Which to build?

[Fred]

Im thinking of either upgrading my current system, or building a entirely new one. I wanted to see which option you guys think I should choose based on a price and performance comparison.

My current system:
new Athlon XP 3000+ Barton new Elsa 6800 128 DDR
new 2x Kingston 512 MB Hyper X ABIT KD7 Mobo
Antec True 500W Audigy 2
new 2 Seagate 120 GB

Potential new rig:
ABIT KV8 K8T800 Audigy 2
Athlon 64 3200+ Antec True 550W
Thermaltake Venus 12 3x 120 GB Seagate
Elsa 6800 128 MB DDR 2x Mushkin 512 MB PC3200

Thanks if you have the time....
:good:

 

[Fred]

By the way... here are the links to most of the parts that would go on the new system (and some of the parts would be used to upgrade the new one.

120 gig SATA Seagate:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-017&depa=0

Raidmax
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-156-148&depa=0

Abit KV8 Kt800
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-177&depa=1

Elsa 6800 128 MB DDR
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-119-145&depa=0

Mushkin pc3200 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-219&depa=0

Audigy 2
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=29-102-158&depa=0

Thermaltake Venus 12
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-106-038&depa=0

AMD 64 3200+
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-487&depa=0

Antec True Control 550
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-922&depa=0

 

[ProcalX]

Personally i would keep your system and save your money, i am very tempted to go for a 64bit system, but lets be perfectly honest and realistic shall we..

they are bloody nice, and we all want one, but windows 64bit operating systems are rubbish, and the only OS at the moment that will properly use any of the potential 64bit power is linux / unix, there are 64bit games / programs of course but it's still in early stages.

the only reason i say wait, is because at the moment there is no real use for them.. yeh the performance gain is big enough to want one badly, but is it really worth lashing out that money now, when your system will quite easily cope with pretty much anything you throw at it..?

i say wait, because athlon have killed the production of all athlons / durons below the "2600+" range, and the "2600+ - 3200+" will be killed off by xmas.

then i would get your money and buy / upgrade because it will be a good time to do it, its not to long away, prices will have dropped alot.. their will be great bargins cos its xmas + you'll have saved more money (if you choose to).

(by the way im not slaggin the 64bits off.. i want one 2 :D but its about patience, cos if we / you get one now, i suspect come xmas or around then, you'll regret it)

:good:

 

[Fred]

So you think I should just wait for christmas and build a non-64 bit system? But definetly a good point about the 64's.

 

[Big B]

I'd really just sit and wait. Yes, you'll get a faster system, but, IMO, it's not worth the cost. Right now, PCIe and DDR2 are just starting to come out. However, they are not at a point where they can be made good use of. You could wait a year and then it'd be about time to upgrade and you'd then get better performance for the money.

Yes, you can get something faster, but for the money and considering the system you have right now, you'll be rather disappointed with the performance you get for the money you spend. The only thing that might be worth it would be going to a GeForce 6800GT, and maybe going to 1GB of DDR. Otherwise, hold it, because while the Athlon 64 is fast, I think you'll get a better boost in performance going with a video card upgrade if anything.

 

[Fred]

Alright, sounds good... I'll get another stick of Kingston Hyper X and get a 6800 :D Heck, i think just the video card will make me happy.
Thanks a lot!