Well, I finally decided to bite the bullet and upgrade myself. The problem was that I bought a new case for my “future” PC and when I received it, it was so damn beautiful that I couldn’t contain myself any further. I did go with an AMD processor even though I am a staunch Intel guy, but since I’m on a budget and I got a great deal, I went for it. All-in-all, I’m pretty happy with my choices since I spent just over $700 (just under $600 after all the rebates). Without further ado, here it is:
Thermaltake Tough Power 650W Power Supply
GigaByte SLI AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane AM2 65W Dual-Core BLACK Procesor – I can overclock this baby to 3.3 G very easily (and I will!!!)
G.Skill 2 GB DDR2 800 Mhz (PC2 6400) 240-pin Dual Channel Memory
Kingwin Revolution H.D.T. CPU Cooler – this baby is sweeeeeeeet
Seagate Barracuda 250 GB / 7200 RPM SATA (3.0 GB/sec) HD
EVGA 8800 GTS 320 MB GDDR3 PCI Express (x16) SLI Supported Video Card – sweet and with the mobo, I can upgrade to a second card later on (after I add more memory)
And that totally sweet-ass case I was telling you about…
CoolerMaster AMMO Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Case
All-in-all, I’m pretty happy with my purchase. I’m also giving in and bought Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit), but did not include this in the overall price because this was not a necessity for the PC itself (I already have XP). While my system is not “top of the line”, it’s a system that I can easily upgrade in the future (the mobo accepts the new AMD Phenom chips, a max total of 16 GB of memory and is SLI ready when I want to add that 2nd video card to the mix). I also bought a 2nd case fan, but didn’t list it (why would I?). With the ability to easily upgrade, this baby should keep me up and running for quite a long time. I can’t wait to actually see what BF2 and CS:S look like on max graphics!!!
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January 8th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I’ve got 2gigs of that memory.. you should be able to set it and get it to run at 1T 4/4/4/12 at most speeds you will run it at. Not sure if they are using the same chips as when I bought mine 8 months ago or not. I’m really happy with it in my O/C
It’s a steal too on sale at newegg.
Let us know how your Vista experience goes. Oh the max memory supported by Vista 32 bit home premium is 4 gigs.