Decent upgrade? New spec

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Atm i have the pc listed below

Asrock 939 Agp
Amd 64 3200
2 gig no name ram
3x 160 sata drives
6800gt
Hyper Hpu 4s525 psu

The plan is to upgrade to these .

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-165-AM)
Price: £84.95 (£99.82 Including VAT at 17.5%)


Asus M2N-E (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-147-AS)
Price: £69.95 (£82.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)


Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
Price: £144.95 (£170.32 Including VAT at 17.5%)


G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)
Price: £99.95 (£117.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)


Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 250GB 6V250F0 SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-088-MD)
Price: £47.95 (£56.34 Including VAT at 17.5%)


£526.11


Can anyone see in issues with the above choices ( i heard the Asus board is fussy with ram ) Mainly for playing WOW/BF2/HL2 etc etc
Will be running on a CRT so no weird resolutions i need to run at .

Does it look future proof for at least 6 months where i could maybe drop in a dual core chip?

Max budget is £550 really but the less the better .
Also i cant see any decent AM2 heatsinks listed on ocuk ....Is there any out ?


Regards

Persil
 
Well i have a buyer for my old stuff (£300) so the upgrade is gonna cost me £200 tops .

Would it maybe be better to get a better 939 board (pcie) and one of the cheaper 939 chips?
The reason i was going AM2 was to semi future proof myself... But im not happy with the Asrock as it a MAtx board so only 2 pcie and no onboard firewire ...Also for some reason it up my dvd drives .

So if you can suggest a different angle on my upgrade then feel free . (no intel though )

Ta

Persil
 
Well i can get £100 for my 6800gt ...But its not really future proofing myself .
Also i would like to get 6x sata and doing that with a 939 board will cost me £120+

Also i have heard a lot of people moan about dual core chips ... Not compatable with games and making them run slower etc ...And does it give any real benefit?

I will check the prices of the dual chips .

Persil
 
Hmm dual chips are to expensive ... And never liked intel ..although the new chip looks interesting its not even for sale yet... I have to get the stuff this weekend .

Hmm what to do ... Its also a 300 mile round trip so come on guys help me out!!

Persil
 
Go check the game forum on ocuk...seens loads of posts about x2 issues ...Although not having one i tend to skim read the posts .

Im not saying its a major problem just some people have issues with certain games .

Anyway i cant afford a x2 so no issue really

Persil
 
I dont think a 7600 is that much of an upgrade ... I would prefer the x1800xt (more so since its on the weeks special )

As for getting up there...Company car so no fuel :)
Also please remember i will be getting £300 back for my old kit .. Ok the cpu is not much of an upgrade but the memory will be as the stuff i have is pretty poor (unmatched pair of 1 gig no name stuff) The x1800 should be a fair step up and i have easy access to a x2 chip when i have spare funds (and when prices drop abit )

Persil
 
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