I'm updating my current rig with a new motherboard, processor and ram, but at the moment I'm not sure what products to go for.For the motherboard I'm between the Asus A7N8X Deluxe (rev2) or MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR, I've looked about and both seem to be good products but I'm not sure which one to go for, is there much that sets these two apart?? For ram I was planning the TwinMOS PC3200 DDR-DIMM 1024MB Twin Pack. My real problems are which processor and fan. I was going for the AMD Athlon XP3000+(Barton), but I was told that the AMD Athlon XP2500+(Barton...again), can easily be clocked to the same speeds as the 3000+, but comes around 200 euro(229.74 US Dollars) less. Would there be much of an improvement splashing out on the 3200+ Barton, having the 400 MHz bus speed, around 300 euro more then the 2500+, thats almost 344.61 dollars.Would another Barton, do any better bang for bucks?? I can't really order from further afield so I'm stuck with these prices.
As for the fan I'm caught between the Spire CPU-Fan WhisperRock IV and Thermaltake Volcano 9. Its this area that I haven't had much experience in, so any information would be great.
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As for the fan I'm caught between the Spire CPU-Fan WhisperRock IV and Thermaltake Volcano 9. Its this area that I haven't had much experience in, so any information would be great.
Incase you're interested in seeing what I'm working with http://www.komplett.ie