New System After 3 Years

[bubam]

I posted for help here in the graphics section which lead me here.
Thanks for the help and ok after the disappointing news.... i'm going for the overhaul.(Maybe not to disappointing ) What a difference 3 years makes.

Going From This......

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 2.4GHz Socket 939 Single-Core Processor- ($334.00)
EVGA 256-P2-N516 GeForce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card-($329.00)
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive-($209.99)
OCZ Enhanced Latency 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit-($262.88)
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard- ($163.00)
ASUS VENTO 3600 BLK Black 0.8mm SECC ATX Mid Tower-($139.00)
PLEXTOR Slot Load 16X DVD±R DVD Burner IDE PX-716AL/SW-BL-($137.99)
Vista Home Basic 32bit

To This......

VGA XFX GX260NADDU GTX260 896M RT - ($299.99)
MB GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R P45 RT - ($126.99)
CPU INTEL|C2D E8500 3.16G 775 45N R - ($189.99)
MEM 2Gx2|GKS F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ R - ($72.99)

Hmm this new stuff is better and cheaper!


Carry Over......

PLEXTOR Slot Load 16X DVD±R DVD Burner IDE PX-716AL/SW-BL
ASUS Atlas A-55GA 550W ATX12V 2.01 Active PFC PSU (+3.3V@30A,+5V@28A,+12V1@18A,+12V2@18A,-12V@1A,+5VSB@2A)
ASUS VENTO 3600 BLK Black 0.8mm SECC ATX Mid Tower
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive (Plenty of space for me)

Hope this kicks my rig up at least a couple notches!

 

[pinaplex]

you should think about getting a bigger PSU with the GTX260, otherwise, looks good

 

[Zenthar]

As previously said, the PSU might be limit, specially if it's a carry-over since it might have lost some if it's "power" over time.

Other than that, I would like to mention that since you might still be using that 32 bits Vista, your applications will only be able to "see" the first 3.5GB of RAM, you need to have 64 bits OS to use more.

 

[wgdz]

personally I think ur setup is good enough, maybe upgrade to a new graphics card. Then I'll wait for the new intel architecture to come out then consider upgrading to the new architecture or to the then cheaper c2d architecture.

 

[bubam]

Ok so a power supply then.Guess i'm just not understanding them.The gtx 260 says 500w.Thought i would be good with a 550watter,
so is it because each rail only has 18amps?
+3.3V@30A,+5V@28A,+12V1@18A,+12V2@18A,-12V@1A,+5VSB@2A

How bout this one? Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650W Power Supply
+3.3V@24A,+5V@30A,+12V@52A,-12V@0.8A,+5VSB@3.0A

 

[Zenthar]

If you don't mind ordering in 2 shipments if the PSU isn't enough you could give it a try. I suggested another PSU just to be on the safe side. If your PSU had been a Power & Cooling, EarthWatts, Corsair or another Tier 1 or 2 PSU (highest quality), I wouldn't have bothered, but I don't know Asus' PSU quality.

In theory you should be just file, just balance the hassle it might be if you have to order another one AFTER ordering all the other parts. Risk management