Help Me with My Upgrade????

[Mr.Awesome]

I am currently hoping to upgrade my computer for HL2, but i don't know all the details in the hardware. Of course, someone will be helping me install it, but...
I currently have an ATI Radeon 9000 and am planning on just keeping that
I was going to get...
Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz 400MHz FSB, 128K Cache - Retail
Specifications:
Model: Intel Celeron(Pentium 4 based)
Core: Northwood
Operating Frequency: 2.4GHz
FSB: 400MHz
Cache: L1/12K+8K; L2/128K
Voltage: 1.525V
Process: 0.13Micron
Socket: Socket 478
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2
Warranty: 3-year MFG
Packaging: Retail box (with Heatsink and Fan) for 71 dolla
and an
Intel "D845GVSRL" i845GV Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU -RETAIL
Specifications:
Supported CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Celeron Processors
Chipset: Intel 845GV + ICH4
FSB: 533/400MHz
RAM: 2x DIMM for DDR333/266 Max 2GB
IDE: 2x ATA 100 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 3x PCI
Ports: 2xPS/2,1xVGA,1xCOM,1xLPT,1xLAN,6xUSB2.0(Rear 4), Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: Realtek ALC202A 2-Channel Codec
Onboard Video: Intel Extreme Graphics
Onboard LAN: Intel 82562ET 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet
Form Factor: microATX for 58 dolla
are these good products/deals? (im gettin em from newegg)
thanks for yo help

 

[Steven Q Urkle]

microatx is a small type of motherboard. do you have a shuttle or a tiny case?

 

[Gajdycz]

a celaron will kill u

 

[Nex321]

Celeron is NOT a good cpu. I found this for you, only for $90 you get AMD ATHLON XP 3000+, thats one hell of a good cpu for that price!

http://www.bzboyz.com/store/product2392.html

And buy a mobo for it, a cheap one.

 

[blahblahblah]

Horrible deal.

The Intel Celeron processors are notoriously bad performers, especially in games.

http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2139&p=1

It is kinda of a crappy time for budget processors. The old budget processor leader, the AMD Athlon XP line has been discontinued and has seen its prices sky rocket over the past month which pretty much eliminates it for a budget chip.

AMD recently released its new budget chips called the AMD Sempron processor, but its performance is below that of an XP. Intel likewise has released a new budget processor called the "Celeron D." It is kinda of a tie between the two, neither give good performance when compared to the Athlon XP.

If I had to choose, I would say buy the Sempron processor as they give a slightly better value than the Celeron D's. A better option is to search around and see if you can still find a good deal on an Athlon XP processor.

 

[bosox188]

Definitely go with Athlon XP. As for the video card, the 9000 is still good and you can upgrade later. What about you ram, should be at least 512.

 

[poseyjmac]

celeron or xp 3000+, with a radeon 9000, you are going to get similar crappy performance in hl2.

 

[Asus]

Matching your prices, an ASRock K7VT6 with VIA's KT600 Chipset for $42 and an Athlon XP 2600+ for $97 would be much much better. It's just $10 more too, $139 vs your $129.

Even an Athlon XP 2200+ for $75 will be better than the Celeron Chip, saving you $22.

Benchmarks

 

[Mr.Awesome]

wow.. thanks for the help