I’ve searched for conflicts and compatibility issues, and have pretty much settled on the following components for my next machine:
LIAN LI Lan cool PC-K1B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition
SAPPHIRE 100270SR Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB 512-bit (256-bit x 2) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR10664GK
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Logitech UltraX Silver/Black USB Wired Standard Media Keyboard
Logitech MX518 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB + PS/2 Wired Optical Gaming-Grade Mouse
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 for System Builders
It isn’t the fastest stuff out there, but it shouldn’t have too much trouble keeping up with the pack!
Hi Mr. Tim! So now you are a blogger…. What is this world coming too! I suppose it was just a matter of time. (LOL)
I think it is neat that you have been married 23 years to the same broad….what a guy!! I promise I will watch your blog and keep you safe from on line predators (you do have the cutest hinny ever)
Love you!!
Me
Looks like a pretty sweet system Tim.
My last system was Intel based. Ever since the Core 2 came out they seem to be ahead. I’m happy to be able to buy American again, but I’m grateful to AMD for waking Intel up. Intel was really slacking off there around the turn of the millennium.
Are you sure you don’t want to give Vista 64 a shot? I like XP for games, but it is getting a little dated. Windows 7 might come out this year. That would put you 2 versions behind. You won’t be able to use all 4 GB of ram with XP 32, and XP 64 is not something anyone would want to deal with.
I am planning on using XP32 for now, until Windows 7 comes out. I would like to give 7 a chance once it arrives. I really haven’t taken time to even research Vista 64 as I have never heard any positive comments about any “flavor” of Vista. That being said, I should at least check out the specs and forum comments and see if it has any potential for gaming.