Ok, for a month i will be using my IDE HDD and IDE Optical drives as i plan to do a 2 stage upgrade. What do you think of my sellection bellow?
AMD Athlon 64 3700 32/64Bit CPU S939 "San Diego" Retail inc Heat Sink Fan & 3 Years Warranty
Abit AN8 Ultra PCI-E S939 NF4 DDR400 SATA RAID Gbit Lan 1394 USB2 7.1Ch Audio
128MB XFX PCI-E GForce 6600GT Tv-out Dual DVI
1Gb (2 x 512 Mb) Corsair Value Select Kit, DDR, PC3200, non ECC, Lifetime Warranty
Question 1) Is the 3700 San Diego all that much better than a 3500 Venice? Is it worth the extra £37?
Qusetion 2) Is that board ok? I see a simular Abit one for £10 more but can't see any difference apart from the CPU support and the cheaper one has 7.1 sound rather than 5.1
Question 3) Is it worth an extra £40 for a 256mb board? (I'm going to get a 7800gtx around christmas)
Question 4) Is that memory any cop? Or is there any other member thats better for that money?
Question 5) Do Athlon 64 boards support DDR2? I can't see any on scans website that do. But it's only worth getting DDR2 if you are overclocking, right?
I am not a major overclocker, but may do a bit with a decent HSF. I just don't have the time to mess around so much these days. Do plan to get water cooling in the future, but it's only for a quiet life
Cheers