Upgrading Finally!

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{NG}Fidel

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Ok for a long while I have planned on upgrading my system.
I am just now getting to it. The lag was mainly due to working to get my brothers computer upgraded as well (Identicle to mine).
Anyways I am going to keep my HDD's, Ram, Disk Drives, Case, Monitor OS and all that other jazz. What I am going to do is get an ASUS A8N-E coupled with an AMD3700 64.
Since this means I need more power I am going with a SeaSonic S12-430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply Non Sli Certified but I dont need that regardless.
And to finish the upgrade circle I need a PCIe Graphics Card. Well I decided to go with two (One for Each PC) X1800XTs 256Vram. Note that I dont need any reviews on the card I know what it can do.
All I want to know is if you guys think thats a good setup. Form the Board to the PSU.
Well?
Thanks Guys!
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they are nice choices. but with the psu, i'd still get the sli. i have a seasonic s12-600, i wanted to mod my psu and cut off the sli cables, thank God i din't. because i used to have a 7600gs, and i was sable to trade it for a 7800 Gtx plus 100$ and now i recently purchased another 7800gtx for 175$ on the for sale forum. what i try to say is, leave urself options/room to upgrade later on, u'll never know.
 
So The Boards a proven board? Because I honestly dont know what to look for with the new N Forces.
 
Thats almost exactly what I'm using (except for a Enermax 430W PSU and slower cpu).
Performance is superb.
My 3000+ gets a 50% overclock to 2.7GHz, default volts in the Asus A8N-E.
In my previous AGP motherboard it did 2.6GHz with the same Cooler, PSU and Ram (the motherboard and ram werent maxed btw).

The X1800XT is my first ATI card and its a blinder. Well worth every penny.
A very strong performer.
 
Thats Good to hear, ever since I saw the X1800XT I thought I would get it. Mainly since I knew I wasnt buying any cards soon and when I did a new top of the line card would come out letting me take advantage of some crazy pricing. Regardless I upped my Proc to a 4000 with some more money out of my pocket keeping my bros at 3700 since he doesnt care.
 
Another Question is, allthough I am simply upgrading this PC and not building a new PC entirely, would I have to buy a new copy of Windows XP? Or would I simply activate by calling Microsoft?
My Other parts are just being sold the case and HDD are remaining the same.
 
Dont worry, if you do need to call MS, explain you are upgrading (make your own reasons) and they will activate you.
In theory the OEM version of XP is only for the machine it was purchased for but they seem to be unbothered as long as you only use it on one machine.
 
Thankfully I bought the full Pro Upgrade retail from the start. But this is good to hear regardless.
 
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