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OK, so I'm a cheapskate, I admit it. Last time I did an upgrade of the basics was 4 years ago to a mighty XP2200/512mb ram/Geforce 3, so I'm looking to upgrade CPU, Memory, Motherboard, Graphics card, PSU for the money.
I was thinking along the lines of an Athlon 64 3200, 1gb Geil value RAM dualchannel kit, not sure about which graphics card to get and which nforce4 motherboard would be best (although I know I won't be needing SLI) and I was thinking about getting one of Enermax's cheaper ATX2 models.
So basically does:
AMD Athlon 64 3200 skt939 retail £112
1gb Geil Value Dual Channel Kit £58
ATI X800GTO £105 / X1600Pro £105 / X800GTO16 £123 / nVidia 6800GS £135
Asus A8N5X £61 / Gigabyte K8N £65 / MSI K8N Neo4F £68
Enermax Noisetaker 370W £41 (is this powerful enough considering its a good brand and won't be doing any SLI, or would I need 400w+?)
Sound like a good plan? Which graphics card is the best option - I know that the X800s don't have Pixel Shader 3, but is the X1600Pro quick enough and is the 6800GS worth the extra money over the rest?
I was thinking along the lines of an Athlon 64 3200, 1gb Geil value RAM dualchannel kit, not sure about which graphics card to get and which nforce4 motherboard would be best (although I know I won't be needing SLI) and I was thinking about getting one of Enermax's cheaper ATX2 models.
So basically does:
AMD Athlon 64 3200 skt939 retail £112
1gb Geil Value Dual Channel Kit £58
ATI X800GTO £105 / X1600Pro £105 / X800GTO16 £123 / nVidia 6800GS £135
Asus A8N5X £61 / Gigabyte K8N £65 / MSI K8N Neo4F £68
Enermax Noisetaker 370W £41 (is this powerful enough considering its a good brand and won't be doing any SLI, or would I need 400w+?)
Sound like a good plan? Which graphics card is the best option - I know that the X800s don't have Pixel Shader 3, but is the X1600Pro quick enough and is the 6800GS worth the extra money over the rest?