- Sep 20, 2003
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Been about 3 years since I've upgraded and it's about time. Wanted to post and see what you guys think since I haven't paid 100% attention to the market lately and I might have made a bonehead choice or two.
All prices = Egg
Storage and optical drives are taken care of.
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COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN1-GP Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid
$59.99 + 25.00 Mail-in Rebate
MSI K9N Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$108.99
XFX PV-T73G-UDD3 Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$185.99
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply - Retail
$89.99
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory
$219.00 + $40.00 Mail-in Rebate
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200CUBOX - Retail
$185.00
Total:
~$850
after rebates + shipping:
~$800
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Reasons for some of the choices (i could be retarded...feel free to point out if I am):
AM2 socket/AMD X2:
Really wanted a dual core processor. Tired of slow application switch (photoshop/after effects/WoW in windowed mode). Core 2 Duo is quite new and the price/performance increase doesn't seem worth it at this point in time. I don't really feel like waiting for more variety and if I'm not mistaken, the AM2 socket will have plenty of upgrade options in the future, especially when AMD goes to 65nm.
7600GT:
Don't want to blow the cash for the ATI X1k series when dx10 is coming. Is there a better/cheaper alternative here that will still give me decent eye candy now if I'm planning to upgrade in 6-8 months?
Current system (staying intact except moving my SATA HD to the new box):
All prices = Egg
Storage and optical drives are taken care of.
======================================================
COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN1-GP Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid
$59.99 + 25.00 Mail-in Rebate
MSI K9N Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$108.99
XFX PV-T73G-UDD3 Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$185.99
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply - Retail
$89.99
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory
$219.00 + $40.00 Mail-in Rebate
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200CUBOX - Retail
$185.00
Total:
~$850
after rebates + shipping:
~$800
======================================================
Reasons for some of the choices (i could be retarded...feel free to point out if I am):
AM2 socket/AMD X2:
Really wanted a dual core processor. Tired of slow application switch (photoshop/after effects/WoW in windowed mode). Core 2 Duo is quite new and the price/performance increase doesn't seem worth it at this point in time. I don't really feel like waiting for more variety and if I'm not mistaken, the AM2 socket will have plenty of upgrade options in the future, especially when AMD goes to 65nm.
7600GT:
Don't want to blow the cash for the ATI X1k series when dx10 is coming. Is there a better/cheaper alternative here that will still give me decent eye candy now if I'm planning to upgrade in 6-8 months?
Current system (staying intact except moving my SATA HD to the new box):
ABIT IC-7 P4 2.4c 1gig ram 9800 pro