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DragonFire

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Hey all,

I'm looking for some suggestions on a few parts I want to upgrade.


Right now I have a Soyo KT-333 Plant running at XP 2000+ with 786 megs of PC2700 ram.


I was thinking of getting an AMP XP2500+ but Im not sure about the motherboard.

I know some like the Asus delux board whice others like Gigbyte or Abit. Id like suggestions on what to get it.

I am a gamer, I would like the board to have SATA and firewire as well. I do plan to overclock a little (200mhz over rated at most). It would also be nice if the onboard sound has a optical connetor like the Soyo board but its not a must.

Then going with whatever board you suggest, what ram would you suggest I get? I dont need the biggest and greatest but I dont want cheap either. I would like to have at least 786 megs but would really like to have a gig.


Now the fun part, the most that I want to spend is $400. Can this even be done at that price?
 
get an ABIT NF7-S rev. 2 over at excalibur PC and get a 2500+ from pretyt much anywhere......newegg is dishing out the newer chips however 🙂 and get a stick or 512mb or a a twinx kit from corsair and let her rip. $400 bucks should be more than enough to clear all that and still leave you change 🙂
 
well I went looking and for the Abit, 2500+, and a 512 twin pack. it would costs almost $500. Can I ask where your looking at for memory prices cheap enough to keep it in under $400 like your saying it should?
 
Just pick up some Buffalo 3200 (one 512 stick) from newegg. It's got the winbond CH-5 modules and will overclock like crazy. Dual channel advantage on the nf2 chipset is slim to none, so might as well clock it higher with one module.
 
Originally posted by: DragonFire
well I went looking and for the Abit, 2500+, and a 512 twin pack. it would costs almost $500. Can I ask where your looking at for memory prices cheap enough to keep it in under $400 like your saying it should?

nf7-s: 109 at exacliber
twinX or hyperx 2*256: $132/124 respectively newegg
2500+: $90 newegg


total is $331 if you get the Corsair kit and $323 if you get the HyperX kit
 
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