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How long will my computer live for O.o

nightmare619nightmare619 Member Posts: 16
in Everquest II

Im planning on getting the following...

Gigabyte GA-k8vt800

AG Neovo F417 17ins TFT 16ms 450:1 0.264mm 1280x1024

AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit 3200+

PNY Geforce 6800GT 256MB AGP x8 DDR DVI Video-Out Retail Box

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live 7.1 24bit Digital Sound Card. Brings True Dolby Digital Sound

Corsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) 1024MB (2 x 512MB Matched Pair), DDR400 / PC3200, non-ECC, Unbuffered, CL3, Lifetime Warranty

Maxtor Diamondmax 80GB SATA 150 7200rpm 8mb Cache - Retail Boxed

Ebuyer 500w Power Supply Gold With Dual Black Fans

Trust SoundWave 2000p 5.1 6 Speaker Set 2000w Output

Just wondering, how long will this computer last image

Also...Is now a good time to buy a pc?
Seeing there is DDR2...PCIe..SATA2? And new tech.(My £1000 ( or $1800 ) budget is used image   , so i really can't afford the newest stuff)


I will be using it for CS, CS:S, HL2, Everquest 2 mainly.

 

Last question ...

Also how long will my old computer last? ( 1 Year Old )

Athlon 2800+ 2.1GHz

512 Mem

9800SE 128mb

 

Comments

  • ElElyonElElyon Member UncommonPosts: 219

    I have a system just like that, just upgraded. I was assuming when I bought the parts that it would last about 2 years before I had to upgrade again.

    so my guess would be at least two years...

  • nightmare619nightmare619 Member Posts: 16

    Thank you very much. Glad to hear i won't be upgrding any time soon.

    The next question is...

    Which would you pick?

    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2585007756&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=61306

    and

    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2295061093&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=56974

    OR

    http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=60386

     

    Is 400W enough for my system? ? Or will the looks of the Raidmax Cobra persuade me to buy a 500W PSU?

     

  • ElElyonElElyon Member UncommonPosts: 219

    I would pick the blue one, you can get blue lights inside to make it look really good!

    I have a 500w power supply and to be honest I think its a little to much, I hear 400w is fine for basic home computers. I think the 500w ones are for computers that have like 4 or more hardrives which I don't know any at home computer that has that but really Im no computer expert. So might wanna hear from somone who knows a little more than I do, I like my 500w though, it's nice to not worry about power when adding crap to my computer.

  • LionusLionus Member Posts: 19

    You should get a Athlon 64 3200 90nm 939pin and a motherboard that supports a 939 pin chip. You will be able to upgrade it later to 4000+, if you want. You should be able to overcloak a 90nm cpu better too, with a good heat sink. I think the 939 pin motherboards can support dual channel memmory too.

  • xcaliburxcalibur Member Posts: 571


    Originally posted by Lionus

    You should get a Athlon 64 3200 90nm 939pin and a motherboard that supports a 939 pin chip. You will be able to upgrade it later to 4000+, if you want. You should be able to overcloak a 90nm cpu better too, with a good heat sink. I think the 939 pin motherboards can support dual channel memmory too.


    The 939 overclocking actually turned up to be a little disappointing, that's why I bought my 754(plus the fact it was like $100 cheaper).  The next time I upgrade I'm planning on getting a motherboard with the dual pci-e so I can get two of the lower-high end nvidia cards and run them in sli... of course, that probably won't be for a while. 

  • LionusLionus Member Posts: 19

    Did you have the 90 nm 939 cpu?

  • xcaliburxcalibur Member Posts: 571


    Originally posted by Lionus

    Did you have the 90 nm 939 cpu?


    No, I looked at people's results and then made a decision.
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