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Suggestions on this rig?

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Ratha

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Im posting this for a friend, so here goes:

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I'm looking at upgrading my current system, but am on a bit of a budget due to creppy job syndrom and school. I have put together a bt of money and can afford the following on the list. I was wondering if anyone had any comments or suggestions on what I have down. Thanks in advance.

Ati Radeon 9800 Pro $222
http://www.buyxtremegear.com/ati9800128o.html

Abit NF7 nForce2 ULTRA 400 OEM ATX Http://www.gameve.com/gve/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?sku=MB-ABIT-012 $69

AMD ATHLON XP DESKTOP 2500+ SOCKET A MODEL 8 CPU 333MHZ FSB RETAIL BOX http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage.php3?sid=92168d88p9kc33n&id=1000721 $87

Cooler Master Aero 7+ Copper Heatsink/Fan with Blower $24


Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 512MB(256MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-451&depa=1 $114

Video Card: $222.00
Motherboard: $69.00
Processor: $111.00
Ram: $114.00

$516.00
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Any ideas you guys might have to further inform him of his purchase ideas would be greatly appreciated, i have a few ideas, but if you can toss some of em out there and add to the pile, it would help us out.


Ratha
 
For now, I would say that it is a good looking AMD system. And the price on that 9800 Pro from the official ATI batch is impressive, nice find.

I don't know what else to tell you except you've picked out a nice system to keep him happy for at least a year or two.

Personally, depending on hard drive space preferences, I would also suggest the Western Digital 80 GB "Special Edition" with the 8 mb cache. It's a nice size and the performance is perfect for its price. No complaints from me and I have one.

If you also want to throw in a cheap DVD drive that'll play movies, I'd suggest an Artec 16x. However, do NOT purchase their CD-RW drives, as they are horrid. Bad experience with it. Stick to Lite-on for burning.

Dark Assassin
 
Looks good so far. Does he already have a PSU, case, HDD?

Good find on that card, BTW.
 
Perhaps my biggest question is that if he got the mentioned system, concerning the motherboard, what are the overclocking options on that board, i mean in the future if he wants to bump his FSB up to 400mhz, would that be easily possible with that board, as versus the NF7-S 2.0 (I have a 2.0 myself, and havnt bumped my fsb up yet, but i intend on doing it relatively soon) but i dont know anything about the way the standard NF7 board preforms, or handles overclocking.

And for the price difference.. (~40) i dont think i could convince him to goto a NF7-S 2.0

Any information about that boards overclocking would help out alot. Thanks again guys.


Ratha
 
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