Hardware Advice

[richman]

I was plannning a system based on these specifications

Asus A7V600-X VIA KT600 Duron/XP £34.02
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...81&GroupID=526

AMD Athlon XP 2800 (333MHz) £71.66
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...747&GroupID=34

512MB DDR333 PC2700 RAM £39.94
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...52&GroupID=466

FSP 350W Super Quiet PSU £28.20
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...31&GroupID=505

120 GB Western Digital Caviar 8MB Cache 7200rpm £51.99
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...09&GroupID=474

Akasa AK827 Quiet Fan (XP to 3400+) £7.05
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...49&GroupID=335

As we all know amd have discontinued the AMD XP range of chip so ii was woundering could someone reccomend a chip of simmilar if not exact specs of the 2800xp+ and a motherboard to support it.

Thanks
Richie

[RDL]

A Sempron 3100 would be a good idea. It costs slightly more I think (a tenner or so) but it will overclock like a dream, and will do the 2800 justice.

Be warned however, don't get any other Sempron's, the 3100 is good because it overclocks well, the others are pretty poor, and that 2800 would probably be just as good if not better.

As for a mobo you need to get yourself a Socket 754 board.

[skuzgib]

^^
What he said, and if poss get some pc3200 (400mhz) ram

[BUFF]

You can still buy XP2800+s e.g.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...roductID=57348
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=46392
AMD is still making 2800+,3000+ & 3200+ but they are dead next quarter.