Does this upgrade sound good?

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ray4389

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Ok so here's my info. I'm 15 turnign 16 and I have no job yet so cash is limited. I will be paying for this stuff from money I saved $135 and my aprents will buy some and my grandma will buy some. So as you can see I want to keep prices down as far as possible whiel still maintaining a well built gaming PC. My current setup is in my profile/sig thing.

ECS "KN1 Extreme" NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL
Specifications:
Supported CPU: Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64FX/64
Chipset: nForce4 Ultra
RAM: 4x DIMM Dual Channel DDR 266/333/400 Max 4GB
Slots: 1x PCI-E X16, 2x PCI-E X1, 3x PCI
Ports: 2x PS/2, 1x COM, 10x USB2.0(Rear 4), 2x RJ45, 2x SPDIF Out, Audio Ports
IDE: 2x ATA 133 with NV Raid 0/1/0+1, 1x ATA 133 with Raid 0/1/0+1 by SIS 180
SATA: 4x SATA2 with NV Raid 0/1/0+1, 2x SATA with Raid 0/1/0+1 by SIS 180
Onboard Audio: Realtek ALC655 6-Ch
Onboard LAN: Marvell 88E1111 PHY GbtLAN, Realtek 8100C 10/100M LAN
Onboard 1394: 2x 1394a TI TSB43AB22A
Form Factor: ATX more info-> N82E16813135175
$108.00

$108.00

EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "128-P2-N368-TX" -RETAIL
Specifications:
Chipset/Core Speed: nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT/500MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 128MB GDDR3/1000MHz
BUS: PCI-Express x16
Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub) + TV-Out (S-Video/Composite) + DVI
Support 3D API: DirectX 9(Shader Model 3.0), OpenGL 1.5
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@85Hz
RAMDACs: 400MHz
Cable/Accessories: HDTV Cable, DVI to VGA Adapter, Manual, Driver CD
Retail Box (See pics for details) more info-> N82E16814130214
$179.00

$179.00

AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor - Retail
Specifications:
Model: Athlon 64 3000+
Core: Winchester
Operating Frequency: 1.8GHz
FSB: Integrated into Chip
Cache: L1/64K+64K; L2/ 512KB
Voltage: 1.5V
Process: 90 nm
Socket: Socket 939
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNOW!, 3DNOW!+
Warranty: 3-year MFG
Packaging: Retail(with Heatsink and Fan) more info-> N82E16819103


Total Price wil be liek $447 with a 20-->24 pin adapter.
 
i would stay away from the ecs motherboard, go with something from msi, dfi, asus or abit :)
 
Did you really have to post all those little details?

and anyways, what about ram, case, PSU?HDD?

(All the little things add up)
 
I already have samsung pc3200 RAM 512mb and I will get better stuff. I ahve a 160gb 7200rpm HD made by samsung and and what did ya know a samsung DVD +/- RW drive.
ooo yea i have a 350watt Antec surepower PSU

Is ECS really that bad?

I was goin to get a DFI-UT NF4 which is the non-sli one but its $40 more...
 
ecs is not a very good company, they lack overclocking features, they lack some features that better boards have, and they lack the reliability and support that better boards have.


i would spend the $40 more on the dfi, in the longrun you are not going to miss $40 and the upgrade will be will wworth it
 
You're going to downgrade from a 3200+ to a 3000+?
Is the 3200 not an A64?
 
compslckr said:
i would stay away from the ecs motherboard, go with something from msi, dfi, asus or abit :)
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GigaByte is also a good brand, or so has been my experiance.
 
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