Buying a new computer- decisions

[Maxibonk]

Hey guys, I'd really appreciate it if you told me which was better or if there are any significant differences between these pieces of Hardware.

a choice between Gigabyte GS-81PE775 Pro or a GA-81915GMF or an ASUS P5GD1 (915P) or a Gigabyte GA-9PI915P-DUO-PRO (DDR/DDR2)
a 250 GB (JD) WD SATA150 HDD ( 8mb, 7200rpm) or a 250 GB Seagate SATA150 drive
2 512 mb Veritech PC3200 DDRRAM or 2 512 mb DDR400 Dual-CH Adata PC-3200 RAM Kit
a Sparkle GF 6600GT 128 mb HDTV/DVI-I AGP card or a Sparkle GF6600 PCIE 128mb or a 6600GT or a 256 mb Asus Extreme N6600/TD PCI Express

Help a brother out, thanks

[Maxibonk]

I guess I want to know, whethe r I should get a PCI express motherboard which seems to be cheaper and better and what's the best graphics card I can get with that.

[fmctm1sw]

I guess I want to know, whethe r I should get a PCI express motherboard which seems to be cheaper and better and what's the best graphics card I can get with that.

I read in a magazine (recently) that right now PCI express will not gain you much over a current AGP card. I can't remember the magazine..

*edit* PCworld Janaury 2005 issue pg 138

[Soopafresh]

I have both at work and can't tell the difference.

[studtrooper]

There isn't a single PCI-e card out right now that can saturate a AGP 8x bus. But, PCI-e IS the future (for video cards AND expansion cards), if you can, make sure you get a mobo equiped with PCI-e...

[ViRaL1]

There isn't a single PCI-e card out right now that can saturate a AGP 8x bus. But, PCI-e IS the future (for video cards AND expansion cards), if you can, make sure you get a mobo equiped with PCI-e...

Not to be a naysayer, but PCI-e is one possible future. It's quite possible that it may be here to stay, but then again...RAMBUS was the future.

[studtrooper]

There isn't a single PCI-e card out right now that can saturate a AGP 8x bus. But, PCI-e IS the future (for video cards AND expansion cards), if you can, make sure you get a mobo equiped with PCI-e...

Not to be a naysayer, but PCI-e is one possible future. It's quite possible that it may be here to stay, but then again...RAMBUS was the future.

RAMBUS was an Intel only venture, PCI-e is accepted by both AMD and Intel (not to mention ATI and nVidia...). AGP and PCI will soon join ISA and the others in the legacy pit...