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Upgrades... opinions?

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Hey whats up all, been a while eh?

Time for me to upgrade again, and I see the opinions of the only folks I've ever really trusted for HW decisions (specially stress :P ).

Anyway, here's what I'm looking at:

MB: ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131568

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103531

Video: nVidia Geforce 6800XT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150154

I've already got 1gig of RAM (Corsair XPS. Good stuff) so that only leaves a new PSU (Running on a 400w right now). Haven't looked into that much yet.

What do you guys think?
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You may want to post that over in .com as well if you're looking for Stress' opinion :)
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Is that where stress went? I wonder why. He used to always be here. :?
Why doesn't it work?
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Post by Defender »

.com? :?

When'd that happen and what is it? O.o
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Grendel wrote:You may want to post that over in .com as well if you're looking for Stress' opinion :)
Klick the link, Luke. ;)
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Post by Defender »

Yes master, I did that. That's why I asked what it was/when it happened. I have since found out (sort of) when/why. Sucks to hear.
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Post by De Rigueur »

As for the upgrade, I had something similar in mind but I was thinking about getting a faster vid card (7900gt) and a slower processor (3500+). I figured the faster card would be more useful right now. Plus, it's a lot more card for $75 more.
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