Need advise on new Athlon 64 rig

MSI K8N Neo Platinum (Motherboard)
Athlon 64 2800+ Newcastle Socket 754 (Retail)
1-Corsair VS512MB400 512 MB DDR 400 Cas 2.5
ATX Case (Need advise on a case)

ATI Radeon 9600xt (This is my current video card which I plan to continue
using in the new system.)

I'm considering these parts to upgrade my current Athlon 1600+ system.
Shooter Games are probably the most demanding thing I use my computer for.
I'm trying to keep the cost below $400. Am I doing a good thing or am I
making a big mistake by not spending more and getting a socket 939 setup?

Is this something that would overclock well? if so what type of results
might I expect to see? Is the ram I'm considering of good enough quality
for overclocking?

Is it okay to have only one stick of ram? I sometimes see 512k advertised
as "two" 256k sticks.

I also need some advise on a good case with a power supply. My current case
along with the other left over parts will be used to upgrade my Daughter's
computer. All I ask for is a Plain Jane case that is easy to take apart for
upgrades and maintenance and provides enough power and ventilation for the
new
Athlon 64. I don't need it to look like an alien space ship with lights and
bright colors.

I'm considering zipzoomfly.com to order everything from. They seem to have
good prices and a good reputation. Is that a wise choice?

It seems kind of scary going from the XP 1600+ which is 1400 MHz to a Athlon
64 2800+ which is only 1800MHz. On the surface it doesn't seem like much of
a jump. I know that the benchmarks show a much bigger difference.

Well I hope you guys can help me out. I'm sorry for asking so many
questions but this all seems so overwhelming at times. Thanks for all of
your help.

 

Learn how to spell advice and then maybe somebody will offer some to you.

 

Socket 754 is OK, but you may not find CPUs in a couple of years
if you are thinking about an upgrade then. Also socket 754 CPUs do
not support dual channel memory (see below).

You only need 2 sticks for dual channel mode, which socket
754 doesn't support. Dual channel memory is a performance
boost for memory intensive stuff, not sure about gaming
though.

I have an Antec Sonata and would reccomend it to anybody. It
comes with a decent power supply, and is a low noise design
that works reasonably well for the price.

Why not get a 3000+, it costs $20 extra for a full 2GHz.

 

Sorry, I've been so advised. Thanks for your advice. Too bad spell
checkers don't look at the subject.

 

I've always had good experiences with them and with newegg.

As for your hardware choices, I pretty much agree with John.

 

What -- you can't "advise"? It's not so hard.


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Go with socket 939 if you can. It does costs more now but you will be
able to uppgrade later on, socket754 CPU are getting phased out slowly
and 939 is what amd will use thru 2005 anyway.

 

No probs

 

What he was asking for is advice.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=advice

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=advise

FF

 

Ok This is the set up i just rigged up myself. Not sure how much it
helps but like yourself ive rigged it to become a gaming/multimedia
system play alt of fps games myself

AMD 64 3500+ Newcastle Socket 939
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
Corsair XMS Dual Channel 1GByte TwinX
Asus Exteme Platinum EAX800XT 256MB PCI-Expresss
200 GB Harddrive
Creative Soundblaster Audigy Platinum Pro
Xaser Super TowerIII 2000

Naj

 

Right. You see it.


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Poor English is becoming more common - we need to put a stop to it.

 

Not everyone will check their posts as if they were turning them in to a
professor. Reading usenet involves a bit of mental insight into what posts
with errors are supposed to mean. I don't think you'll be able to change it!


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Falcon Freak, aptly named, and a trolling discontent overflowing with
the central conceit and corrosively constructed arrogance that makes
him devoted to the proposition that he and only he is correct.

Character building first requires a character to build, Falcon Freak,
bereft of the crutch of humanity, will walk hand in hand with himself
through the portals of the USENET - alone - and hopelessly floundering
because he and only he has the tools of " good English "

This kind of grotesquery, this bucolic supremacism, this vernacular
tyranny, this self evidently sense of witless hyperboly is ' maladie
de fin de siecle ', but Falcon Freak will of course be the only
affiliate member of the human race - not to see it.

You can preach all you want, do it as forcefully and as
arrogantly as you will. Those empowered with free will
will back their arses up into your face and leave you
looking like a turd with ears.

P.S. did you miss Ed's Smiley's

BoroLad

 

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Corrosively constructed? Alliteration is fine when it makes sense. This
doesn't.

What is "the crutch of humanity"? Humanity is a crutch or the crutch of
humanity is some other thing?

I think you mean hyperbole (not to be confused with Hyper Bowling 4000).

I think you are trying to say that Falcon Freak is behaving like an ass
(which he is), but apparently you've accidentally been set to maximum
verbosity. The message kind of got lost in the pretentiousness.

 

It makes sense to those who are creative not pedantic- see below

Ah well there you go again - open your mind. Perspective - you use it
or lose it, where you came from, where you are going, and where you
were created are much more important than picking me up on my grammer.

No M8 I meant what I said, " grotesquery " for example may not exist
in any thesaurus, but it's my word, it's the way I speak - we have no
need to limit our language - limitations are restrictions we place on
our own lives ....argue for your limitations and sure enough they're
yours!

Grammer with an 'E', not an 'A'

Sufficient then that my missive is understood by those that read it,
it does not need correcting by you or anyone else. This is also the
case for the O/P we all knew what he meant. He did not need a net-cop
spell checking, grammer correcting chastisement giving lesson from
anyone.

Oh yes I always go with verbose, poetic, abstract, spiritual, don't
let the clouds of correct grammer obscure you view. Express yourself
anyway you wish - you see a cloud doesn't know why it moves in the
universe in a specified direction and at a given speed, it only feels
a compulsion - we are human breathing souls who think emotionally not
texbook English. Let your 'inner learning creature' out to roam free
Mitch Crane, you will make more friends an learn more that way.

Of course you are free to change your mind and choose a different
future, or a different past. Problems if they exist are gifts, there
is no such thing a problem without a gift for you in it's hands, so
seek problems because we need their gifts.

Be creative, verbose, poetic, abstract, spiritual and your friends if
you have any will know you better in the first minute you meet, than
your acquaintances will get to know you in a thousand years.

Your missing the whole point, it's not supposed to be perfect English,
in accordance with the rules of grammer. Noun adjective or verb, so
what, my point was / is that this is the USENET not school. All
contributions are welcome providing they don't discriminate against
anyone.

Conscience is the measure of the honesty of our selfishness listen to
it carefully Mitch Crane.

Falcon Freak made an unjust distinction because of the O/P's English.
This is discrimination [ from the Latin - discriminare ] this kind of
prejudice should be highlighted and this I did do.

Next it will be Jews, Gypsies, Catholics etc, better go kill them all
now - just in case their grammer is bad - yeh!, right, that'll sort
it.

BoroLad

 

Oooh,"grotesquery", I like it!!

 

Good on yer yanquidawg, get free of the restriction the whole big
round world will still know what you were trying to communicate !

Use any word, vernacular or otherwise to communicate it's nice to
learn about other peoples language.

BoroLad

 

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I submit your posts as evidence to the contrary.