Posted a thread on the PF but wanted to look more indepth at mainboards here...
It is time for me to upgrade the old box because Battlefield 2 is out and I want to play....
Currently I have an Athlon XP 2400 on an ECS K7S5a mainboard with a gig of memory and a Radeon 9600 video card...however all of that is going to go as I have been milking it too long.
Through a work goof up I was able to land an EVGA Geforce 6800GT and a Enermax Noisetaker 420 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply
Here is a link to the powersupply specs but if this one sucks I can always sell it or dump it in favor of something else...
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0183945
I want to stick to a budget so the less I can spend in building this system the better, however I also don't want to be uber cheap as I am tired of ghettoing out my systems....
So far what I am considering is as follows:
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200JS 120GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA II Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD1200JS
$89.00
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultr
$135.00
OCZ Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ4002048V3DC-K - Retail
Model #: OCZ4002048V3DC-K
$186.01
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500BPBOX - Retail
Model #: ADA3500BPBOX
$267.00
Just wondering if the DFI board is a good choice given the other components, namely the memory, video card, processor and the power supply?? or also if there are any less costly options I should consider? I have always been a fan of MSI and or Abit....
I am not going to overclock the system so that is not a concern...
any suggestions or changes would be appreciated, I am in no rush so any and all info will be considered...
Thanks again
It is time for me to upgrade the old box because Battlefield 2 is out and I want to play....
Currently I have an Athlon XP 2400 on an ECS K7S5a mainboard with a gig of memory and a Radeon 9600 video card...however all of that is going to go as I have been milking it too long.
Through a work goof up I was able to land an EVGA Geforce 6800GT and a Enermax Noisetaker 420 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply
Here is a link to the powersupply specs but if this one sucks I can always sell it or dump it in favor of something else...
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0183945
I want to stick to a budget so the less I can spend in building this system the better, however I also don't want to be uber cheap as I am tired of ghettoing out my systems....
So far what I am considering is as follows:
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200JS 120GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA II Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD1200JS
$89.00
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultr
$135.00
OCZ Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ4002048V3DC-K - Retail
Model #: OCZ4002048V3DC-K
$186.01
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500BPBOX - Retail
Model #: ADA3500BPBOX
$267.00
Just wondering if the DFI board is a good choice given the other components, namely the memory, video card, processor and the power supply?? or also if there are any less costly options I should consider? I have always been a fan of MSI and or Abit....
I am not going to overclock the system so that is not a concern...
any suggestions or changes would be appreciated, I am in no rush so any and all info will be considered...
Thanks again