I wouldn't put your system down too quickly, one guy on the forums has an AMD K6 with maybe 128mb of RAM.
My first computer, a Dell 8200 laptop that I bought 4 years ago before I knew anything about computers (hell what do you expect, I was 13) was ordered with only 128mb of RAM. After I gave it to my little sister 2.5 years ago, she wont let me near it to upgrade the RAM. So sad, its not such a bad pc, just badly needs reformatting, another 512mb of RAM, and a clean Windows XP install.
I appreciate your appreciation of my rant above. I would not be too quick and perhaps hasty on your ordering of the parts. I would wait maybe a week or two while discussing what would be best for you with the forum greats; two of which come to mind DaSickNinja and ILoveTacos, by the way who are 18 and 14 years old by my last count. As I said before I would personally be more careful before spending so much on a computer. So far in my life I have always rushed when customizing PCs from Dell for myself (2/2) and as a result I have grievously overpaid. On the good side, I spent literally YEARS researching parts for my buddy's budget gamer, which he 2006)Please take my advice as someone who knows something about wasting cash.
Well I shall now take a quick peek at your system specs.
Case: love it
DVD Burner: good love my Lite-On w lightscribe, dont forget a good software DVD decoder such as Power DVD6 which came with my dvd burner, unfortunately right after installing it I lost the install CD. It had nero on it
Arctic Silver: ah youre thinking, good
RAM: This is the most touchy subject of all, I would ask around a LOT before choosing RAM, take a close look at that Super Talent stuff
Floppy: good, youre not bad
Hard Drive: whatever rocks your boat
XP Home: wtvr... like you have a choice there
Hiper 580w psu- Ive heard its good but I would look around a LOT before getting that one. I told you before, I would get the OCZ GameXStream 700w. I learned tow days ago that its not the Watts, but how many Amps on the 12 volt rails the PSU produces. Your PSU of choice has... lets see dual 12V rails, one with 20amps and one with 18. This is I guess ok, but if I were you, and take this advice seriously, I would invest heavily in a proper PSU. The OCZ PSU that I was talking about is usually 124 after a small rebate on the egg, however it is currently out of stock. However it does possess 4 12 volt rails each with 18amps, ending up with around 70 percent more total amps than the HIPER. The short version of the amps story is that over the past several years PC power design has shifted greatly to GPUs and CPUs using the 12volt rails and thus raising the amperage necessary. For example, an 8800gtx requires something like 30a.
For a wonderful look at my first learning all this visit my still active thread:
Upgrading My PC
On we go...
GPU: I
suppose the ultimate choice is yours but I would save on the GPU by going down to
shock the 8800gts, which only yesterday was 370 after 30 dollar MIR from evga at the egg. Other very appropriate choices are the 7900gs that I just ordered which is only 155 after 20 dollar MIR.
LCD: good, have heard good things about it: it is certainly attractive enough. You might want to ask around about it though it only has 12 reviews. I recall a SPECTRE screen of the same size with many more reviews, well I cannot find it, but that would definately be a subject to discuss.
Motherboard: youve got me here, I dont know more about the differences between the motherboards that I have recommended. I fully recommend that you research this much more extensively.
CPU: again a personal preference, but I would save and get a 6300 or 6400.
Now, my good sir, did you read any of my above rant in which I basically tell you to buy some good peripherals. I see no keyboard, mouse, sound card, speaker system, OR headphones in your cart. From my several years of computer experience, I will tell you to break away from your old Dell Ball Mouse and PS2 Keyboard. Please, If you know whats good for you.
Well good luck, and remember that I
have poured hours of my time into you, please dont go rush out and buy stuff at a whim.
Good Night and Good Luck
P.S. This has to be the longest post that I ever wrote, and I am finishing at 2:01 AM exactly my time. I have to wake up at 6:10. So Appreciate me please.
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