Hey everyone,
I've lurked for a while, and I hope that my post falls within published guidelines and acceptable use parameters.
I have an old system (circa 2001) that consists of an Athlon MP (Palomino core) 1800+, 1 GB of DDR RAM, an FX 5500, and 160 GB of HDD space. I play mainly older games, but I have an unopened copy of F.E.A.R. Gold and Half-Life 2 (w/ Episode One) that could really use playing.
I was wondering if you could suggest an upgrade/new build (I'd have to replace the whole thing except for the case, monitor, hard disks, and input devices) for around $400.
So far, I've come up with:
Motherboard: BIOSTAR NF520-A2 AM2 NVIDIA nForce 520 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail (49.99)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813138077
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ 2.0GHz (65.99)
RAM: WINTEC AMPO 4 x 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model 3AMD2800-512M1-R - Retail ($87.96)
GPU/Video Card: PNY Verto GeForce 7900 GS ($119.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133186
PSU: FSP Group (Fortron Source) ATX400-PA ATX12V 400W Power Supply 110-127/220-240V UL, CSA, TUV, NEMKO, CB & FCC - OEM ($36.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104952
Optical Drive: LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner - Retail ($35.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106057
This comes out to a total of around $460 after shipping. How does it sound?
Thanks much!
I've lurked for a while, and I hope that my post falls within published guidelines and acceptable use parameters.
I have an old system (circa 2001) that consists of an Athlon MP (Palomino core) 1800+, 1 GB of DDR RAM, an FX 5500, and 160 GB of HDD space. I play mainly older games, but I have an unopened copy of F.E.A.R. Gold and Half-Life 2 (w/ Episode One) that could really use playing.
I was wondering if you could suggest an upgrade/new build (I'd have to replace the whole thing except for the case, monitor, hard disks, and input devices) for around $400.
So far, I've come up with:
Motherboard: BIOSTAR NF520-A2 AM2 NVIDIA nForce 520 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail (49.99)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813138077
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ 2.0GHz (65.99)
RAM: WINTEC AMPO 4 x 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model 3AMD2800-512M1-R - Retail ($87.96)
GPU/Video Card: PNY Verto GeForce 7900 GS ($119.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133186
PSU: FSP Group (Fortron Source) ATX400-PA ATX12V 400W Power Supply 110-127/220-240V UL, CSA, TUV, NEMKO, CB & FCC - OEM ($36.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104952
Optical Drive: LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner - Retail ($35.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106057
This comes out to a total of around $460 after shipping. How does it sound?
Thanks much!