conroe system check:)

Apatche64 · 20 Sep 2006 at 00:19

going from a :

Shuttle SN85G4 V1,
Athlon 64 3200+
2gb Geil value,
x800pro

to a :

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

250 GB Samsung HD250KD

Geil® Ultra DDR2 2.0GB PC6400 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 1GB)

LG GSA-H10NBAL

XFX GeForce 7600GT SLI XXX Edition 256MB DDR3,

Asus P5V-VMDH Skt 775 P4M890 DDR2

SilverStone SUGO SG01B Black Aluminium case

Antec TruePower 2.0 380W PSU

wanted to keep with shuttle but that new one is far too dear!!!

should i change any of the components , after best bang for buck

not sure about the size of the sugo, hope it's not too big!!

keeping my x-fi and putting it in the new one, only reason i'm upgrading is because i have got a good price for my old one

is the upgrade gonna make a notable difference?

semi-pro waster · 20 Sep 2006 at 02:49

Well the graphics card won't offer a hugely noticeable difference but other than that the CPU ought to, I'd consider two changes, getting a Seagate 7200.10 hard drive instead of the Samsung as they are faster and the other change would be to get a slightly more powerful PSU to allow for expansion.

Apatche64 · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:18

thankyou for your reply

would you get a different gfx card? maybe the 1800xt?

what power supply should i get ? 480watt?

i've just seen that antec htcp case and am interested in that now ... ow the choices!!!!

R3323 · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:48

if you can get the x1800xt go for it, they are amazing value for money.
i am very happy with mine it plays all my games at high or maximum settings easily.

Munromax · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:59

The Geil memory you have chosen is pretty sound stuff!
Well I've got it

semi-pro waster · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:00

An X1800XT is very good value if you can stretch your budget a bit and yes for the PSU I'd probably try for something say 430w+ as there are a range of quality options at that sort of power level.