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Wally

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any discrepancies you can see? I don't want anything stupid and wasteful like SLi or Ultra low latency RAM which does sod all, i just need a machine better than this one (some dell piece of crap, 2.4 intel no HT, 32mb integrated 2D card etc).

So far i have in my possession:

WD 120GB S-ATA
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 PCI-E
1GB GeIL PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5

with a winchester 3500+ s939 (OEM) hopefully on its way. Now, the rest of the stuff i intend to get is this:

X800XL
Enermax AX/Antec NeoPower 400w
Silverstone TJ-05 or Antec P180
MX510
DVD burner
Xerox
XA7 (middle one)

this is for BF:2, CS:S CoD2 and a bit of photoshopping, CAD and so on.
 
Should suffice for your purposes. Decent specs, but I suggest a bit more industry evaluation, and deffinatly a price list before you drop your next specs list. I'd like to see how this turns out for ya.
 
Even that RAM is a bit ricey; Corsair value select or Kingston ValueRAM is a better .. value. ;) Make sure to get an NEC 3250A burner, they're the best you can do and very well priced. I'd also switch to a Seagate HDD, like their 7200 RPM 160 GB models, as they are AMAZINGLY quiet, yet very fast and inexpensive (only ~85 for a 160GB disk.)

Other than that, great picks. :)
 
If you're planning on doing a fair bit of CAD, as in that's going to be a primary thing that you want to do, a pentium might be a better choice; while I love my A64, some of the high end pentiums are superior in apps such as CAD. If you're primarily going to game, go A64, otherwise seriously consider a pentium chip.
 
gigabyte boards are good. i have a k8nxp board and have never had a problem with it
 
DamienThorn said:
If you're planning on doing a fair bit of CAD, as in that's going to be a primary thing that you want to do, a pentium might be a better choice; while I love my A64, some of the high end pentiums are superior in apps such as CAD.
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Actually, that's very incorrect. Athlon 64s are significantly faster than P4s in more than half of CAD applications' functions.

And I recommended a Gigabyte board because they featured, solid, fast and reliable boards. They're not overclocking monsters but they hold their own well there, too. So ... I don't really understand the scorn for them.
 
i basically got the gigabyte because it's the cheapest PCI-E - i am on a very tight budget, and the rest of this ain't gonna happen unless i get my iPod sold (ugh) and my X800 Pro AGP replaced and sold
 
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