Is this a good idea?

[SLaY3r07]

First off my comp sux: AMD XP 2400, 640MB SDRAM (not DDR), and a FX5200 Now to the good stuff... I will be building my dream machine pretty soon but I need a little help from something called Christmas to help finish it off... What I am thinking of doing is this: Buy a X800 XT PE or Gainward 6800 GT (If I have enough I will go w/ XT PE) and then buy a TT Tsunami case and a OCZ 420W PSU... So for aboot 2 months I will play HL2 w/: AMD XP 2400, 640MB SDRAM, and a X800 XT PE... How will that fare w/ HL2? I know the gfx card helps but my system will be a huge bottleneck... Then when Christams rolls around I will get: AMD 64 3500, Socket 939 mobo, 1GB OCZ PC-3700 (DDR-466) RAM, and a WD Raptor... Tell me what u think... :bounce:

 

[bosox188]

Well the ram's not great but the cpu is decent, should play pretty well especially with an X800 XT PE.

 

[SLaY3r07]

The XP 2400 and 640MB RAM will be just temporary until I get the rest...

 

[JFry]

I think it'll be ok. You may experience a little slow-down when the action heats up, but nothing that is going to cripple your framerate.