I NEED HARDWARE ADVICE:

[James]

2 years ago I built a PC with the following CPU and Motherboard:

Motherboard:
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=651M-v&class=mb
With a Socket 478 Intel P4 2.4GHz with 512KB L2 Cache CPU

I am running 2 100bg and a 120GB Western Digital Hard Drives. At the
time I was really broke and needed a new MB & CPU. I have maxed out
the memory but I have not been happy with the performance of this MB
and CPU. I gambled the new Celerons were better than old and lost. My
mother's Gateway with a 600MHZ Pentium runs almost as fast !.

This is what I am considering buying:

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SDA2300DUT3D-CS-N

and

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=M7VIZ-N


Is what Im considering much better than what I have now?. I am been
using AMD products until this current PC and have always found it
better than the Intel stuff

 

[Dave C.]

Boy, I guess you do. You want to go from decent processor on shitty
mainboard to shitty processor on shitty mainboard. Ummmm . . . don't do it.

A better investment would be a Intel 865PE (chipset) mainboard and 512MB of
low-latency DDR400 RAM. Also consider a DX9 class 8X AGP video card to go
with it. -Dave

 

[Ruel Smith]

Well... You get what you pay for...

Why do people do this to themselves? It doesn't cost much more the have top
notch components than it does to have bottom shelf stuff.

Consider this, instead:

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=KT880_Delta-FSR&class=mb

$67 @ www.zipzoomfly.com

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=241149

Or, if you like nVidia chipsets, this:

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K7N2_Delta2-LSR&class=mb

Also, $67 @ www.zipzoomfly.com

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=241151

While you're there, consider this:

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80173-1

Athon XP 2600+ for $115, including HSF and 3 year warranty (retail model).

You'll be much better off using this combination. Don't cause yourself
unnecessary frustration. Get quality parts on a budget, not budget parts.