Recent content by andyperrine

Basically I went with what Sniper said, only I spent a little more on CPU ($90 for a 3700+ san diego (1 meg l2 cache)) and a little more on graphics card (X1950 PRO vs a 7900GS). Looks like the GS's are coming down in price from when I was looking, so that might be a better buy now... I...

Just wanted to thank you guys for helping me decide how to upgrade my system... I have finally got it all up and running and it all runs great. Just thought I'd share some tips for other upgraders out there so they DON'T make the same mistakes I did. #1) Pay attention when installing the...

Funny, I just upgraded nearly the same system as you, after asking for advice, here is what I got: Asus A8N-E motherboard Athlon64 3700+ (San Diego) Powercolor Radeon X1950 PRO 256 MB 500W powersupply As long as your memory is DDR400 you can keep that, total cost was around $460 with...

Quick question, difference between the 3700+ san diego and the 3800+ venice? Any reason why I wouldn't choose the venice for a mere $7 more?

Well, Dave's picks seem to get me up and running right now, Firsttime sets me up for future upgrades. With your picks Dave, how long before I need to upgrade again? I got my system in March 2003, 3 and a half years is a pretty good run... however, how does on onboard 6100 run? Is it at least as...

My current system looks like this: INTEL(TM) PENTIUM-4 2.53 GHZ [533 FSB, NORTHWOOD, 512K] CPU AOPEN AX45-8XN SIS CHIPSET WITH 10/100 LAN/5.1 SOUND/USB2.0/8X AGP MB 512 MB DDR-400 PC3200 MHZ CORSAIR DDR400 EXTREME SPEED HIGH PERFORMANCE MEMORY ATI RADEON 9700 PRO 128MB DDR WESTERN DIGITAL...