Framerate Fallout: Power Supply?

[Maglin]

You can play on your currenlt system but you'll want to turn everything down and off under your video settings and run in 800x600 ress if you still are getting bad performance in 1024x768...

Their are two ways to build a system... You can overclock and get high end performance while spending less then half the money... Or you can just buy the latest and greatest and not worry for a little while... Their are risks involved with overclocking such as burning up or fring your new equipment.. Most people never get that unlucky but it does happen...

If you are interested in overclocking here is some good reading..
www.overclockers.com
www.tomshardware.com Good info on new hardware
www.xbitlabs.com More good reading
Overclockers Forums

You will want to read and see how and what everyone else is getting and what problems they are haveing...

As far are parts go here is some recomendations if you are not wanting to go the overclocking route... This is my personal opinion and others will of course disagree...:

• 3.0c PIV 800 w/ Hyper Threading
• Abit IC7 or IC7-G or the Asus P4C800.. (these are both great boards but the asus board has better sound as the abit board's microphone jack is unuseable ATM.. They both have great sound that is compairable to the Sound Blaster Audigy)
• 2x Cosair PC3200LL XMS 256 or 512 MB sticks.. (you will want 2 of the same Ram to enable the duel channel DDR interface of the motherboared)
• Thermaltake 420watt Truepower Power Supply
• Either the Zalman CPNS 7000-Cu or Thermaltake SLK-800 CPU Heatsink
• A good case with good ventaliation. ( I recomend either a good Thermaltake or Chieftec case with case fans )
  
  
  Here is my system that overclocks very nicely with really no headache.
• 2.4c PIV OCed to 3.3Ghz (275 FSB x 12)
• Abit IC7
• Zalman CPNS 7000-Cu
• 2x Cosair PC3500C2 256 MB
• Thermaltake 420watt Truepower PSU
  
  The above is what I just bought for my new upgrade and costed me under $600 and it's faster than what you can currently buy.. Here is the rest of my system
  
• SB Live 5.1 Plat
• 3Com NIC
• IBM Deskstar 40GB 7,200 RPM HD
• Generic Case (which I really hate but it works for now)
• Radeon 9700 pro @ 391/335

This is all my opinion and you shouldn't get what one person says to get you can go to overclocker forums and ask the folks on their what they think if what you want to buy... Don't really ask for the best thing to buy as most everyone has a different opinion on what is the best to buy.... I personally would buy a 2.6c instead of a 2.4c as you'll get a better EASIER overclock... I hope this helps you out some.... You can PM me if you have any other questions...

Maglin
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