Upgrading (what do you think of this?)

[Mattlock]

Getting closer to upgrading my current PIII 700@933 system (see below)

Looking for a good for overclocker for gaming, and some video editing

CPU: Athlon XP2100 rev B
HSF: Slk800 with Thermaltake Smartfan
M/B: Epox nforce2 (good bit cheaper than Asus)
Ram: Corsair 2x 256mb 3200
Video Card*: Radeon 9500 or 9500 pro?
PSU: Antec True430

*Not sure about the video card. I need a card that has good capture capabilities so I can capture 8mm video tapes. Possibly 9500 All in Wonder but not sure if it is out yet.

Any thoughts?

Mattlock

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

i think ati, only the AIW cards have vivo, right?

so id get aiw card...8500 is a good one...and if 9500 has it out yet

other than that looks good to me

 

[Mattlock]

Thanks Champion

 

[Budmantom]

Don't forget the DVD burner.

 

[techfuzz]

Ram: Corsair 2x 256mb 3200

A single stick of 512MB overclocks better than 2x 256MB. Do yourself a favor and get a single piece of memory if you're overclockin'

techfuzz

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: techfuzz

Ram: Corsair 2x 256mb 3200

A single stick of 512MB overclocks better than 2x 256MB. Do yourself a favor and get a single piece of memory if you're overclockin'

techfuzz

I thought that the NForce2 boards benefit from 2 sticks of memory.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Budmantom

Originally posted by: techfuzz

Ram: Corsair 2x 256mb 3200

A single stick of 512MB overclocks better than 2x 256MB. Do yourself a favor and get a single piece of memory if you're overclockin'

techfuzz

I thought that the NForce2 boards benefit from 2 sticks of memory.

It's about an 5% performance increase over the SC DDR in the KT400 boards in games like UT2k3, 8-9% in Spec view, and anywhere from 5-10% in Encoding. Hmm, is an extra 40mhz worth sacrificing 5-10% performance? I'd go 2 sticks.