Upgrading my pc. Dunno which to choose

[Gretzky]

Right now i got the following:
BIOSTAR m7vkd
1.1 T-Bird
512SDRAM (2 sticks of generic and 1 stick of Crucial)
Maxtor 40gig 7200rpm
TNT1 AGP [ Pure owange ]
PioneerDVD rom
PlexWriter 12/10/32A, SB Live!
300w Sparkle PSU

Im saving the DVD rom, CDrw drive, sound card,hard drive and the powersupply. Im kinda worried that the 300watt psu might be not enough.

-=amd=-

AMD ATHLON XP 2600 /333 FSB PROCESSOR CPU- OEM = 275
Epox Motherboard for AMD Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron Processors, Model# EP-8RDA+ = 132
Samsung Original DDR333 PC-2700 256MB CAS2.5 - OEM Version = 60 x2 = 120
AALBATRON GeForce 4 TI4200P TURBO (NVIDIA GeForce4 TI4200 GPU), 128MB DDR, DVI+VGA TV-Out. w/DVI adaptor = 188
Arctic Silver's NEW Premium Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 3. 3-gram( 1 cc. ) tube = 6.00

= 721

-=intel=-

Intel Pentium 4 2.4BGHz 512K 533MHz CPU Northwood P478 - retail- = 190
ABIT IT7 MAX2 ver.2.0 Intel 845PE chipset ATX motherboard Retail = 170
CORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series 512MB 32MX8 PC-3200C2 With Heat Spreader = 183
AALBATRON GeForce 4 TI4200P TURBO (NVIDIA GeForce4 TI4200 GPU), 128MB DDR, DVI+VGA TV-Out. w/DVI adaptor = 188
Arctic Silver's NEW Premium Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 3. 3-gram( 1 cc. ) tube = 6.00

= 737

 

[Drewpy]

Well, if you can get the C1 steppin of the Intel P4 it will probably give you a much greater OC than the AMD.

As for your power supply, Sparkle is a great brand, and you should have no problems at all running your new gear. Just check that the +3.3 and +5 rails add up to around 200W, and you should be fine.

 

[PCMarine]

Originally posted by: Gretzky
-=amd=-

AMD ATHLON XP 2600 /333 FSB PROCESSOR CPU- OEM = 275
Epox Motherboard for AMD Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron Processors, Model# EP-8RDA+ = 132
Samsung Original DDR333 PC-2700 256MB CAS2.5 - OEM Version = 60 x2 = 120
AALBATRON GeForce 4 TI4200P TURBO (NVIDIA GeForce4 TI4200 GPU), 128MB DDR, DVI+VGA TV-Out. w/DVI adaptor = 188
Arctic Silver's NEW Premium Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 3. 3-gram( 1 cc. ) tube = 6.00

= 721

What I would do to cut costs is pop in a XP 2100+ ("temporarily") as youll save almost $200 for little performance drop. Then when the hammer comes out, you can pick up an XP for dirt cheap or a Barton.

 

[Hockeyfan6781]

PCMarine has a great point!!!!! Can't wait til the Hammers come out so i can pickup a 2800 or higher cheap!