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Old 03-03-2006, 05:10 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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This is my current system. (Both will be used for games)

3.4GHz Intel Prescott CPU
ATI radeon X800XT
1GB samsung DDR2 Ram
160 GB HDD
Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 (Rev 2)
Dont know complete specs...

This is the specs of the system im going to buy and build...

-Maxtor 6V200E0 200GB SATA300 7200rpm 8MB Cache - OEM
-EVGA Nvidia GF 7800GT 256Mb DDR PCI-E TV DVI Vivo Fan 256bit Retail
-Hiper 580W Type-R Modular PSU
-NEC ND3550A 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer Internal IDE (Black) - OEM
-LG GCE8527BL 52x32x52x CD-RW Internal IDE (Black) - OEM
-AMD Athlon 64 (ADA3800BVBOX) X2 3800+ Socket 939 Dual Core 2.0ghz 512Kb and 512Kb Cache
-Ebuyer Extra Value Ram Heat Spreader Aluminium Silver
-3Com Etherlink XL 10/100 RJ45 Network Interface Card
-CRUCIAL 1GB DDR PC3200 400MHz 184-PIN UNBUFF 128MX64 Memory Modules x2 = 2GB RAM
-Asus A8N-SLI SE Socket 939 Nvidia NF4 SLI ATX - Sound, Giga Lan USB 2.0 1000MHz FSB SATA

Im just making sure ill see a better performance from the PC im building comapred to my old system

Hope somebody can help
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the memory alone is a big increase.

the 1Ghz system bus on the mobo is good, most i have seen...

i dont know AMD's that good, but a 3800 isnt that much...
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The AMD setup will out do the first easy.
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The AMD setup will out do the first easy.
EXACTLY what i wanted to hear!!!! Great.
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Just do yourself a favor and dont buy a maxtor drive. Go with Western Digital or Seagate.
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Just do yourself a favor and dont buy a maxtor drive. Go with Western Digital or Seagate.
OkeyDokey, you got any more suggestions or is the system looking fine?

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Your motherboard has in integrated NIC, why buy another? Yes, everything else looks good.
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NIC means network card right? Thanks, if my motherboard has one ill that off my list right away
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Yes and yes.
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I took the NIC away and upgraded the hard drive to this, witch i personly think looks way better...

Western Digital WD2500KS Caviar SE 250GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 16MB Cache - OEM

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