good setup?

[JoeFaheyx]

Hi, is this a good setup for an extreme gamer and minor movie editor

hard drive- sea gate 120 gb 7200 rpm (sata)
drive- 16x dvd-rom
mobo- Shuttle "AN35N-Ultra" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU
processor- amd athlon xp 2800
video card- 9800 pro saphire or x800...........not sure what to get

 

[johnjkr1]

If you are talking about the 9800 pro sapphire on newegg for $170, there is alot of discussion about it. Apparently it is not a true 9800 pro since it has a 128bit memory bus. Avoid that card, and go for a real 9800pro. If you have a big pile of cash, then get the x800. Also, I had a AN35N, great board, except it can suffer from "coil whine" very easily.

 

[JoeFaheyx]

there are so many 9800 pros, could you put the link for the good one at newegg.com
THANKS

 

[johnjkr1]

any one other than the $170 are good. sapphire and ATI both make good cards.

 

[justin1466]

just ordered my ATI 9800 pro (256-bit) today. I was so close to ordering the x800 but i dont think my processor could really unleash its full potential. I here Sapphire is good but i spent the extra $20 and got a built by ATI.
I pretty much built my rig for gaming. Processor hasn't let me down once. oh, you should consider 1 GB of ram instead of 512, games run noticeably smoother, well at least for me

 

[gordanfreeman]

may i inquire as to what 'coil whine' is???

 

[huesmann]

Apparently the coils on the mobo (little wire-wound circles) sometimes make a whining noise.