Building a new system

[Grey99]

I want to put together a new system and was wondering if the following combination will work ok

AMD X2 Duel Core AM2 64 Athlon 5000 2.6GHz (although I may go for the 5200 as its only a few quid on top)
Asus M2N4- SLi AM2 DDR2 PCI-E SATA II Raid GB LAN
Corsair XMS6400 2GB 800Mhz Non-ECC DDR2 SDRAM

I would like a suggestion for a mid-range Grapics card. I'm only an occasional gamer and I'm looking for common compatibility more than performance and spec.

I would like to know if I install WinXP Pro (non-64bit version), am I going to run into any compatibility problems?

Grey99.

[Taxation]

7900gs
1900gt
1900xt
1900gto
if you do a froogle search then you can find a very cheap 7900gt which is a slower clocked 7900gtx with less RAM, very good card and slightly better than the 7900gs

[teknokid]

normal xp would be fine.

[GN]

What he means is XP Pro will be fine. Not Home.

[JDowdall]

x1950 pro!! they are £123 here http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119203 sorry nova but ebuyer is £30 cheaper on this 1 and the x1950 pro is faster and better looking than the 7900gs :)

[Nox]

my maths make it £15 cheaper there

Nox

[teknokid]

noob graphics card lol!

[JDowdall]

shush mr no striker!

[teknokid]

haha. u wont be saying that on tuesday! and i have an 8800gtx!

[JDowdall]

but no computer to put it in wheras i have a computer i can play games on NOW! and have done since october :D

[teknokid]

what? i have the whole pc- mobo ready to go... and atm i have this system which is hardly slow!
amd 3500+ (OC to 4000+)
1gb ddr400 ram
2x6600gt
asus a8n-sli
hiper type - r 480w

[JDowdall]

mines betta :lol: :P

[teknokid]

yh but ure not getting a new one!

[GN]

What ever. I have seen a few things that AMD are going to do this year. ill get there stuff not the Intel junk.