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Should I get this setup/Change it/or wait?
Hey guys,
Ive been waiting to upgrade for a while, and Im going to do it this summer (this month or next month). So anyways, this is what I CURRENTLY have:
Main Components:
Motherboard: ASUS P4P800
Processor: Intel P4 3.0 (OC 3.4)
RAM: 1Gb PC3200 DDR
Hard Drives: 80Gb SATA WesternDigital
80Gb IDE WesternDigital
120Gb IDE WesternDigital
Sound Card: SoundBlaster Audigy Gamer
Graphics Card: ATi FireGL T2-128 (overclocked with ATITOOL for games only)
PSU: ThermalTake 500W SilentCool
I was thinking about upgrading to this setup, only changing three things:
Motherboard: Asus A8N32-MPV
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131004
Processor: AMD Athlon64 3800+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103531
Video Card: Sapphire X1600 XT 256Mb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102668
I will add more RAM as well to bring it up to 2Gb (4X512)
As you can imagine, since the FireGL is a more graphics design card, my game qualities are... well not good, I mean I can run games liek FEAR but its just ok. I doubt that it has alot of the hardware level support (or software level) for shaders, etc., and the instruction sets are not geared towards gaming.
Im hoping that the new set up will provide a good increase in speed and effeciancy in both regular performance as well as gaming.... not to mention a certain degree of upgradability.
I guess I want a few more opinions.
Also, note that the mtoehrboard/proc is a combo that knocks $50.00 off the total bringing it to about $395. which is about what I want to pay
I will be overclocking.
Thanks.
P.S. Should I wait till the end of next month, I mean the prioces might come down (I might be able to get an X2, but the board will cost more becuase of the combo deal).. or should I go now, upgrade the proc later on and then get an AM2 board in a few years (like 4 if I can hold out)..
Hey guys,
Ive been waiting to upgrade for a while, and Im going to do it this summer (this month or next month). So anyways, this is what I CURRENTLY have:
Main Components:
Motherboard: ASUS P4P800
Processor: Intel P4 3.0 (OC 3.4)
RAM: 1Gb PC3200 DDR
Hard Drives: 80Gb SATA WesternDigital
80Gb IDE WesternDigital
120Gb IDE WesternDigital
Sound Card: SoundBlaster Audigy Gamer
Graphics Card: ATi FireGL T2-128 (overclocked with ATITOOL for games only)
PSU: ThermalTake 500W SilentCool
I was thinking about upgrading to this setup, only changing three things:
Motherboard: Asus A8N32-MPV
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131004
Processor: AMD Athlon64 3800+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103531
Video Card: Sapphire X1600 XT 256Mb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102668
I will add more RAM as well to bring it up to 2Gb (4X512)
As you can imagine, since the FireGL is a more graphics design card, my game qualities are... well not good, I mean I can run games liek FEAR but its just ok. I doubt that it has alot of the hardware level support (or software level) for shaders, etc., and the instruction sets are not geared towards gaming.
Im hoping that the new set up will provide a good increase in speed and effeciancy in both regular performance as well as gaming.... not to mention a certain degree of upgradability.
I guess I want a few more opinions.
Also, note that the mtoehrboard/proc is a combo that knocks $50.00 off the total bringing it to about $395. which is about what I want to pay
I will be overclocking.
Thanks.
P.S. Should I wait till the end of next month, I mean the prioces might come down (I might be able to get an X2, but the board will cost more becuase of the combo deal).. or should I go now, upgrade the proc later on and then get an AM2 board in a few years (like 4 if I can hold out)..