Advice on comp upgrade

[Thorsson]

You obviously read the review differently to me...

"...we could not make out a clear overall winner or loser"

"...chipsets from SiS and VIA come out on par"

"The nForce3 Ultra is way up at the top, price- and functionality-wise."

Since then (Sep 1st) the price of the Neo2 dropped a lot, which is why Anandtech recommend it.

[Kebab]

Obviously went too quickly through the article and forgot to read the conclusion

[Kebab]

Here is the final config

1 Gb (2 x 512 Mb) Corsair Value Select Kit, DDR, PC3200, non ECC, Lifetime Warranty

CoolerMaster Centurion 5 Silver Case Black Body (Silver Trimmings) w/o PSU

380W Enermax Coolergiant AX Series EG385AX-VHB(G)(SFMA) ATX PSU, 12V Version 1.3, aPFC

Asus StarIce 4 in 1 CPU cooler (S775,S478,S939/S754)

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8 GHz- Socket 939, 512KB cache, BOXED

MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum-54G Mainboard S939 - nForce3 250Ultra,SATA,GbLAN,ATX,Dual-DDR

The whole thing will set me back around 434 squids with VAT and delivery.

Cheers for all the advice everyone. Very very much appreciated.

[myth]

^ Very nice! And good choice going neo 2 I'm shure you'll enjoy it very much!