Help! plz

[at524]

I am looking to build a new PC. Thinking about XP2500 333FSB (ps scan.co.uk say only this can i assume it is 512 cache??), Corsair 512Mb DDR PC3200, 120Gb Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA (ATA-150) (7200rpm, 8MB Cache), EPOX 8KRA2+ KT600 DDR400 400fsb x8AGP +Lan+USB2+ATA133 RAID+SATA+6CH Audio+1394, Any well cooled case, CDRW, DVD, average sound (onbrd) and i don't need a monitor or GPU. I have £600 to spend can anyone see anywhere my spec could be improved?

Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

[at524]

ps I am looking to overclock so keep that in mind
+ what TYPE of wireless keyboard/rodents are best?

 

[newbiepcuser]

Why the KT600 over nForce 2? nForce2 still outperforms the KT600 is I do recall. You would then have to get two sticks of RAM to take advantage of dual channel DDR i.e. 2 x256 or 2 x512mb.


Asus, Epox and I've heard from other members, the Epox boards are pretty good for overclocking.

Make sure its revision 2 on those boards, or the latest revision.

 

[at524]

Thanks.

What Epox boards have nforce2?

 

[newbiepcuser]

Epox Motherboard for AMD Processors 8RDA3+ Retail
Specifications:
Supported CPU:AMD Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron
Chipset:Nvidia Nforce2 SPP Chipset + Nvidia Nforce2 MCP
FSB:400MHz
RAM:3 x DDR SDRAM PC3200, 3GB max.
IDE: 2 x E/IDE Ultra DMA/133, 4 drives max.
Slots:1x AGP8X and 5x PCI 32bit
Ports:2xPS2, 2xCOM,1xLPT,4xUSB and Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: Sound C-Media CMI9739 6-channel full duplex
Onboard LAN: Dual Realtek 10/100 Ports
Onboard SATA: Promise Serial ATA controller, with 2 ports


If you goto the motherboard forums, I think you can do a search on it. Plenty of good info. Don't count out the Asus or Abit either.