PC Upgrade advice sought

[Aradur]

Considering the following upgrade to existing full tower and would be
grateful for any comments on the proposed unit and bits.

No a gamer but want a decent pc.

And advice on reliable and reasonably priced suppliers also please.

PSU - Antec TruePower 480

Gigabyte Board - GA-7N400 Pro2

CPU - AMD XP Barton 2500, 2700 or 2800

Mem - 512MB Crucial

Hard Drive - W.Digital 120 Mb

Graphics - Creative Radion 9200 or similar

Also any recommendations for good, efficient, quiet CPU Heat sink and fan?

Thanks.

 

[Adrian]

Considering the following upgrade to existing full tower and would be
grateful for any comments on the proposed unit and bits.

No a gamer but want a decent pc.

And advice on reliable and reasonably priced suppliers also please.

PSU - Antec TruePower 480

Gigabyte Board - GA-7N400 Pro2

CPU - AMD XP Barton 2500, 2700 or 2800

Mem - 512MB Crucial

Hard Drive - W.Digital 120 Mb

Graphics - Creative Radion 9200 or similar

Also any recommendations for good, efficient, quiet CPU Heat sink and fan?

Thanks.

That looks pretty good, personally i would consider perhaps a radeon 9600,
although you say your not a gamer, its more future proof than the 9200 and
you never know when that extra 3d power may come in handy.

For a heatsink/fan, have a look at the coolermaster aero series, with the
drum fans - although aimed more at the enthusiast, these fans are extremely
quiet and very effective with their huge copper heatsinks - i have one in my
own computer and i can hardly hear it - highly recommended

One last thing (although very minor), im sure the latest western digital
drives are quiet, but have a look at seagate - their drives are well known
for being one of the quietest around, and they are very reliable too.
Western digital are excellent drives though.

 

[bogustxtburnetga]

Considering the following upgrade to existing full tower and would be
grateful for any comments on the proposed unit and bits.

No a gamer but want a decent pc.

And advice on reliable and reasonably priced suppliers also please.

PSU - Antec TruePower 480

Gigabyte Board - GA-7N400 Pro2

CPU - AMD XP Barton 2500, 2700 or 2800

Mem - 512MB Crucial

Hard Drive - W.Digital 120 Mb

Graphics - Creative Radion 9200 or similar

Also any recommendations for good, efficient, quiet CPU Heat sink and fan?

Thanks.

If you can't or don't want to spring for the $$ for a 9600 board
(I wouldn't even consider a 9600se)

Consider the $82 ASUS V9520-TD 128MB DDR 8XGAP GEFORCE FX-5200
(not the V9520-magic it has 128mb 64bit memory bus)
(the V9520-TD has 128mb 128bit memory bus)

Greg B.

 

[Aradur]

If you can't or don't want to spring for the $$ for a 9600 board
(I wouldn't even consider a 9600se)

Consider the $82 ASUS V9520-TD 128MB DDR 8XGAP GEFORCE FX-5200
(not the V9520-magic it has 128mb 64bit memory bus)
(the V9520-TD has 128mb 128bit memory bus)

Greg B.