PC Upgrade

[Dragonb4llz]

I'm thinking of upgrading my PC from:
2600+ @ 2.3ghz
1gb Corsair xms
NF7S-v2
Radeon 9700 pro
Barracuda V 80gb

to:
Winchester 3200+
Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 NForce 4
Sapphire PCI-E X800XT
Diamondmax Plus 10 250gb

I'm keeping the RAM but not sure on the mobo tho...any improvements to this?

[aidanjt]

looks all decent kit to me, could make for a decent rig, even better if you save up a bit more for a pair of raptors to stripe

[Dragonb4llz]

Mmm raptors...well I was thinking of striping two HDs but thats pretty much all I can afford. I can't find any reviews of that mobo so does anyone know if it's good?

[aidanjt]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta=

have a look

[pumpman]

looks good have you looked at the asus deluxe mobo i reccomend it especially the rev 2.0 one

[Dragonb4llz]

The Asus A8V looks good but I need PCI X slots really. Also if I get a SLI board can I still use only one graphics card?

[skuzgib]

Yup - you dont have to use two,
And it's PCI-E...

[aidanjt]

PCI-X are beastly server thingys :/

[Dragonb4llz]

PCI-X are beastly server thingys :/

Oer, I meant PCI-E...

Btw read that the Gigabyte board only has 800mhz hypertransport not 1000 cos it was an early batch of nforce4 chips or something.

[noveltylamp]

Get the DFI or MSI Nforce4 board.

[Dragonb4llz]

Hmm yea the MSI k8N Platinum looks very nice and means I could also get 2X6800gts instead of an x850 xt... >:->

[noveltylamp]

Manchester or Man Met?

[edp33]

Here's a review of the Gigabyte mobo your after.

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_cont...gbnf44x&page=1