Help required in buying a PC

[vj_arun]

Hi,
I plan to buy a p4 2.8/3.2 GHZ with 865GBF chipset.
My useage will be more of games and MP3. Can somebody please suggest me a good soundcard with 5.1 and 5.1 speakers within a combined budget of around Rs.8000-9000.Please do suggest me a good 128MB graphics card within Rs.8000. Also how is the performance of AMD 64 bit processor when compared to P4 2.8/3.2 GHZ

thanks in advance

regards
Arun.vj

[aadipa]

u r gonna buy P4 2.8c / 2.8e + D865GBF
this board have onboard 5.1 sound card which is quite decent. Just get good speakers, atleast creative inspire 5200, and a good big hall to keep ur sound setup

u can get FX5700 for that cost, which is DX9 compatible

AMD 64 is always better than P4s which are still 32-bits, and still lags behind AMD 64 in 32 bits tests too.

[blade_runner]

Go for AMD 64 processors as they are better performers and are future compatible.
U can get an AMD 64 2800+ for 8K and AMD 3000+ for 10k. The Intel 3.2Ghz is gonna cost u almost the same or maybe more. Go for either a Gigabyte K8T800M or Asus K8V mobo for 5k and 7k respectively.

As for graphics card, go for a 9600pro for 8.5k which performs much better than the Fx5700. The performance of AMD 64 processors is good when using 32 bit applications and will be like 30% more better when using 64 bit apps.

[TheMask]

Just thot u must know that the latest Intel 865GBF motherboards are NOT coming with AGP slot. Check b4 u buy.

[akshayt]

AMD 3200 64 1mb cache-?
512*2mb ddr 400 corsair or even transcend
creative live 5.1 for 2k
altec lansing 5.1 for 7k
asus kbv for 7k
128mb radeon 9800pro for 13k

what is your total budget