PC building: Is this potential system ok?

[Erik]

I am helping my younger brother build a pc, and I want to make sure I don't have any incompatibilities before I order everything...

Asus A7V600 VIA KT600 AGP DDR
AMD Athlon Xp 3200
512mb DDR PC2700
Seagate 120GB 7200RPM 8mb buffer hard drive
some cd/dvd drive
Radeon X800 Pro 256mb
RAIDMAX case model 668WBP
SB Live 5.1


Let me know if any problems come to mind, thanks!

 

[Clockworks]

Move him up socket 754 and buy him a Sempron. That's probably the best thing that you can do along with a memory upgrade to 3200. Socket A is basically dead from now on.

 

[Bugalaman]

Get a Nforce 2 mobo, mobile XP, PC3200 memory, and a 6800GT instead. Sorry thats a lot, but its worth it.

 

[alghazanth]

Move him up socket 754 and buy him a Sempron. That's probably the best thing that you can do along with a memory upgrade to 3200. Socket A is basically dead from now on.

Uhh.. Sempron is Socket A. Infact, Semprons are basically weaker XP's. I don't understand your thinking here.

Ok, not all Semprons are Socket A, but I don't see why you wouldn't get an XP with a 512 cache instead of a Sempron with 256?

 

[Clockworks]

cache makes little difference (3 ~ 5 percent difference in speed is diddly squat) and as for my choice, it is because it can then be upgrade to the Athlon 64 3700+ in the future.

 

[rcf1987]

nice setup would change x800 pro to 6800 ultra and sblive 5.1 to an audigy and 512 to 1024 but everything else is nice

 

[Clockworks]

Yes, the audigy does provide a much sound quality over the live and the difference is what, 20 bucks?

 

[Lobo Loco6]

a socket 754 is a better future than a socket A, as your main choices are xp-mobile, so go with the amd64 and as for the video card, 6800 gt looks like the best deal in that price range

 

[so_cal_forever]

For that price, you'd be better off geting him an A64 3000+ and a nice, cheap board like the VNF3-250. I'd say at least an A64 2800+ though...