Rate my new computer purchase
Ok, it only took me about 2 years to finally upgrade. My old CPU is literally held together by duct tape at this point. Here's what I got.
ASRock 939 Dual SATA2 mobo - $68
I went with this mobo because it supports both PCI-E and AGP. I have a 9800 Pro AGP card right now that I want to keep using instead of paying to upgrade. In the future I want a PCI-E, so this seemed like the right way to go.
Athlon 64 3700+ - $233
It was between this and the 3200. I thought, hell, I'm going to keep this system for a while... might as well spend the $70 extra to get the faster chip and bigger L2 cache.
Antec Sonata Case - $99
Comes with 450W power supply, which I'm told is solid.
1 gig Corsair Value Select RAM - $74
The mobo only accepts PC3200 ram, and this seemed OK.
37 gig Raptor HD - $104
This should speed up PT.
320 gig WD Caviar 7200 rpm - $130
Needed more space than just the system drive.
How'd I do?
Total cost was around $700 before shipping.
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