Very Urgent: Need Expert help urgently...

Hi, oculd u plz tell me if this is a high and a powerful spec pc. review each time and tell me if the system is a pwoerful gaming system and will be future proof for a couple of years.
leave your reviews plz, my decision of buying the system will be based on your review, so plz be honest and i know u ppl know the best technology out there. thanx in advance

SPEC OF THE SYSTEM IS:
ASUS A7S333 SIS 745 Socket A Motherboard,
5PCI,
1AGP (4x),
3 DDR DIMMS,
4USB Ports, UDMA 100.
3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive
AMD athlon XP 2000
512DDRpc2100 DIMMs
80GB UDMA 100 7200RPM
16x DVD player and software
GeForce 4 MX420 , 64 MB with TV out
19" Hansol 920p SVGA colout monitor,
6channels sound card O/B
40x10x40 CDRW
creative FPS 1600 srround speakers.

i'd change the graph card with an 8500 or a ti4200
don't use onboard sound, get a santa cruz
get pc2700 (ddr333) otherwise you are stuck at ddr266, brand crucial or samsung (why not pc3000, 3200??)
harddrive: wd 80g se or a maxtor d740x 80g
cdrw: Liteon
dvd: pioneer 16* or liteon 16*
mobo: msi kt333 ultra-br (with bluetooth and raid)or epox EP-8K5A3+(i recommend the epox)
speakers: klipsch 4.1
processor: axp 2200+

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Originally posted by benneke
i'd change the graph card with an 8500 or a ti4200
don't use onboard sound, get a santa cruz
get pc2700 (ddr333) otherwise you are stuck at ddr266, brand crucial or samsung (why not pc3000, 3200??)
harddrive: wd 80g se or a maxtor d740x 80g
cdrw: Liteon
dvd: pioneer
mobo: msi kt333 ultra-br (with bluetooth and raid)or epox EP-8K5A3+(i recommend the epox)
speakers: klipsch 4.1
processor: axp 2200+
dvd: pioneer 16* or liteon 16*

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Yeah, what he said but stick with the Asus mobo and get a Sound Blaster Audigy sound card. Have fun upgrading. Regards . . .

I'm not an audiophile, so onboard audio doesn't bother me that bad unless it is just the generic AC97.

While the system for the most part is quite speedy, it isn't going to be a good gaming system. As with the last system you posted here, the CPU and RAM specs don't look to bad, but you just aren't going to have a good gaming rig that can last a couple of years when you are dealing with an MX based video card.

AC97 is not that bad :D but i'd seriously get another Vid card, Mx420 is crap, literally... Ti4200 should be good.

yeah that's a good rig. i'm gonna agree with everyone else here as well and say to get a different video card though. a radeon 8500LE would be a much better choice

If you are going HEAVILY into overclocking I suggest the Shuttle AK35GT2 or the Epox 8K3A+ (I think it goes somethin like that)

I WAS an ASUS fan but no more. I have used several Epox boards recently and they are quite impressive. I would go for the EP8K5A+, NAME BRAND PC2700 ram and a TI4200 video card. Use the onboard sound on the Epox board. You can always add a sound card later if you don't think the sound is good enough (but I think you will find it OK).