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[Chony]

I already have a hard drive, video card and moniter, cd drive, keyboard mouse, and case, so I am just getting a Mother board, cpu, ram and power supply. Are these going to be sufficient for a while, or should I save up more money and get a better computer:

Corsair Value Select Dual Channel Kit 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - OEM
$159
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-480&depa=0&manufactory=BROWSE

MSI "K8N Neo-FSR" NVIDIA nForce3 250GB Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 754 CPU
$109
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-470&depa=0&manufactory=BROWSE

ENERMAX Noisetaker Series 470W Power Supply, ATX 12V V1.3
$79
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-446&depa=0&manufactory=BROWSE

AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor - Retail
$172
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-486&depa=0&manufactory=BROWSE

Should I change anything, or am I good to go?

Edit: I can't go over $600 on this upgrade.

 

[Chony]

For the morning, I promise to bump no more topics.

 

[Slo]

What do you have now?

 

[SteveMeister]

Yeah, good question, Slo. Personally, unless you have a pressing need to upgrade right away, I'd wait, save up some more money, and go with a PCI express motherboard & better graphics card. That way you're not wanting to upgrade again for quite a while.

Oh, and it's "yea or nay", not "yay or nay".

 

[Chony]

I have an athlon 1 ghz, and my comp freezes up all the time (its not software, i just formatted, Its not heat, I just bought a new heat sink and fan designed for up to athlon xp 3200+) I also have a radeon 9500 non pro 128 mb, and 512 mb sdram.

 

[Slo]

Steve's advice is good as always, but I think that is a very worthwhile upgrade from what you've got. You probably won't be able to use that XP fan on your A64.

 

[ElyrionX]

I don't see much point in going up to Athlon 64 and 1 gig of RAM if you're going to continue using that graphics card. Get a Radeon 9800 Pro at least.....

 

[B'z-chan]

Start looking on hardware forums for AMD 64 3200+ combo some people have them and it comes with Thermaltake Venus HSF, and Asus Deluxe K8T800 motherboard. I know someone who just sold me mine for 250 bucks plus shipping(he still has two more if you want me to ask him about one for ya i will). They are from AMD and are OEM packaged special with Far Cry and a AMD T-Shirt.

thats the best you can do right now. Then get the Ram and a ATI 9800 that should cost you about that much.