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Old 01-27-2004, 09:15 PM
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I'm considering building a new system pretty soon, and I'm just wondering if this basic setup is pretty good.

Asus K8V-Deluxe
AMD Athlon64 3200+
Corsair XMS(2x256MB Matched Pair)
Seagate 160GB 7200rpm SATA HD
ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB

I'll also get some DVD-Burner and either a DVD-ROM or another CD-RW, just the site I got this info from wasn't real specific with what brand the drives where. I'll also get some midsized tower with a 400+ watt PS.

I was going to just get a Dell or something, but after adding shipping and all, the system was much worse then this one...
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Old 01-27-2004, 11:24 PM
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dell = for newbs.. i'd say get a 2500+ and make the EASY OC to 3200+.. if you've got the cash for the 9800XT.. enjoy the show... nice HD.. but i'd get 2 80's and go raid
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Old 01-27-2004, 11:52 PM
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I mainly considered Dell's for the warrenty and occational good deals. But I'm certainly not a newbie to comptuers seeing as I built the comp I'm using now and it's still working just fine

As for OCing, I've never been much for that. Anyway, I don't think they even made the Athlon64 at 2500+ :P

9800XT...I considered dropping down, but if I can fit it into my budget, I'd like to be sure I won't have to upgrade for a while.

Finally, HDs... I considered using a raid system, I guess that would really help out performace. I shall look into that
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Old 01-28-2004, 12:10 AM
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oh didn't see the 64
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