Worth it?

[Neil Barras]

Hi all,

My curent system is:

P4 2.6GHz NWood, 400FSB
ASUS P4S800
512RAM (2x256 pc2100)
120GB IDE HDD
256MB FX5500 (Was Intel Extreme on old Dell MoBo)
Stock Case PSU @ 350w

Converted Dell 2350, bought back in 2003

What I have been looking at is:

A64 3000 Venice
Foxconn NF4K8AC-RS
512 OCZ RAM
80GB SATA HDD
128MB 6600GT
Hiper 425w PSU

I can get this lot for about £400. Is it worth it just yet?

Thanks,

Neil

 

[Nikonja]

Hi all,

My curent system is:

P4 2.6GHz NWood, 400FSB
ASUS P4S800
512RAM (2x256 pc2100)
120GB IDE HDD
256MB FX5500 (Was Intel Extreme on old Dell MoBo)
Stock Case PSU @ 350w

Converted Dell 2350, bought back in 2003

What I have been looking at is:

A64 3000 Venice
Foxconn NF4K8AC-RS
512 OCZ RAM
80GB SATA HDD
128MB 6600GT
Hiper 425w PSU

I can get this lot for about £400. Is it worth it just yet?

Thanks,

Neil

There's not much of a differnce you'll feel if you'r not hardcore gamer !
Save some more money and buy some more ram and better graphic card if you
are some kind of a gamer ! IMHO

 

[J. Eric Durbin]

Hi all,

My curent system is:

P4 2.6GHz NWood, 400FSB
ASUS P4S800
512RAM (2x256 pc2100)
120GB IDE HDD
256MB FX5500 (Was Intel Extreme on old Dell MoBo)
Stock Case PSU @ 350w

Converted Dell 2350, bought back in 2003

What I have been looking at is:

A64 3000 Venice
Foxconn NF4K8AC-RS
512 OCZ RAM
80GB SATA HDD
128MB 6600GT
Hiper 425w PSU

I can get this lot for about £400. Is it worth it just yet?

I went from a custom built (Monarch Comuters (US)):

2.6GHz P4 Northwood, 400FSB
Asus P4P800
1GB Corsair Premium DDR pc3200
ASUS GeForce 5700
Windows 2000

to a homebuilt:

Athlon XP 64 3000+ (Venice) 800FSB
MSI Neo2 Platinum (Nvidia chipset)
1 GB Corsair Value Select DDR PC3200
XFX GeForce 6200
Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Pro x64

So a somewhat similar path to yours. I noticed quite an improvement in
performance and stability especially under XP Pro x64. THe 3000+ is a
screamer even compared to the higher clocked P4 and for the price and
minimal performance increases, I didn't really see a need to move up
to the 3200+ or higher.

CPU temperature and energy usage also dropped dramatically. Both XP
Pro 32bit and XP x64 run games quite nicely and the apps I use most,
Dreamweaver, Flash MX, Fireworks, Open Office, Invoicing software all
work like a charm.

I'm very happy with my decision to go with AMD.

 

[Russ D]

I'd get a more well known power supply, like enermax or Seasonic.
I woudl probably not go with that mother board just based on where the NB
fan is, next to the PCIe connector. I have been looking at this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138269
its cheap, microATX and has SATA raid.