So it seems come end of summer I will be buying new parts, again 
I have been offered the following for my current parts (no it is not a joke)
CPU: £200 (Opty 165 2.7ghz stable) offer made...
GFX: £185 (X1800XT 256mb) Sold rofl!
RAM: £80 (2x512mb BH-5) Sold aswell...
CASE/PSU: £100 (Antec P150) Sold...
HDD: £50 (WDC SATA2 250gb) Sold...
So I still have my ASUS A8N-E board which I think did an excellent job hosting the socket 939 CPU. Hence Im considering keeping it and perhaps use it for my new rig. In all fairness I thought the system I had was flying fast and played all games with ease, and handled other tasks like Photoshop, video-editing etc really well.
Should I aim for getting hold of a Golden opty 165, get some decent 2gb ram and buy a new X1800/X1900 card?
I realise conroe is out and kicking! But It would mean investing in new mobo aswell.
I suspect I should be able to find 939 cpus at bargain prices, and DDR should also come down in price, right?
Finally Im in the hunt after a new case which is as silent as the P150, but preferably smaller. Any suggestions? I would be happy to stick with an Antec NEO HE PSU as it did a good job with my previous system.
Stay with S939 and hope for some bargains yet a very good spec?
Or should I take the plunge and invest more and go for conroe?
One reason for selling the present spec was that I realised I had no need for this system, expecially during summer. But in few months time autumn, cold and darkness will be here so I will be needing a decent PC to kill some time...
Thoughts, suggestions and remarks most welcome
I have been offered the following for my current parts (no it is not a joke)
CPU: £200 (Opty 165 2.7ghz stable) offer made...
GFX: £185 (X1800XT 256mb) Sold rofl!
RAM: £80 (2x512mb BH-5) Sold aswell...
CASE/PSU: £100 (Antec P150) Sold...
HDD: £50 (WDC SATA2 250gb) Sold...
So I still have my ASUS A8N-E board which I think did an excellent job hosting the socket 939 CPU. Hence Im considering keeping it and perhaps use it for my new rig. In all fairness I thought the system I had was flying fast and played all games with ease, and handled other tasks like Photoshop, video-editing etc really well.
Should I aim for getting hold of a Golden opty 165, get some decent 2gb ram and buy a new X1800/X1900 card?
I realise conroe is out and kicking! But It would mean investing in new mobo aswell.
I suspect I should be able to find 939 cpus at bargain prices, and DDR should also come down in price, right?
Finally Im in the hunt after a new case which is as silent as the P150, but preferably smaller. Any suggestions? I would be happy to stick with an Antec NEO HE PSU as it did a good job with my previous system.
Stay with S939 and hope for some bargains yet a very good spec?
Or should I take the plunge and invest more and go for conroe?
One reason for selling the present spec was that I realised I had no need for this system, expecially during summer. But in few months time autumn, cold and darkness will be here so I will be needing a decent PC to kill some time...
Thoughts, suggestions and remarks most welcome
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