New Motherboard, Is it ne good?

[Animal_Mother]

Hi everyone,
i and looking to upgrade my computer which is about a year and a half old. the current setup is:

AMD Althlon 1.4GHz
Gigabyte GA-7VTX Motherboard
512MB DDR PC2100
64MB Geforce 2 400MX

The reason for my upgrade is that it is struggling on most games and on 3D Benchmark 2001SE its is only scoring about 2100 points.

I am lookin to upgrade the Motherboard, graphics Card and the Processor.

I was looking at the Asus A7V8X-X Motherboard and get the option without onboard sound and graphics, just onboard networking. But is this ne good? or is there a better 1 on the market. i am looking to buy all well known brands rather then the cheaper alternatives that are not as good.

The Graphics Card i was looking for something like a Geforce 4 Ti 4800 128MB, either made by Creative, Asus or MSI, which of these is the better 1 or is there another 1 on the market that is better? Also i have heard that the TI 4200 are quite good for their cost is this true?

AS for the processor i am just looking for wot i can get for about £150 has ne 1 got ne websites that they can recommend for buying hardware? i have already tryed ,dabs, komplett and ebuyer which all seem to have good prices for hardware.

Also for the processor i was wondering if i get say a 2500XP+ CPU, for the heatsink and fan is it a good idea to get 1 that is a couple higher? i.e for a 2500XP+ CPU get a 2800XP+ heat sink and fan?


Thanks For Your Time And Help

--Pete--

[AllGamer]

Just upgrading ONLY the motherboard will not help

if you want a better 3D Bench

is better to get a new ATI Radeon 9800 Pro instead

or at least a ATI 9500 Pro for half price

your CPU+Mobo is good enough

[Peter M]

You shouldn't update all at once, it might be a waste of money. Identify the worst bottleneck (the gfx card I'd say), replace that, repeat until you like the performance or run out of money.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

The current cream of the crop would be:

Asus a7n8x Deluxe or Epox 8rda+ motherboard.

Athlon XP2500+

Radeon 9500 Pro gfx

although the ti4200 is a good card for the money its beggining a descent into old age and i wouldnt expect it to last much longer in terms of high detail and state of the art gaming, however it does overclock well. The r9500 would be a much more future proof option and is quite nicely priced

--Jakk

[AllGamer]

you are missing ABIT KD7 series

they are the best, just check their reviews

[Bigjakkstaffa]

http://www.ocaddiction.com/reviews/m...d7/page5.shtml

(final thoughts)

Im really not into the KT400 boards at all, i was consideing the KD7 but was advised against it and went Nf2, never looked back.

--Jakk

[AllGamer]

well i never mentioned anything about OC-ing

you know that i'm more into the Stock thing

[Bigjakkstaffa]

you know that i'm more into the Stock thing

Some ppl just cant handle living on the edge

--Jakk