Help is needed! CAN'T DECIDE WHAT TO BUY!

ANY2

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I have decided on the following:

EpoX EP-4BDA
P4 "NorthWood" 1.6(A)GHz
256MB Samsung PC2700 RAM
Hercules 3D Prophet FDX 8500LE
Task P4 Case + 300W PSU (P4 approved)
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 60GB

What do you think?

I'm planning on overclocking that "Woody" to 2.4GHz!
Is my setup up to it?
The EpoX board is supposed to be a perfect match to my O/C project, along with a stick of PC2700 RAM with Samsung made chips on it!

I am still confused about my V.Card and case.

Firstly, I heard it is very important to have a brand name PSU, especially for O/C. But I don't have any money left... What should I do??

Secondly, will the V.Card be sufficent enough for today's games? I also heard that by flashing its Bios to an ATi Radeon 8500 one, I can get it to work at 275/275 speeds with no problems. Is it true, or are the card's abilities limited from factory?

I thank you for any information given!
 

oldfart

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I like it.

EpoX EP-4BDA The Epox board is the best 845 board currently available
P4 "NorthWood" 1.6(A)GHz But, of course!
256MB Samsung PC2700 RAM Samsung is a good choice. I'd go 512 if you could
Hercules 3D Prophet FDX 8500LE GF4 4200 is supposed to be out very soon. Maybe go for one of them?
Task P4 Case + 300W PSU (P4 approved) I like the Antec Plus660 Comes with the nice True330 PS
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 60GB a little on the slow side (but quiet). I'd go WD or Maxtor
 

MWWInc

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I pretty much agree with oldfart. The GeForce4 Ti4200 should be out soon at ~$170 for the 64MB version, which will have faster RAM than the 128MB version for ~$200. If you wanna stay with ATi, at least get a full-fledged 8500, not the LE version. And you might wanna check out the Western Digital WD600BB for a good 60GB hard drive. Not as quite as the Seagate, but faster. Overall, nice choices. :)
 

ANY2

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Thanks you guys!

The problem is that i live in Israel.

So, the Ti4200 will arrive here very late and would cost a lot more than it does in the US (trust me on this one...), as most of the products!

As for the LE, a "real" Radeon 8500 costs in Israel 50% more than the LE version. sometimes even twice as much!


Does the WD 60GB drive have an 8MB buffer?
 

oldfart

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In that case, the 8500 LE should be fine. The WD 60 GB does not have an 8 meg buffer, but it is still a faster drive. Your specs look good. Get whatever is the best bang for the $$ where you live.
 

ANY2

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10x oldfart!

Looking forward to having a sig such as yours!

Are you familier with memory sticks offered by 'TwinMOS'?

Those are the only sticks that have Samsung made chips on them, where I live.
Should I still go with those or with the Mushkin PC2700 RAM, which is far expensive?

 

oldfart

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No exp with TwinMos, but have heard good things. As long as it is Samsung PC2700, you should be fine.