System Upgrade -your input

Gethzemane · 17 Mar 2006 at 11:38

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

Gethzemane · 17 Mar 2006 at 12:20

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

-Leezer-

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

Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2

Gethzemane · 17 Mar 2006 at 12:29

think youll find an answer to your question here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17550332

please dont hijack my thread bud, although i appreciate you might want answers

Gethzemane · 17 Mar 2006 at 18:39

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.

Gethzemane · 17 Mar 2006 at 19:22

General pc use and gaming.

Gethzemane · 20 Mar 2006 at 13:08

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.