Here we go AGAIN - Is this a decent setup?

[Noah]

Why I Am Buying:

• MSI K8T800 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 CPU, Model "K8T NEO-FSR"
• AMD Athlon 64 3400+, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - Retail
• Geil Value Series 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200
• ASPIRE (Turbo Case)Black ATX Mid-Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "ATXB5KLW/350"
• Cooler Master CPU Cooler for Athlon64 & Opteron, Model "KK8-7I52A"
• Western Digital Special Edition 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD800JB, OEM Drive Only

What I Have:

• Two 40 GB 7200RPM Hard Drives (Maxtor and IBM)
• 64 MB nVidia GeForce4 MX 440
• 802.11g Wireless Network Card
• Dell 17" E771a Monitor
• Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Any recommendations? I am considering taking off that hard drive (the 80 GB that I was going to make the main drive - would there be a performance difference if I do, since it has the extra 6 MB cache?) and getting a speaker system or a new greaphics card (I would love to get into gaming). Talk!

 

[KoZLop]

sounds good to me

If you are a gamer though i would upgrade the card too..

 

[Tim]

If I were you, I would spend some extra money on high quality RAM and a better video card.

Never skimp on RAM or the Power Supply. I've been burned too many times by that.

A new video card isn't a necessity, but it is not something I'd overlook.

 

[TheMostWantedPolishTwin]

the vid card will be holding you back when it comes to gaming... as for the ram - get quality modules if you're planing on ocing...

 

[Noah]

If I don't overclock - isn't that RAM good?

And about my PSU - the one in that case stinks?

 

[bmh.01]

Originally posted by Noah
And about my PSU - the one in that case stinks?

Chances are it does, you will want to get an Enermax or a Antec, you'll pay more for it but it will be better in the long run.