Future System - Please Review.

[Farwalker1]

Hello all,

Can I get your thoughts and opinions on a machine I am looking to buy?

I built my computer last time, but this time I decided to just go with a prebuilt system.

So ibuypower.com is where I am looking to purchase the computer. They seem to have a nice blend of system components, excellent price and good testimonials.

Any good/bad experiences with them?

Lastly here are the system specs:
ASUS A7N8X-DX Deluxe MB (Fastest board from reviews)
420 Watt Power Supply - Thermal temp LCD display on case
AMD Barton XP 2500+ (Price point seems to be the sweetest)
1 gig of DDR-400
WD Special Edition 120 GB 7200 8mb cache HD
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128 mbs
16x DVD
52x24x52 CD-RW
Creative Labs Audigy-2 6.1
Creative Labs Inspire 5200 5.1 Speakers (Just for fun - I wear headphones)
10/100 onboard LAN
Microsoft Optical mouse/Internet Keyboard/Round Cables for all wiring/Windows XP

I am getting a price of 1695.00 for above and a few small other things.


Please be brutal on the system. It is going to be used for gaming and our 3d animation work.

I am trying to hit the sweet spot between performance and price.

Finally, is it worth to wait till September/October for the Athlon 64? Or should I get a Pentium 4 system now and have the ability to upgrade the cpu later on? Seems like the AMD 3200+ is the last chip they will make. How fast do you think the P 4 will get?

Thanks for your help!

Justin

 

[thraxes]

Just one word: DROOOOL

looks nice, can't say anything about the price though - it is way out of my league.

 

[MikeMike]

intel might go higher, not sure if prescott will require new connector or not (with intel it probably will)

can you turn on ur private msgs. so i can talk to you privately too?

 

[waylman]

Definately awesome. Lose the Audigy and use the onboard sound on your mobo to save a little cash.

 

[Farwalker1]

Thanks for the reponses! Much appreciated.

nourdmrolNMT1: Private message is on. Sorry about that.

Questions: Do you think the 2500+ Barton is fast enough to take full advantage of the Radeon 9800?

Also, if I go with an Intel P4, what MB should I buy with it? I have been in AMD land so long that I haven't been keeping track of the Intel world

Thanks again for the help!

Justin

 

[MikeMike]

pm me, i cant seem to get to pm you. or im me at pball4evr