Buying new Pc please advise

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OK im getting a new Pc and im on a tight budget. So this is what im thinking of getting. What do you guys think.

-Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI nForce4 SLI Motherboard w/A8 + LK + FWb + SATA2 RAID
-AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor - Socket 939
-JetRam DDR400 512MB (Got anouther 512ddr400 chip at home)
-Asus Extreme N6600GT GeForce 6600GT 16xPCIE 128-bit 128MB
-Seagate 80GB Barracuda SATA300 8MB 7200RPM
-Codegen Dual Rail 480W Power Supply
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I am getting the PC for general use includeing gameing(my last Pc had a geforce 2 and i dont realy care if i need to turn down graphic settings).
 
The motherboard is R1250. I thought i would rather spend a bit more on the board then in 6 or 8 months sell the Athlon64 and buy a X2 chip
 
are your going SLI later.....if not so serious about sli then buy a nforce4 board without sli.....i have got one(gigibyte aswell its rocks) and the 3000+ is good (also have one) also a jetram 512mb and a samsung 512mb....but anyway get a 7600gt if you not gonna go sli.....i have a 7900gt and its gooooooooood but i heard only good things from the 7600gt...;)
 
o and if not a 7600gt get a legend 6600gt....my friend got one last week and man was i suprized....he got more then i expeted. normaly the legend cards come with drivers power cable and a tv out cable but he got a game and one other icant think of now....but you'll save another R200-R400.....so many options.....hope it helps....
 
Ye, if you're serious about sli, then go for it, but if not, then save the cash.
Ye 7600gt is apparently pretty rockin'...

I recently, as in 2 weeks ago, got a Foxconn Winfast 8KMA-8KRS board +/- R500, and a 3200+ Venice E6 Made in china chip, ..presently clocked 10x250=2500MHz, prime95 stable, 1 or 2 degree's heat increase, stock aluminium heatsink, lapped, and I attached an 80mm TriCool fan to it (medium). 28-30 deg.'s idle.
1.45v, ..the skies the limit mate! (well, almost! ;) )
The board can go up to 300fsb...

The 3500+ has the same headroom as a 3200+, ie. +/-2700MHz on mid-range air cooling.

Oh, and lapping is seriously no higher grade thing, there is no need to be scared of it, this is the second pc I put together, and first time I lapped a heatsink..
 
Thanks for the advice guy's, I think i might drop the SLI as i probably wont need it, depends if i can get a simular board without SLI (I will have a look).
 
I've got the Gigabyte K8nf-9 it supports X2 with a BIOS update and it does have PCIE, but not SLI, it's Nforce 4 4x, it's old by now, but maybe you could check out it's successor?
 
I need an AMD cpu

Please advice me on which of these two is best for gaming.


1. AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ 1024K L2 Cache 2.0GTs S940 2000MHz

2. AMDAthlon™ 64 3800+ Processor - 2.4GHz Socket 939 512K 2000MHz
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what is this.

MSI NX6200TC-TD256ELF GeForce 6200 with TurboCache 16xPCIE 256MB DDRII w/TV + DVI

what i need to know is if this is a graphics card, if it is, how good is it in terms of gaming performance, lets rate it over 10 for a game like doom3.
 
3/10.

Get the 6600GT, or if you save enough from the cheaper NF4 (non-SLI) board get the 7600GT. The 6600GT would rate as 5/10 (playable at 1024x768, no AA nor AF) and the 7600GT would rate a 7/10.

For plain gaming a standard 3800+ would be as good as a cheaper 3500+. Then get a 7600GT
 
Aaaah, the joys of getting a new PC :D!

Get a Dual Core! The face of gameing will never be the same;). Maybe save up somemore and get a better GFX...like a 7900GT? That is heavy though (on the R's) RAM is important! Easy for my to say, but I saved up for a looooong time to by my PC:

Mother Board: A8N32-SLI Deluxe
CPU: AMD 3800+ Dual core
RAM: Kingston 2Gb
GFX: 7900GT Extreme
PSU: ASUS 500 Watt

I was very happy! But it set me back for a while!:p
 
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