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Elian

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With the deals that dell has been offering i dont think i can hold off from buying one of those SC420's this is what i plan on doing and see if it is good

the dell i will most likely be ordering
P4 2.8 HT 1MB Cache
512MB DDR2
160gb HDD

now this is what i plan on doing
selling the processor, and ram on ebay
then i want to buy a 3.0 or 3.2ghz P4 600 series (EM64T)
then buy a 1gb DDR2 kit
and a X800 of some sort (i know i need to modify the slot.
then a DVD writer drive

what do you guys think of this? i already have a sound card and this PC will be used for light gaming and audio editing.

i'm upgrading from this pc:
2.4ghz northwood (400mhz FSB)
1GB PC2100
80GB HDD
9800pro

all housed in a sony RX755 case & mobo :)

do you think its cost effective to do it this way? i dont mind hacking up a motherboard and i'd rather have an OEM case than a custom case. if you guys think i can get something cheaper then i'd be willing to see it. I'm probably selling the system above for about 600-700 bucks so i'll pretty much be breaking even. Let me know. Also is the 600 series processor compatible in a motherboard that has a 500 series in it?
 
If your using the Dell PSU it may be underpowered for all that shit.

Plus why do you want to run an intel 64bit system? I can understand a 32bit...but the 64s are way overpriced and the AMDs run better than the intel 64s. Get yourself an AMD 64 3200+ venice and it will be like $300 cheaper at least.
 
and also... if i'm running all the stuff i have now on a Sony OEM PSU coming from a desktop, i'm sure that a server PSU will not have a problem with it from dell
 
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