How's this upgrade look?

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Rivulentt

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Only the left are current components, and on the right components I wish to upgrade (edited: added PSU upgrade:



I plan to buy it all from newegg.
 
If i understand correctly, you are upgrading to a x1900XT and keeping a 400w PSU, FSP is indeed a good PSU, but wont be powerfull enough to count on it on a everyday basis. ATI x1900XT require a minimum of 450w psu with a minimum of 32A on 12v.

- 450-Watt power supply or greater, 30 Amps on 12 volt rail recommended (assumes fully loaded system)

It could work, but i would doubt the stability.

For the motherboard, i dont know if its a general problem but 2 of the computers ive built with this board coulndt handle 1T timing for the ram, only 2T with 2x1gb sticks, there isnt a huge performance hit but still sucks. Also this board is locked at 1.4v for vcore, be sure to know that if you are planning to OC your opteron and btw if overclocking you really need to change the PSU.
 
Hmm, give me a bit to find some PS's to post up and get your opinions. I figured that the 400W wouldn't be quite enough, it's just so hard shelling out another 70-80 bucks when I just bought this one 6 months ago. ;)
 
NERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT 500W Power Supply - Retail 100$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003

Really good PSU, i was thinking of that psu because you have chosen a crossfirefire board with a crossfire capable card and i tought that maybe you were thinking to go for crossfire one day or another and you wouldnt have to spend of another psu.

if you dont think you will go for crossfire one time or another, then you could consider the Antec true power 480w, dual 18A rails, good price 79$.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103930
 
Thanks for the info (I know it's fun talking about upgrades :p). I think i'm going to go with the rose psu, I've used them before and had good results, and a bargain at their prices.
 
this rosewill power supply seems to good to be true, dual 19A, 600W, for less than 70$

Never heard any comments on Rosewill psu, but never heard that name really often when building high end pcs. Do some research on rosewill, only 1 review on newegg.... i dont know im the kind of guy who prefers pay a bit more and be sure to have something quality.

As for the rig. is there a reason why you want a x1900XT, i mean, if you have a 17inch lcd or 19inch, a geforce 7900GT could do the job, and you wouldnt be forced to change PSU because those cards are really less power hungry. you change the board for asus a8n, and you have a cheaper rig that gives you really nice performance.
 
Well, I am running a crossfire board and I'll say what everyone says: Someday, I'll go crossfire. I am running a dell 2005FPW (20.1" widescreen) with 1680x1050 native.
 
Moving on to a video card dissection, how about it? Is it worth the 100$ price gap between the x1800xt and the x1900xt? Looking at a few benchmarks, the differences is only minimal (a few frames). Is there any glaring reason to spend the extra money?
 
Hey everyone, I have just completed the above listed upgrade, with one exception: I'm up to 3 GB of ram rather than 2 GB (only a few bucks more). My previous 3dmark06 score was a abysmal ~1000. Now, it is ~4600 :)

Now for the CC bill :p
 
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