I've been without a desktop/internet for a month now.

[d2arcturus]

I am finally buying my new computer. I am a college student student so I'd obviously like to save money. With the new socket coming out next year along with DDR2, I'm not going to go all out with the processor and RAM. Battlefield 2 is the most technically demanding game I play. I don't do much multitasking at all and might as well wait until next year or so to go dual core.

I have the hard drives, optical drives, peripherals, and free WinXP Pro (muwahaha).
Here is the list I have so far:

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ w/ XP90 and Panaflo NMB-MAT (48CFM)
DFI NF4 Ultra-D or EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra (whichever is cheaper)
OCZ Value Series 2x512MB 2.5 (upgrade to 2GB?)
eVGA/BFG 7800GT (upgrade to GTX?)
Antec P180 /w Fortron Blue Storm 500W

How does this look? I don't really want to upgrade to 2GB because of the new socket coming soon, and it is not absolutely necessary. Should I upgrade to the GTX for about $100-150 CDN more? Is there anything new that I can replace stuff up there with that is better bang for the buck?

Thanks in advance.

 

[chrisrod01]

How does it feel to be living like a hippe? JK
Epox is cheaper and has the same feature as the DFI
2 GIG of ram is way better for BF2 (thats you decision if you want to upgrade it) if you do get 2*1gig
Dont upgrade to gtx its fine
perfect

 

[d2arcturus]

Originally posted by: chrisrod01
How does it feel to be living like a hippe? JK
Epox is cheaper and has the same feature as the DFI
2 GIG of ram is way better for BF2 (thats you decision if you want to upgrade it) if you do get 2*1gig
Dont upgrade to gtx its fine
perfect

Last month I've seen the DFI cheaper, and the EPoX has limited availability in Canada.
I dont know if I want to get 2GB of RAM, DDR2 next year... I may upgrade, well probably not.

But so what I hear is, if I spend a little extra on anything, it should be the RAM correct? Hmm maybe I will for stuff like BF2, D&D Online, Oblivian, etc.