- Sep 27, 2001
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Well, after much deliberation I have chose to go with a new am2 build. My current pc is running an xp barton 2800+ with biostar nforce2 2gig ram and 9800pro. I'm going to give the system to my brother, and will be building from scratch.
I play alot of games, so I want a machine that will stay competative for at least 2 to 3 years. I have never overclocked, but want to learn and will most likely try some light OCing with this machine so any advice in hardware choice is appretiated.
I will need to order this stuff by mid july so I doubt that I will wait for price cuts or new chips to be released. I would like the budget to stay around $1200 which leaves pretty much no room for added cost.
With that all said, here is what I have picked out:
Updated: SeaSonic S12-430 PSU - $99.99
Updated: Lian Li PC-7B ATX Mid tower case - $89.99
ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVidia nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD mobo - $96.99
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Orleans - $141.99
Corsair XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-pin DDR2 800 - $204.00
Sapphire Radeon X1800XT 512MB GDDR3 PCIe16 - $319.00
WD Cavair SE16 250GB 7200RPM SATA - $89.99
BenQ 16X DVD Burner - $34.99
Windows XP Pro - $137.99
Total - $1,214.93 As I stated earlier I would like to keep everything around $1200 but this isn't absolutely neccessary.
Also as I stated I will begin experementing with overclocking so any advice in that department is appreciated. Otherwise thanks in advance for whatever you got.
`drew
I play alot of games, so I want a machine that will stay competative for at least 2 to 3 years. I have never overclocked, but want to learn and will most likely try some light OCing with this machine so any advice in hardware choice is appretiated.
I will need to order this stuff by mid july so I doubt that I will wait for price cuts or new chips to be released. I would like the budget to stay around $1200 which leaves pretty much no room for added cost.
With that all said, here is what I have picked out:
Updated: SeaSonic S12-430 PSU - $99.99
Updated: Lian Li PC-7B ATX Mid tower case - $89.99
ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVidia nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD mobo - $96.99
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Orleans - $141.99
Corsair XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-pin DDR2 800 - $204.00
Sapphire Radeon X1800XT 512MB GDDR3 PCIe16 - $319.00
WD Cavair SE16 250GB 7200RPM SATA - $89.99
BenQ 16X DVD Burner - $34.99
Windows XP Pro - $137.99
Total - $1,214.93 As I stated earlier I would like to keep everything around $1200 but this isn't absolutely neccessary.
Also as I stated I will begin experementing with overclocking so any advice in that department is appreciated. Otherwise thanks in advance for whatever you got.
`drew