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What motherboard do you recommend?
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metabaron
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20. June 2005 @ 00:31 |
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I'm looking at getting a new motherboard and I'm totally lost as to what brand I should get or what specs that I want besides it being able to support DDR ram.
Should I get an AMD board that supports AMD 64 (kind of an AMD fan since that's all I've ever used)? What is AMD 64 exactly? Do I need to have a "Northbridge" on it?
So many questions...
Somebody get me started. What do you think?
Thanks!
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metabaron
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20. June 2005 @ 00:39 |
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I'm also looking at video cards as well.
Do I want a video card that plugs into the PCI or into the AGP? What are the differences?
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deadcat
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20. June 2005 @ 03:04 |
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AMD 64 is amd's 64bit chips, theyve been around for a while, intels only just caught up. Th northbridge is part of the motherboard, as is the southbridge. do a google for "athlon 64 motherboards" and you will get your answers. They are very good cpu's for the money, and overclock easily. Definitly get a n-force 4 board by nvidia, heaps better than the others available.
As far as graphics card, id go PCI-E only because theres more available these days and they're the new generation (so you can buy a good one now and put it in your next motherboard later on, agp is gone pretty much)
Its really up to you, if you have a computer already you need to look at what you can bring across (ie- if you switch to intel you need new ddr2 ram but amd can use the old sticks, if you have a brand new agp graphics card you could get away with another agp motherboard....
Antec Plus View Case w 5 fans, Asus A8N Sli, Athlon 64 3500, 2gig PC3200, 7600GS x 2 graphics, 2x 120gb Sata2 Raid0, 2x 320gb Sata 2, 2x 250gb USB External, Aopen Com4824,Pioneer A08, Polyview 17' lcd x2
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20. June 2005 @ 04:56 |
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Just to help you out a little metabaron, PCI and PCI-E are different,, just making sure you dont run into confusion, because PCI cards suck... and PCI-E cards are amazing.
 http://pspcrack.tk/
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Starbuck1
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20. June 2005 @ 11:04 |
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ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe I875P
3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood
1 GB Kingston
Plextor 716A Dvd-Rw
74 GB WD Raptor SATA HD@10000rpm
200 GB Maxtor HD@7200rpm
GeForce 6800 GT
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SypherTek
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21. June 2005 @ 06:42 |
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if your looking for something new id reccomend a socket 939 athlon 64 motherboard (id reccomend MSI theyre expensive but worth it) with PCI Express (PCI Express gives better graphic perfomance than AGP) and as for the Graphics card its got to be a Nvidia 6600GT
id sugest checking out
http://www.eclipsecomputers.com theyve got some cheap parts
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend...
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SypherTek
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21. June 2005 @ 06:48 |
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AMDs like athlons and semprons are 32bit processors the athlon 64 is a 64bit processor basically theyre twice as good ;P
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend...
WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap) |
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Induna
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21. June 2005 @ 15:54 |
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Depends on how much money you want to spend.
AMD is more value for money than Intel.
Then what AMD CPU. Top of the range Athlon64 are expensive. You don't really need 64 bit CPU as most software doesn't support it.
Personlly I'd stick with 32 bit. So that means AMD Athlon or the new Sempron.
Next you want a motherboard that supports the Sempron. (Socket A) Semprons run at 333FSB (Front Side Bus). So get a motherboard that has a FSB of 333 or 400. Memory has to be 333Mhz (PC2700)or 400Mzh (PC3200).
It all depends on price but an Athlon XP 2500 can overclock to 3200 if you run at FSB 400. But some CPU are locked so they only run at FSB 333.
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Induna
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21. June 2005 @ 15:57 |
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All graphics card these days are AGP. It's standard now.
And mostly made by ATI or nVidia.
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Induna
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21. June 2005 @ 15:59 |
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ddp
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21. June 2005 @ 17:37 |
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Induna, new standard is pci/e on all new motherboards as agp is going the way of the doodoo bird
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Induna
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22. June 2005 @ 04:10 |
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Thanks for the heads up, I didn't realise AGP was being phased out. See I don't use my PC for games so it doesn't really effect me.
I'm still using a GeForce 3, 64MB.
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22. June 2005 @ 14:42 |
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you want to looks for specs like: Hyper-threading, 800fsb bus, 1 mb cahce but 512 will do, more than gig of ram. All the other specs is up to you
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The_OGS
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22. June 2005 @ 17:28 |
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Hey metabaron, check this out:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_deta...
They are selling these for only $119 bucks (CDN)!
Socket 939, and they have integrated Radeon graphics, plus a PCI eXpress graphics slot :^)
I have built a 1/2-dozen rigs with these; very pleased with everything so far...
Top performance, very reliable and good quality, good support ;^)
Regards
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Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 @ 2.4GHz
2GB OCZ PC2-6400 Platinum XTC R2
ATI Radeon X1900XT 512MB
Enermax Liberty 620W
320GB/16MB WD, 150GB/16MB Raptor
Plextor PX-755SA DVD (SATA)
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metabaron
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22. June 2005 @ 18:43 |
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The_OGS, thanks! I'll check it out!
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