System Upgrade -your input

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Upgrading my system--your input required.

o.k its time to bite the bullet and upgrade my system, + i got some tax back off the tax man this year ;) my current system is based round a

P4 3.2HT
2GB Corsair Value Select PC3200 CAS2.5 (512x4)
ATI x800XT
Gigabyte mobo
etc etc etc

im thinking of upgrading too

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940)
Asus A8N-SLi Premium nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV

any thoughts? are hiper an ok power supply? ive always used enermax in the past but thought id give hiper a go. Motherboard a good choice?

Any and all constructive input is welcome
 
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Thats a great choice of parts, the tax man must like you :) ,

The hyper is a great psu, I have the 480w in one of my pc's and its as stable as, so the 580 should do you great. If your sure on getting the ati card, would it not be better getting a crossfire board, just in case you want to down that route, or get an nvidia card for the asus mobo.

But if your not bothered about that, then you have chosen wisely :D
 
You might want to sell your current 2gbs of RAM & buy the GEIL 2gb kit- Otherwise you will be limited to 2t command rate.
You should get enough from the sale to fund that, maybe even a little profit judging by what my Crucial value is going for :eek:

-Leezer-
 
I dont think the tax understand love ;)

I was originally going to buy one of those new GF7900 cards but then ocuk offered the 1900xt cards at that wonderful price point, so i switched the cards round. Are the crossfire boards anygood?

leezer3 said:
You might want to sell your current 2gbs of RAM & buy the GEIL 2gb kit- Otherwise you will be limited to 2t command rate.
You should get enough from the sale to fund that, maybe even a little profit judging by what my Crucial value is going for :eek:

-Leezer-
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whats your thoughts on these as a replacement and ill sell my old pairs

Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2
 
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leezer3 said:
You might want to sell your current 2gbs of RAM & buy the GEIL 2gb kit- Otherwise you will be limited to 2t command rate.
You should get enough from the sale to fund that, maybe even a little profit judging by what my Crucial value is going for :eek:

-Leezer-
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I'm not getting this 2T command rate stuff, according to the post screen my 2 x 1GB pc3200 Mushkin runs at 2T Dual channel. The machine is overclocked is this why? The memory is on a 133 divider due to the overclock. I keep seeing mention that 2T suffers a performance hit.
 
X2 3800+ is a great value CPU & with the Arctic Cooling Freezer should get a nice overclock.
Yep cant get better for that money than the ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB.
Hiper PSU should be fine.
As for mobo perhaps get this, since new bios it goes very well ..Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire [Available This Week Only for just £104.95 +VAT]
 
o.k had a slight rethink of my proposed system upgrade.

Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940)
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI
Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2

constructive thoughts and opinions welcome, i'd like to order this over the next day or so.
 
Nice specs, and overall a nice system, just wondered what it was going to be used for? This might make things a bit different to what you have, also will you be OC'ing?
 
well ive placed my order ;) roll on the delivery man. Ended up going for

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940)
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-079-CS)
Abit KN8 Ultra nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Red UV

Was going to order a Samsung SM-930BF 19" LCD Monitor to compliment my Dell2001FP but ive decided to wait till Samsung release their updated version with a better overdrive on it.

thanks to everyone who offered advice.
 
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