amd box specs

[Seloce]

I'm building my first AMD box to see how it goes. Let me know what you all think of the specs.

case- pc power and cooling personal mid tower
psu- pc power and cooling turbocool 425w
mobo- asus a7n8x (maybe the deluxe)
cpu- athalon XP 2200
ram- corsair twinset 256mb ddr for dual channel use
hd1- switching to a western digital, uncertain so far
video- gainward geforce3 128mb golden sample
sound- audigy x-gamer
dvd player- pioneer 16x
cd burner- plextor 48/24/48

total cost= $885 USD

thoughts? suggestions? thanks ^_^

 

[Martin]

Looks like a really good config - you may want to get a GeForce4 Ti 4200 if you can rake in the extra dough.

 

[Seloce]

ever used a gainward? I figured that if I'm using a new processor I might as well try other new things. ^_^

 

[neb1211]

i would get a geforce 4 ti 4200. Also don't use ibm drives. I bunch of my friends have had them die on them and so have a lot of other people at other forums. They don't last very long. Just though that you might want to know

 

[Martin]

ever used a gainward? I figured that if I'm using a new processor I might as well try other new things. ^_^

I own two Gainward cards - GeForce2 Ti and GeForce3 - very tweakable, and may outperform the next chipset over the generation, but if you feel the Gainward GF4 Ti 4200 (4X AGP) is still a bit too on the pricey side, then stick with what you have.

 

[Seloce]

that's not a bad idea. it gives me more headroom for when I mod out the case anyway. I have some evil ideas to trick this one out. *dry washes hands deviously*

and can you back up your claim about the GXPs? I'm not saying that I don't believe you, I'm just wary of people who make suggestions based on the experience of a friend. can you link me to an article or a board where you saw them discuss the problem? the GXPs actually came highly recommended to me...

 

[þÄ®âÐÖx]

You might wanna look at this page for starters: http://www.goldengate.net/~dlpeters/IBMSucks/

 

[Seloce]

WHOA. Yeah. No gxp for me. I've never used an ibm drive but as said, a friend of mine loved his. HAH. I'm going to wring his neck next I see him. Then he's going to ask if he can back up his data on my systems. hahaha...too rich! thanks for the help guys.

I actually only have western digital drives currently. I was just going to branch out on this machine and try some new things...but I guess not!

 

[þÄ®âÐÖx]

Why bother if WD works perfectly? That's what I always figured. I've been using WD since my first 1gb.. since then I've had several different hard drives up to 120gb with no problems at all

 

[EPB]

I would get a Radeon 9500, outperforms the ti 4200 by far, that is if you could get the money