just threw my faithful Pentium 4 (2.8GHz) into a cupboard!
making way for my new "super beast" (so im told)
i have been a Pentium buff for years and changing to Amd!!! well its a
strange concept!
any comments on athlon good or bad ?
nForce 4 ultra chipset SATAII(250Gb) 0+1
That sounds like a good place to start. Depending on the features and
specs you want the GeForce 6xxx/nForce 4xx series chipsets might be
another good option. Same sort of performance but with more
integrated features and a lower price, usually at the expense of some
PCI/PCI-e expansion slots.
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2 HT2000 1M939
For a gaming system that's probably a reasonable choice, particularly
if you're looking to save a few bucks as compared to the 3800+ or
4000+. For anything other than gaming I would tend to prefer one of
the Athlon64 X2 dual-core chips, though admittedly they cost more.
You might want to consider a GeForce 7900GT instead. Basically the
same performance but with about a 25% lower price tag (and less power
consumption to boot). This part is brand new though, so finding it
might be a bit tough.
i know nothing of Athlon! hope it is worth the money! (£2350)
??? That seems like a LOT of money for what you have listed above!
Going from my local on-line retailer I came out to a cost of just over
$1500 Canadian (~750 GB pounds) for that setup. Maybe a little bit
more if you add a couple extras like floppy, keyboard, speakers, etc.
Still, even if you were to go for a pair of GeForce 7800GTX cards in
an SLI setup and a 20" LCD panel you shouldn't be spending much more
than 1500 pounds.