can spend a little more, it would be the better buy in the long run