New System Ill Be Ordering Today
Here's the computer I plan on ordering tonight. I plan to order from <a href='http://www.cyberpowerinc.com' target='_blank'>CyberPower</a>, getting a great deal too <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->. I'll post NewEgg links so you can see product info though, as cyber power is somewhat nodescript. Critique it please...
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-163-001&depa=0' target='_blank'>Silverstone Temjin Case</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=27-152-011&depa=0' target='_blank'>NEC 8x DVD Burner</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=27-131-004' target='_blank'>Sony 16x DVD Reader</a>
Random Floppy Drive (I believe they use Mitsumi's)
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=21-103-104&depa=0' target='_blank'>Seagate 120GB SATA HDD</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=20-211-119' target='_blank'>"Major Brand" RAM 1GB (512MB x2)</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=13-131-490' target='_blank'>ASUS K8V Deluxe VIA K8T800 Motherboard</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=19-103-413' target='_blank'>AMD 64 3200+ Processor</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-317&depa=0' target='_blank'>ATi Radeon 9800XT Video Card</a>
Edit: Forgot to add the following:
Logitech Z640 Speakers
SB Audigy 2 ZS Soundcard
Internal Flash Reader
MS Keyboard, cheap mouse (but it's free)
Software: Works 7.0, Norton Antivirus 2003, WinXP Home
All for $1539 <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->. If you price it out on NewEgg it is $120 more than that, and they will build it for me.
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-163-001&depa=0' target='_blank'>Silverstone Temjin Case</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=27-152-011&depa=0' target='_blank'>NEC 8x DVD Burner</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=27-131-004' target='_blank'>Sony 16x DVD Reader</a>
Random Floppy Drive (I believe they use Mitsumi's)
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=21-103-104&depa=0' target='_blank'>Seagate 120GB SATA HDD</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=20-211-119' target='_blank'>"Major Brand" RAM 1GB (512MB x2)</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=13-131-490' target='_blank'>ASUS K8V Deluxe VIA K8T800 Motherboard</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=19-103-413' target='_blank'>AMD 64 3200+ Processor</a>
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-317&depa=0' target='_blank'>ATi Radeon 9800XT Video Card</a>
Edit: Forgot to add the following:
Logitech Z640 Speakers
SB Audigy 2 ZS Soundcard
Internal Flash Reader
MS Keyboard, cheap mouse (but it's free)
Software: Works 7.0, Norton Antivirus 2003, WinXP Home
All for $1539 <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->. If you price it out on NewEgg it is $120 more than that, and they will build it for me.
Comments
Hey, you could save yourself a few bucks, get the 9800 Pro and convert it to a 9800 XT.
Curses, I just saw an article on how to do that the other day....
Google it, I bet it'll be worth it.
Oh, and hey, for installing XP onto an SATA drive, check out this link:
<a href='http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8892' target='_blank'>Link</a>
Because the Athlon 64's also excell at 32 bit computing, I'm getting a great deal on it, and I'll be ready for it when it does come.
DirectX 9.0c is supposed to have 64-bit support. As for whether that means non-64 bit DX9 games will have improved performance on a Athlon64 or if its something that would have to be developed on a per-game basis, I don't know. Although it seems like it would speed up performance for non-64 bit DX games since otherwise it dosen't make much sense.
I like your motherboard choice, because personally I'm very baised to Asus.
While we are all in here, anybody know much about the asus radeon 9800 pros? I found a good deal on one, it's got the free hl2 and 256 mb ram on it, and all it's specs are up there with the xts and such, but it goes for about 100$ less. What do you guys think?