Worth the Change ????

[JV2112]

I am upgrading my curent rig from


Abit AT7-Max2 w/ AMD Xp 2700

Geil PC 3500 1GB

Raedeon 9700 Pro

Seagate 120 SATA 150

Enermax 435 PS

Cheiftec Mid Tower

To :



ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE NFORCE4 SLI CHIPSET SOCKET 939

AMD ATHLON 64 3500+ 512K CACHE 64-BIT 939PIN RETAIL

GIGABYTE GH-PCU21-VG 3D CPU FAN (Not Sure on this one / will it cut it ?)

GEIL ULTRA PLATINUM 1GB PC4000 500MHz DUAL CHANNEL RETAIL

[PCI EXPRESS] CHAINTECH SE6600G 6600GT 128MB DDR3 RETAIL

SEAGATE 120GB/7200 SERIAL ATA HARD DRIVE 8MB OEM

THERMALTAKE SILENT PURE POWER 560W W/ACTIVE PFC RETAIL

KINGWIN TOOL LESS ALUMINUM CASE (SILVER)

My initial intent was to do an exrtreme upgrade (FX 55 / Twin Video Cards , Raptor drives on raid) but the price tage scared me away. So I decided to set myself up w/ a smaller upgrade w/ the option to expand as my budget does and give my old machine to my son as a upgrade for him. My question is how much of a visible difference will I see from my old rig to my new one.

Thoughts Welcome.



Thank You & Happy Holidays.

 

[Nightfall84]

You will never regret upgrading to A64.... *especially* when Windows x64 is released.

 

[JV2112]

Thanks for the input.

 

[tsuehpsyde]

I say go for it, and hell, toss the raptor's in there while you're at it They aren't that scary, price tag wise. When I first loaded them up, they diddn't seem too much faster other than a few distinct areas, but when I had to run my old HDD to attempt and troubleshoot some issues, man did it seems slow compared to my raptor raid

And try for a 6800NU PCI-E as well would be my suggestion...makes for a better upgrade later imo, but 6600GT isn't a bad card at all from what I can gather.

 

[darktiger]

I say yes...You will notice the change just from the Videocard alone....But the change in CPU is always a plus....Multitasking becomes a lot quicker, and games run a lot smoother...