GF going to buy me a new computer! please advise on parts.

[Maximus96]

my trusty old duron 700mhz was getting me 1ghz but its finally time i upgrade. my GF will take my duron rig as its still perfectly fine for email and intarweb. i need help on a few parts for my new machine

A64 3000 or 3200 - how do i tell the CG from C0, i don't see the AXBOX and ARBOX designation on newegg anymore, only see ADA3000AEP4AX. with air cooling, whats the average speed that i can over clock these too. if they overclock about the same, i'll get the 3000 and save a bit.

Zalman CNPS7000ACu - its a dollar difference between the AlCu and pure Cu, might as well spend that dollar, since my GF is buying.

1 gig of memory - i want to overclock, should i stick with pc3200 or go with pc3500? i don't think i saw any PC3500 for the likes of crucial/corsair/mushkin. but i didn't look that hard so i could be wrong.

i need a recommendation on the best overclocking motherboard. i hear good things about MSI but also bad things. i read good things about the Chaintec and its pretty cheap too.

160gig Seagate SATA HD

6800GT - which brand should i get, should i just go with whatever i can find in stock?

Antec P160 case

Antec 430 (or 480, i forget) True Power from old machine.

DVD & DVDR from old machine

old keyboard

Logitech MX510 mouse

did i miss anything? thanks in advance.

 

[CplusE]

ATHLON 64 is ideal for gaming, and forthcoming 64-bit computing.

6800GT is superb choice, and the actual performances of various brands are very close.

How about your display? it seems you didn't mention that.

 

[Yanagi]

Seems really fine. You're a lucky man. My GF would NEVER, I repeat, NEVER buy me a computer. She would LEND me money for me to buy it, but never give it to me.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Yanagi
Seems really fine. You're a lucky man. My GF would NEVER, I repeat, NEVER buy me a computer. She would LEND me money for me to buy it, but never give it to me.

Maybe you should marry her then?

 

[Maximus96]

Originally posted by: CplusE
ATHLON 64 is ideal for gaming, and forthcoming 64-bit computing.

6800GT is superb choice, and the actual performances of various brands are very close.

How about your display? it seems you didn't mention that.

i'm using my 21" CRT from the old machine. i need recommendations for motherboard, and ram speed please.

 

[jpeyton]

my advice:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=1371717&enterthread=y

 

[Maximus96]

thanks for your advice, but it doesn't help much since its a one-size-fit-all deal. i need to choose between A64 3000+ and 3200+ , pc3200 and pc3500 memory, and between chaintec and epox mobo. does any actual owners of these parts have any input?

 

[Polishwonder74]

Aw man, you got yourself a sugar momma?

Does she have a sister?

 

[desertfox04]

Go with the Chaintech vnf3-250, unless you need the onboard gigabyte LAN or really really want a hardware firewall. Go with the 2800+ and PC3200 ram if you don't care about overclocking and the 3000+ and http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-156-012&depa=0 , if you do want to over clock.

P.S. What would posses your GF to buy you a gaming computer? Does she know what's going to happen when you get Doom III / Half Life 2?