Which Parts?

[shaft]

I'm gonna rebuild my gaming puter, I just want to know if these are good choices, here goes

CPU- AMD X2 4200
Mobo-Epox EP 9NPAJ
Ram- Corsair XMS 2 X 1gb
Video- Evga 256-P2-N563-AX 7900GT

I will be using my same 2 Maxtor 160gb SATA hd's that i currently have, this comes out to $1,024 shipped , any better ideas on how to spend a grand?

my current pc is an amd 2500@3200, 1gb ddr 400, Geforce 6800np unlocked, how much better will this new one be?

 

[WhyYouLoveMe]

If you're not going to overclock your system very much then just get the value RAM. i.e.: Crucial Value, Corsair Value, OCZ Perf...

The XMS will get you all of 1-2% performance increases at stock speeds.

Everything else looks yummy.

 

[WC Annihilus]

Ya, as he said, if not ocing too much, value is better. XMS is actually very overpriced with more competitive and oc-friendly stuff is like $20-40 cheaper. For the CPU, I'd personally go with the Opty 170 and OC it up, but that's just me <shrugs>

 

[shaft]

but how sure of an oc' are you gonna get tho

 

[WhyYouLoveMe]

but how sure of an oc' are you gonna get tho

Hardly any with the value stuff. Which leads us back to....

Are you going to overclock?

 

[WC Annihilus]

Well actually, you may be surprised by what value is able to do. Corsair uses all different chips in their's so if you're lucky, you could get some UCCC ones.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=3619&highlight=overclock

 

[PWMK2]

I had no idea what an Evga 256-P2-N563-AX was until I looked up the model number and found out that it's a 7900GT... just in case anyone else was wondering.

 

[WhyYouLoveMe]

Well actually, you may be surprised by what value is able to do. Corsair uses all different chips in their's so if you're lucky, you could get some UCCC ones.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=3619&highlight=overclock

It's a crapshoot. Just don't expect big things from overclocking value ram and you'll be pleasantly surprised. They switch mem chips on those things fairly often.

 

[WC Annihilus]

O so true... It's like a hodgepodge of chips, or w/e you want to call it. They don't even keep track of what chips they put in em.

 

[shaft]

i was referring to oc'ing the opty 170

 

[WC Annihilus]

i was referring to oc'ing the opty 170

You're never sure! That's what makes things fun! It's a total luck of the draw. Either way, you get a good stepping or you get a bad stepping. Stepping is the only absolute way of even POSSIBLY guessing your overclock.

 

[WhyYouLoveMe]

i was referring to oc'ing the opty 170

Alrighty then.

Overclocking - Spend da money on da RAM
NOT overclocking - Save da money on da RAM