My setup

[troymca]

This probably isn't anything special, but what do you think to the following:

Athlon xp 2700+
Gigabyte nforce2 board
512mb DDR ram
Maxtor diamondmax 120gb 7200rpm
Asutek 52r 52w 24rw
Radeon 9600 128mb ddr agp 8x
Englight case & 300w psu
21" monitor


The new setup comes to about £580, excluding soundcard, monitor, keyboard etc. I didn't think the 2800+ was worth the slight extra performance for £30...

[fbs1992]

Originally posted by troymca
This probably isn't anything special, but what do you think to the following:

Athlon xp 2700+
Gigabyte nforce2 board
512mb DDR ram
Maxtor diamondmax 120gb 7200rpm
Asutek 52r 52w 24rw
Radeon 9600 128mb ddr agp 8x
Englight case & 300w psu
21" monitor


The new setup comes to about £580, excluding soundcard, monitor, keyboard etc. I didn't think the 2800+ was worth the slight extra performance for £30...

first skip the 2700 and get the 2500+ the extra L2 cache is worth it, and upgrade your vcard to a 9700 pro or non pro its your choice, and i would get a gig of ram, but thats just me

[XP1800]

Make sure you ditch that cheapo PSU and pick up at least a 350 watt Enermax or Antec:)

[eekiwi]

yea man go for the GIG!

[sharkypinoy]

i gig isn't really needed .. 512 is fine.. i mean ive been on 256 for a while and i lived with it (not blazing fast) but 512 is good enough..

[knuckles644]

Remind me, how much is £580?

[m316foley]

Originally posted by knuckles644
Remind me, how much is £580?

About $935.85

1£ = $1.61354

[Oro?]

yo that's pretty hooked up

get the gig tho worth the buck

[OS-Wiz]

>>Athlon xp 2700+

2500+ Barton

>>Gigabyte nforce2 board

Abit NF-7 is much better mobo.

>>512mb DDR ram

two, 256mb sticks

>>Radeon 9600 128mb ddr agp 8x

9500 Pro (if you can still find one, or 9700 non-Pro

>>Englight case & 300w psu

NO WAY. Get an Antec SX635II or SX835II, both come with a good PSU.

Have fun building! :)