Hardware decisions.. help..!

[Sniper]

sorry for being off-topic a bit, but if you are looking to upgrade after xmas, I would wait and get some cool deals and save £££ or buy something better, thats what I am doing waiting till after xmas! :)

 

[ProcalX]

yeh i might do that.. i pretty much want the same board e.t.c

9600 pro or 9600XT? +hl2?

 

[Anti-Trend]

A superb suggestion, -=Sniper=-. Especially for the financially challenged, such as myself :)

 

[ProcalX]

i'm tryin 2 control my urges to just buy my pc parts now and build it, cos i havn't had a new pc in 5 years :) and this will be my first pc that is owned by me out right other than my laptop.

which is y i am asking so many questions about hardware e.t.c cos i dont want 2 rush into it like i did quite awhile back, and subsequently got what i know now was a poorly made crap elite mobo with 750 duron a fan that was MAX meant 2 be used for a 750 and a hhd / dvd drive and cd-rw that was not compatible with my shity via chipset on my motherboard.

 

[ProcalX]

CPU- AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2500+ 333FSB (Socket A) CPU - Retail £71.62 -overclockers.co.uk

Mobo- Asus A7N8X Deluxe nForce2 (Socket A) - £84.31 -overclockers.co.uk
Network- integrated 2 x Lan - ""
Sound- integrated Nvidia SoundStorm / Dolby Digital Audio - ""

Graphics- Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB +HalfLife2 - £135.43 - overclockers.co.uk

Antec Plus 1080AMG Metallic Gray File Server - 430W TruePower - £105.69 - overclockers.co.uk
My Case

Memory- Adata 512MB DDR PC3200 - £65.68 - overclockers.co.uk

CD-Rom- Samsung SD-616QBB 16x48x DVD-ROM - £22.00 - refresh computers

HardDrive- Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 Serial ATA 80GB 8MB - £61.98 - overclockers.co.uk

=£546.39

Right that means i've updated:
From ATA to Serial ATA
From Antec Plus 660amg 330watts to Antec Plus 1080 430 watts
From Radeon 9600pro to Radeon 9600XT +HL2 - still dont know if i should do this but i heard its a better card, and u get hl2 free :)

what you think then? as a solid system :)
looking good?

 

[harrack52]

Well, I hate Maxtor. I'd get a Western Digital hdd. Then again I'm a fanboy.

 

[Anti-Trend]

Fanboy #2

I have to agree with harrack52, Maxtors are nothing but trouble. I'd go with Western Digital.

 

[ProcalX]

argh more money

 

[ProcalX]

right this is what i'm going to get:
CPU- AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2500+ 333FSB (Socket A) CPU - Retail £71.62 -overclockers.co.uk

Mobo- Asus A7N8X Deluxe nForce2 (Socket A) - £84.31 -overclockers.co.uk
Network- integrated 2 x Lan - ""
Sound- integrated Nvidia SoundStorm / Dolby Digital Audio - ""

Graphics- Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB +HalfLife2 - £135.43 - overclockers.co.uk

Antec Plus 660AMG Metallic Gray Mini Tower - 330W - £88.07 - overclockers.co.uk

Memory- Adata 512MB DDR PC3200 - £65.68 - overclockers.co.uk

CD-Rom- Samsung SD-616QBB 16x48x DVD-ROM - £22.00 - refresh computers

HardDrive- Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA V 80GB - £64.57 - overclockers.co.uk

Total £531.68

me = happy 4 the mo ;)

 

[Anti-Trend]

Looks good :)