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Hey 605, glad to see your upgrading!



My suggestion,
If your funds allow....


An Asus motherboard (or mainboard as some call them ) that supports RAM Bus memory, 1GB of this would be nice, but pricey.... Some Fast DDR Ram would be far cheaper,, although RAM Bus is worth the extra if you can afford it....

A Geforce FX 5800/FX 5900 , Ati 9700,9800
A 80gb Minimum 7200rpm HD - or possibly two, one for back-ups etc...
550Watt PSU - to provide plenty of power, a crucial component in many a pc, yet often overlooked.
Decent Soundcard, Soundblaster live / Audigy - I'd try to avoid on-board Sound which in other words is sound built into the motherboard/mainboard.

Some would say a flat screen TFT monitor, me I'd say shop around for a decent 19inch crt monitor (as in like a tv style screen...) to run CFS3 at nice high rez!  8)

And probably spend less than £1k if you shop around.

What I mean by that, is my own system comprises of old, new and second hand bits, it now however runs CFS3 well,but not superbly...., but at a total cost to me of less than £350!!!

Once my Celeron has finally been replaced with a p4 chip, my machine will be as good as the crappy cheap motherboard I use allows, but, despite its cheap origins, it comfortably matches far more expensive machines I've built for friends!

Have fun my friend, my upgrade path's been a nightmare! - I can't afford the stuff I know I want....

Paul.

Target engaged, six high, uuum capn its Scania in his Lanky old crate. Come get some

Hey Marvin ?

Marvin, are ya there buddy ? This is planet mox calling planet zog.... Come in. You have a tail fire sir... I, sorry I mean we repeat, you have a tail fire...

Do you hear that really large sucking sound Marvin ? Yes, you are correct sir, that IS the local national grid getting a little load in your immediate vicinity.

Thought I'd let ya know, we Nascar racers like a draft hehehehe