Time To Upgrade Me

[PawNtheSandman]

Looking to upgrade.

Current system

AMD FX-51 940
1 gb of registered DDR400
Asus SK8N motherboard
Nvidia 6800+ 128mb

Thinking about this set up

Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO 2GB Kit DDR433 XMS3500
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe
And 7800 series PCI-X with dvi and vga out.

Can anyone point out anything wrong, or make other suggestions or suggest a video card? Also how much do you think I can make for the cpu/ram/mb/vid package I have now?

 

[discochan]

Personally I think you should spend more money on your graphics card and get a 7800 GTX instead of the top of the line 4800+

If you play games I think you'll see more performance that way

 

[PawNtheSandman]

Good point. I can get a 4400+ and oc it. I plan on having an XP-120 and a 120mm panaflo on it.

 

[mash]

Go for an opteron 170 and spend any extra $ for nice cooling.

 

[discochan]

I think the 4400+ is the max I would go on the CPU route.

Then you can use the extra 150 to get the GTX.

Or you could get the 3800+ and spend the extra 300 on another 7800 GT for an SLI setup.

For the most part you can make up the lost clock speeds OCing, and your mobo is supposed to be excellent for that.

 

[PawNtheSandman]

How does this look?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Processor Socket 939 Retail $469.00
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI $244.99
Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO 2GB Kit DDR433 $304.00
XFX PV-T70G-UDE7 Geforce 7800 GT Overclocked PCI Express 256MB $299.99
Subtotal: $1317.98

 

[discochan]

Sweet enjoy!

 

[Axman]

If you wait a couple of months you will be able to purchase DirectX 10 video cards (for Vista).

 

[PawNtheSandman]

No matter what it is always wait a few months

First it was wait a few months for sli, then wait a few months for dual core, then wait a few months for 7800, now it is wait a few months for the new AMD chips and directx 10

There is always something new coming, no matter what, you will have to bite sometime. You can't always be on the bleeding edge of technology. That is unless you have a big wallet.

 

[Axman]

I wouldn't have suggested as much if I didn't think your rig had a little left in it; but you're right, it's your decision.