Building a new system (all components purchased) Any good?

[Pck21]

Asus Barebones kit: (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2120037&Sku=A455-2116 A)

Asus A8N-SLI mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU (might upgrade after X-Mas to a 64 X2)
Maxtor 160 GB 7200rpm Sata HDD (will add a second 10k rpm hdd later)
Ultra X-infinity 500-watt power
Masscool AMD K8 Fan
Ultra PC3200 512 RAM (Upgrading to 1.5 GB RAM next month)
Asus Radeon X1600 PRO 512MB PCI express video card (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=A455-7118)


Is that going to be enough for a gaming rig to play BF2, WoW, and Doom 3?

Also I have XP Home edition and I saw that they had XP Pro edition x64 for 64 bit computing. I wanted to know if I could run that as my OS or if it's even worth it?

Is there anything else I'm missing? Thanks in advance!

Dave

 

[suprasteve]

that setup should be more than adequate for those games at probably any setting (bf2 may have to be mid, dunno for sure), don't bother getting 64 bit XP, it's a pain trying to find drivers for everything and there's little if any increase in computing power, as far as other things you need: cd/dvd drives, keyboard and mouse, monitor, speakers, maybe a floppy

 

[Pck21]

that setup should be more than adequate for those games at probably any setting (bf2 may have to be mid, dunno for sure), don't bother getting 64 bit XP, it's a pain trying to find drivers for everything and there's little if any increase in computing power, as far as other things you need: cd/dvd drives, keyboard and mouse, monitor, speakers, maybe a floppy

Ok great! I'm glad I got the setup I wanted. Yep I got the cd/dvd drive and burners, logitec wireless keyboard and mouse, speakers, and floppy. Right now I'm going to use an old monitor for a while until everything is COMPLETELY setup and running smoothly. I'm looking at a 19 in ViewSonic LCD for a monitor.

Thanks for all the help and input! It's much appreciated

Dave

 

[diduknowthat]

you might have some trouble playing bf2 until you upgrade you ram next month, as its pretty ram intensive. I would just stick with home edition as there's really no advantages for x64 right now and you'll just have a harder time finding 64bit drivers.