My upgrade thoughts

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Hey guys Id love a few comments and suggestions on my possible upgrade . I am really only interested in Intel options.

Old

2.4 p4
Intel 875pbz board
2 G of very cheap ddr ram
ATI radeon 9800 pro
Audigy 2 ZS sound card


New

CPU: Intel 920 ( Store in my town has em on sale for 219.00 til tomorrow)

Motherboard: Either the Asus P 5wd2-E 975 OR P5n32- SLI Deluxe

Ram - 2x1G of DDR2 .. Please offer suggestion.. $200 range

GPU: (7800 GTX KO edition EVGA) or (2 x GT KO's in SLI) if I get the SLI board

Same Audigy Card

WD Raptor HD x 2

Monitor: Dell 2405

I will be water cooling and already have a decent case... but I have a question....

I am really itching to try out SLI. I play alot of BF2, and WOW, EQ, Vanguard, ect. I am very dissapointed on not being able to get the latest intel chipset and run SLI on the ASUS 975 :( . I read alot of reviews and am leaning towards the n32 SLI board.
 
I would definitely spend the extra money to get an sli board. Even if you dont plan on doing SLI at the moment, you want to keep your options open for the future.
 
Thanks, Ive been heavily leaning toward the SLI delixe board anyway :)

Can you suggest some good DDR2 ram for this MB?
 
Don't see a PSU mentioned...all I have to say is go for a high-end brand with the wattage you need, especially since you might go SLi. Hit up the PSU forum for more info.
 
movax said:
Don't see a PSU mentioned...all I have to say is go for a high-end brand with the wattage you need, especially since you might go SLi. Hit up the PSU forum for more info.
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Agreed, the PSU is often the most overlooked piece of equipment.

I personally like the OCZ powerstreams and the Seasonic PSUs
 
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