Building A New Box -- Opinions

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Ok, so I've been thinking about doing this for a while, and finally got
the balls to do it. So for those of you who know a bit about computers
let me know what you think about my part selection. The PC wil be used
mostly as a backup and also for playing games/running Windows apps that
I need such as Filemaker. I am looking not to spend too much as it will
probably need to be updated a bit in like 2 years, when PCI-Express is
a little more standard.

Case: Aspire X-Navigator Aluminum Case (500 Watt Power Supply)
Mother Board: MSI K8N Neo2
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 979)
Memory: Corsair 1 GB (2x512MB) DDR400 (Daul Channel)
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB (AGP)
Hard Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160GB (SATA)
Optical Drive: Plextor CD/DVD Burner (Model PX740A/SW)


And sooner or later I'll buy a sound card to replace the onboard sound.
So let me know what you guys think.

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Keith S. committed to the eternal aether...:

> Ok, so I've been thinking about doing this for a while, and finally got
> the balls to do it. So for those of you who know a bit about computers
> let me know what you think about my part selection. The PC wil be used
> mostly as a backup and also for playing games/running Windows apps that
> I need such as Filemaker. I am looking not to spend too much as it will
> probably need to be updated a bit in like 2 years, when PCI-Express is
> a little more standard.
>
> Case: Aspire X-Navigator Aluminum Case (500 Watt Power Supply)
> Mother Board: MSI K8N Neo2
> Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 979)
> Memory: Corsair 1 GB (2x512MB) DDR400 (Daul Channel)
> Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB (AGP)
> Hard Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160GB (SATA)
> Optical Drive: Plextor CD/DVD Burner (Model PX740A/SW)

Get a better GPU. If you're going to get a radeon get a X800. If you can
only afford a 9800, get 256MB of RAM and a XT rather than pro. These are
all available in AGP.

> And sooner or later I'll buy a sound card to replace the onboard sound.

Don't waste your money, the onboard is fine unless you want to do hdd
recording or sound editing.

> So let me know what you guys think.

my 2 bob's worth :-)

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"Uzi" <rapandrandb@suks.com> wrote in message
news:43339bfe$0$200$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com...
> Huh did he say thanks for the tips?
>
> He could at least have told us what he thought of it or decided on.
> But I suppose that would just be too much to expect in todays modern
> unappreciative world.
> Sigh....
>
>

Don't worry. I still love you, mate...