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Idea for build

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ding5550123

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I was thinking:

Asus P5ND2-SLI Motherboard
Intel P4 HT 524 Processer
Kingston 512 MB Memory
Maxtor 120 GB SATA HDD
ASUS EN6200LE Graphics Card

Windows XP Home (will upgrade to Pro when $$ is avalible)

I already have a PSU, Case, and CD-Drives

Good? Bad?
 
Mobo is overkill...even if you plan on buying a second videocard down the road, AFAIK you can't do SLI with the 6200 (things may have changed, I could be wrong).

If by "light gaming" you mean Minesweeper, the videocard will be fine. If you mean games released during the last three years that take advantage of DirectX 9 features, consider a 6600 or 6800 series card. If the lag becomes annoying, buy another...these GPUs will do SLI.

If you need XP Pro, bite the bullet now. If you don't need Pro features, don't spend the money on an upgrade.

Amount of RAM is enough.

I personally wouldn't buy Maxtor again.
 
By light gaming i mean sim city 4, Flight simulator X, ect.

i need a SERIOUS upgrade from my laptop graphics, (only 128 Megs of memory, of the 512 MB ram)
 
Originally posted by: ding5550123
By light gaming i mean sim city 4, Flight simulator X, ect.

i need a SERIOUS upgrade from my laptop graphics, (only 128 Megs of memory, of the 512 MB ram)
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Then you couldn't have chosen a worse videocard. It only has 64 megs on board, and will suck about 200 megs of very slow RAM.

Anyway, checked other threads, I'm out now. Good luck, have fun.
 
The components you've listed don't make a lot of sense (to me at least).

I could only find that board on a couple sites and it's $130. The processor is a P4 which is nothing I would recommend when you have the E6300 and Athlon64 available. That P4 is $76 - so your motherboard and proc total $206.

For about the same money, you could get this motherboard ($95) and this processor ($135) - and this allows you to keep SLI (which is a waste of time unless you're on a very short upgrade cycle - like 6 months or so). Also, it gives you a better processor (check out here for a comparison). When you remove SLI, you can save about another $40 and get more RAM.

That video card is awful - I know you're upgrading soon, but I think you should just get a decent one now and not waste anything on a 6200LE. That card costs about $40 - you can get a 6800XT for about $70 which is a much better card.

I also agree that Maxtor is not what I would choose. I've had several die on me.



 
ding:
1. SLI is not for light gaming so you do NOT need it. That means you should purchase a motherboard with a single PCI-E 16x slot but with either a better chipset and/or features or with the same specifications but a lower price.
2. Does your PSU have a separate ATX 12v motherboard connector? If not you will need a new PSU.
3. If you state a budget for the build then you will likely receive much more elaborate recommendations.
 
If you are planning on upgrading to XP pro later on, would it be reasonable for you to pick a free OS like linux until you get the cash? Otherwise, I would normally say, if you arent going to buy XP pro right away, then there is no reason to buy home and then a second copy later. 😕
 
Flight Simulator is light gaming?
For video, get a Geforce 6600 for minimum, and thats for "light game", and there is no reason to "upgrade" to XP Pro when you already have XP Home, might as well just get the XP Pro OEM.
 
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