hey guys since I'm not really into the technical aspects of PC's all that much I hoped I could obtain some of your expert advice 🙂 The rig is to be mainly used for gaming, some multimedia and the occasional lanning and I will be making the purchase in the next month. So far this is what I have come up with, roughly:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ ($420)
Asus K8V Deluxe ($160)
Corsair PC4000 512MB DDR ($180)
Seagate 160GB 7200RPM 8MB SATA ($130)
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB ($305)
Samsung 172T-Silver 17" LCD ($560)
Plextor 8X DVD-RW +RW DVD Recorder ($230)
Lian Li PC-60 + P/S ($140)
Creative Audigy 1 ($55)
Total: 2180
And hopefully, a forcefeedback wheel and a Zalman 6.1 pair of headphones.
While I do think it's a bit too expensive I really don't want to take any significant shortcuts, considering I'm upgrading from a pentium 3 🙁 That's why I really want this system to last 2-3 years, with the ability to upgrade from there. I do have a few concerns though. First, will the A64's be significantly cheaper in a month's time, and should I stall until then? Secondly, I'm also considering the Radeon 9800 TX since I was planning to get HL2, but then again the PRO will become cheaper as a result. And finally with the LCD; although I have given significant thought to investing in a 19"/21" CRT, I'm really leaning the way of the LCD for its size, weight, etc. Only concern with it is its price, and its 25ms respond time, although I plan on testing it in store to check for ghosting, etc.
Well I would really appreciate all of your advice, regarding the specs and especially, its futureproofability (haha what other word is there!). Thanks in advance.
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ ($420)
Asus K8V Deluxe ($160)
Corsair PC4000 512MB DDR ($180)
Seagate 160GB 7200RPM 8MB SATA ($130)
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB ($305)
Samsung 172T-Silver 17" LCD ($560)
Plextor 8X DVD-RW +RW DVD Recorder ($230)
Lian Li PC-60 + P/S ($140)
Creative Audigy 1 ($55)
Total: 2180
And hopefully, a forcefeedback wheel and a Zalman 6.1 pair of headphones.
While I do think it's a bit too expensive I really don't want to take any significant shortcuts, considering I'm upgrading from a pentium 3 🙁 That's why I really want this system to last 2-3 years, with the ability to upgrade from there. I do have a few concerns though. First, will the A64's be significantly cheaper in a month's time, and should I stall until then? Secondly, I'm also considering the Radeon 9800 TX since I was planning to get HL2, but then again the PRO will become cheaper as a result. And finally with the LCD; although I have given significant thought to investing in a 19"/21" CRT, I'm really leaning the way of the LCD for its size, weight, etc. Only concern with it is its price, and its 25ms respond time, although I plan on testing it in store to check for ghosting, etc.
Well I would really appreciate all of your advice, regarding the specs and especially, its futureproofability (haha what other word is there!). Thanks in advance.
