ZeroG
Well-Known Member
---Current System---
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ (2.41 GHz)
A8N32-SLI Deluxe Gaming Edition
nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX (768mb)
Creative X-FI Xtreme Soundcard
2x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC4000
120GB IDE Hard Drive with XP Pro installed
320GB Sata Internal Hard Drive
Hiper Type-R Modular 580W PSU
19" WS Hanns-G TFT
---Proposed New Hardware---
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo, E8400 (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=736334)
Processor Cooling - (This I am not sure about - could someone suggest a good cooler that is also as quiet as possible)
Motherboard - Asus P5K-E (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=615971)
Memory - 2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC2-8500 (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=462617)
I would keep my existing graphics card, soundcard, monitor and power supply. I would replace the IDE hard drive Windows is installed on with a fast Sata drive, something like http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=708681 which would give me a lot more space and could use my current Sata drive as additional storage.
I did originally plan on using my current case but having seen http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126946 I think I may go for this instead.
What do you think ? Any improvements that can be made ? I'm giving myself quite a high budget for this to get me something decent that will leave room for improvement later on.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ (2.41 GHz)
A8N32-SLI Deluxe Gaming Edition
nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX (768mb)
Creative X-FI Xtreme Soundcard
2x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC4000
120GB IDE Hard Drive with XP Pro installed
320GB Sata Internal Hard Drive
Hiper Type-R Modular 580W PSU
19" WS Hanns-G TFT
---Proposed New Hardware---
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo, E8400 (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=736334)
Processor Cooling - (This I am not sure about - could someone suggest a good cooler that is also as quiet as possible)
Motherboard - Asus P5K-E (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=615971)
Memory - 2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC2-8500 (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=462617)
I would keep my existing graphics card, soundcard, monitor and power supply. I would replace the IDE hard drive Windows is installed on with a fast Sata drive, something like http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=708681 which would give me a lot more space and could use my current Sata drive as additional storage.
I did originally plan on using my current case but having seen http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126946 I think I may go for this instead.
What do you think ? Any improvements that can be made ? I'm giving myself quite a high budget for this to get me something decent that will leave room for improvement later on.