My computer just died tonight. 800 MHz Athlon, 640 mb of good Crucial SDRAM, on an Abit KT7 board. The CPU has gone through a lot of my crap. Overclocking to 1 GHz, me beating the hell out of it by improperly attaching a Thermaltake Golden Orb(causing me destroy one of the corners of the core of the processor...and yes, it still ran for 2 years after I physically removed a portion of the core), and just running for 360 out of the 365 days a year. So its time for me to jump for new gear. My video card is relatively new (ATI Radeon 8500 w/ 128 MB DDR), so I think I'll keep that, along with my SB Live soundcard. The rest, I'm planning for an Abit IS7 w/ an Intel 865PE chipset (yes, the Asus P4C800-E would be lovely, but I don't have $100 extra currently) with a Intel P4 2.6C GHz CPU retail boxed, and 2 256 MB sticks of Corsair TwinX PC3200LL (2-2-2-5 supposedly achievable - for you memory timing whores). For that, the total comes to $463 shipped from NewEgg.com. And I'm not really planning to overclock at all.
Anyways, I'm getting off topic. I currently have an Antec 300W PS, that runs my Athlon pretty cleanly w/ a CD-RW, DVD-ROM, 2 HDs, 1 TV card, the Radeon 8500, the SB Live, and a 3Com 905-TX. No glitches that can be traced back to the PS. My video card doesn't seem to be too power hungry, but then again, I've never been able to run the new games that would actually put a load on the video GPU. So, should a new PS in order for me? Also, should I look elsewhere for a quiet HSF? I was thinkin' about just being lazy and getting the retail boxed P4...but if I'm looking for something quiet and reliable, should I be looking elsewhere? I had the SVC GC68 on my old Athlon w/ a quiet 28 dB Vantec fan, which I loved. But sadly, SVC doesn't make it for the Socket 478. Any ideas on what's a cheap, efficient solution for the Socket 478? Thanks in advance.
Anyways, I'm getting off topic. I currently have an Antec 300W PS, that runs my Athlon pretty cleanly w/ a CD-RW, DVD-ROM, 2 HDs, 1 TV card, the Radeon 8500, the SB Live, and a 3Com 905-TX. No glitches that can be traced back to the PS. My video card doesn't seem to be too power hungry, but then again, I've never been able to run the new games that would actually put a load on the video GPU. So, should a new PS in order for me? Also, should I look elsewhere for a quiet HSF? I was thinkin' about just being lazy and getting the retail boxed P4...but if I'm looking for something quiet and reliable, should I be looking elsewhere? I had the SVC GC68 on my old Athlon w/ a quiet 28 dB Vantec fan, which I loved. But sadly, SVC doesn't make it for the Socket 478. Any ideas on what's a cheap, efficient solution for the Socket 478? Thanks in advance.
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