its advice time again!

[mookie]

its that time again where i realise my computer sucks and spend stupid amounts of money on upgrading it.

the current set-up i've got my eye on is this..

and i was hoping you kind super technical guys would poke big holes in it, and offer any advice.
basically everything i need is on there and my budget is about 600 quid.

tbh, i dont play any fantastically heavy graphics games, the odd game of nhl 2002 and the like, but its pretty essential for the video card to have some kind of video in (composite or Svid), and i'm sliiightly swaying towards ATI for the gfx.
i'm wanting to stay with AMD too, never had any problems with them, so i dont feel the need to jump ship.

so, get out the poking sticks and poke away, (no, not like that tdc ) and make all my purchases happy ones!

 

[kameleon]

I cant see anything to poke holes in.

 

[.Cask]

Yep should last you a good few years that set up.

 

[mank!]

i'd love to poke you mooks ¦]

 

[Embattle]

NQF - Nice Quiet Fast

 

[xane]

RAM looks a tad expensive, but I don't really know about the Corsair XMS stuff. Just to confirm that is 2 sticks of 256MB (always better to have 2 sticks than 1) ?

 

[Testin da Cable]

as xane says

just got my new kit in yesterday *wants to go home and play*

 

[mookie]

yer, that mobo is dual channel, so i just thought i'd get 2 sticks of th fstest stuff available.

would i notice much diffrerence if i just went for generic pc 3200 stuff? maybe i could get a gig for the price for 512mb of corsair

ps. thanks for deleting the flaky posts

 

[mookie]

that list was made up at overclockers but i'll buy it from wherevers cheapest.

i'd really like a gig of ram, i'll have alook into cheaper stuff

 

[Clowneh!]

cleaned up the thread, nice one mods

 

[mookie]

what the funk? it inserted my reply half way up the thread?
/me kicks vbulletin

 

[xane]

Originally posted by mookie
yer, that mobo is dual channel, so i just thought i'd get 2 sticks of th fstest stuff available.

It's not so much the performance but when your RAM goes pop and you only have one stick it's a bugger to work it out, at least with 2 sticks you can run on 1/2 RAM for a while.

I was thinking Crucial, which is around £45 for a stick of 256MB PC3200. TBH I'd just go with PC2700 and save even more after what I've read of the miniscule performance difference, maybe even get 768MB instead

 

[Clowneh!]

hey mookie where u buying it from?

 

[xane]

BTW forgot to add a good choice on the mobo, my next one will certainly include a built-in Sound and LAN, seems to be the best way to go nowdays.

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by Clowneh!
cleaned up the thread, nice one mods

No need for it to get worse, delete function to the rescue

If you want to do some overclocking then the Corsair stuff is the memory to get since it achieves a higher return than most others.