To go ahead.. or wait, the age ole question!

KalGor

KalGor

KalGor

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Hi there everyone,
I've decided (and also finally have the money put aside) for a nice new upgrade.

What im currently looking at nabbing is:

AMD 64 X2 4400
Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16
BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 512MB
Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit

The rest is comming from my current setup, except for the soundcard (where im thinking about using the on-board, a question in itself).

Basically I have three questions i'd like your opinions on:

1. 939 is becomming obselete, and apprently quite soon, would you personally think its better to wait for the upgrade and then go for the new chipset? Im not totally sure about this. If decent boards etc dont release for 6months or so ill still be 1/4 way through this systems life so maybe not so bad?

2. Compatability between the parts ive chosen, and any parts where maybe i should nab something else? If ive over looked something point it out.
I know ive chose fairly slow RAM but atm thats where im goin to make a saving at least for a couple months at which time ill change to Crucial Ballistix. Anything else point it out (or if someone knows ill have problems with this RAM on this board please also give a shout)! :D

3. On-board sound, now I know this obviously isnt going ot be as good as a stand alone, but my question here is: Will I see a dramatic performance decrease ? Sound quality I know I will but that can wait for a few months until I can afford to buy a new sound card. How is the on-board on this board?

Well that covers all my thoughts for now (that i can think of), so as always thanks in advance for any feedback/ your thoughts. :)

Kal
 
FrankJH said:
Compatability isnt a problem but I would go for Tagan myself over Hiper, and depending on what monitor you have ( if its a crt or 20" + TFT then go for GTX otherwise either go for GT or ATI 1900XT(X) and save a little money)

If you can save £20 somewhere then instead of getting Geil ( which are a good make I admit) you can get performance gskill HZ 2Gb set instead - which would be better for OC'ing
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Yes, I think I may change the Hiper out, it looks nicer overall imo but thats about all. Only thing that puts me off the Tagen was the fact when I got one in the past it actually blew on me after owning it only a few months which has still left me with a sour taste ;).

As for the Geil Value, a friend has basically just done the same as what im planning. And has bought his upgraded RAM so offered me his Value for next to nothing (£50 upfront and then a few pints at out local), so its def going to be the Value (but as i say its only for the short term).

In regards to the GFX card, I was thinking along the lines "Go for this moments Daddy and more chance to last you".
Maybe the 512mb model is over-kill, I love to play games on high settings though it must be said! :)
I need one that will run 2 x 19" monitors without trouble, one with a game and one with desktop tasks (word, web surfing and Instant Messengers).. but thinking on it im not even sure how I would go about spliting it up like this, or if its even possible in all honesty.
 
Hummmm to be honest, I'd only thought about soley Nvid for GFX, I've always been a bit of a ATI fanboi and wanted to see how the other side lived, but I never realised the top end ATIs were cheaper!

Im still a bit confused about how the whole GFX stands atm thou, I know ATI jus launched cross-fire similiar to Nvids sli.
Will that board i've chosen run a ATI card ok, so long as its ran stand alone?
There's so much confusion surrounding GFX cards for me in all honesty.
Going the route with the Nvid I could later choose to sli it up if needed (although I have the feeling gettin another 512 be a little difficult with how few seem to be around).
Had my eye on this particular MB for ages now also, jus looks to incorporate everything I need/ want in a MB and very well!

Temped by the Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1900 XT-X 512MB card now.
 
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