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Lancer68
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8. January 2006 @ 07:02 |
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Guys, I know we are tired of this kind of thread, but I did some searching and not satisfied with results so I'll post. I want to build an AMD 64 system and like everyone else, I want to get the best bang for my buck. What cpu/motherboard combo kicks arse but on a budget. So, we'll forget about the FX and X2, but that would be nice. Any help is appreciated as usual.
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SypherTek
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8. January 2006 @ 07:21 |
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the socket 939 opteron UP processors are supposed to be manufactured on the same line as the fx models and you can get a 2ghz one for about £100
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
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8. January 2006 @ 08:22 |
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AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor ? Retail $222
Quality CPU
Pros: Fast, 1MB Cache, San Diego Core which is superb! Upgraded from a 2.6GHz P4 HT and this is a very nice upgrade. Runs extremely cool even with stock heatsink and grease.. 29C atm without any other cooli...
ng device.
Other Thoughts: Awesome CPU and I coulnd't be happier. Was going to go X2 but if you're on a budget and want to put money elsewhere.... this cpu is a great investment. Supposedly the San Diego was an FX series core so you really can't go wrong.
Reviewed By: PhusionDev, 1/6/2006 10:45:21 AM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is high and has owned this product between 1 week to 1 month.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Buy it!
Pros: This processor is very fast. Windows XP boot time is drastically reduced. Cool'n Quiet function keeps fan noise down to minimum. HyperTransport is awesome....
Other Thoughts: Buy one! You'll be glad you did.
Reviewed By: Franky4Fingers, 1/6/2006 9:36:25 AM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is high and has owned this product between 1 day to 1 week.
Did you find this review helpful? one hell of an amazin gaming cpu.
Pros: guys like just about everyone has stated about this amazing cpu. It is absotuely the best gaming cpu on the market for the money. why do you ask, simply cause i can easily overclock it to 2.7-2.8ghz a...
nd still maintain low cpu temps. mine is running at 2.7ghz and it never goes over 37 celicus. thats with a thermalright xp-120 heatsink,artic silver 5 compound and panaflo 120mm 12v fan.
Cons: absotuley nothing wrong with this processor. Let me ask you guys this. If People can overclock it to even higher speed then the fx 58 processor then u saves urself over 800 dollars roughly. Is that a ... More »
con to you all? I think not. thats why this is the best gaming cpu for the money period. just the stock speed of this cpu completly creams
Reviewed By: N/A, 1/5/2006 2:32:28 PM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539
ECS KA1 MVP (1.0) Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $114
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135211
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8. January 2006 @ 08:27 |
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Pokey5 be careful u have recommended a 939 pin cpu and a 754 motherboard.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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8. January 2006 @ 08:30 |
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AHHHHH! Crap I didnt even know that my bad I'll have to find one of the others that I've picked out. I must have copied a different page. OOPS. :) I'll delete that section of the post and get a different Mobo.
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8. January 2006 @ 08:33 |
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no problem
if i may sergest on it would be the Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe ;)
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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8. January 2006 @ 08:37 |
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A8N SLI Deluxe is extremly expensive are you sure?
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8. January 2006 @ 08:43 |
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yea but it looks the best for future upgradabilty
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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8. January 2006 @ 08:47 |
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It really does but the creater of the thread said he's looking for a good mobo for a decent amount of money.
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Lancer68
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8. January 2006 @ 08:51 |
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well, all good input, I'm soaking it up. I have a budget of about 500US for cpu/mb and graphics card the rest I have.
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8. January 2006 @ 08:56 |
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grx card i would surgest u buy a x800 gto2 PCI-E, mobo probley be a Asus A8V-E SE SKT 939 VIA AUDIO LAN PCI-Express SATA ATX for me
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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8. January 2006 @ 08:57 |
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The quintessential question is... are you using this machine to game, program, internet surfing, or a workstation?
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Lancer68
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8. January 2006 @ 09:41 |
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Game, game, game, and Internet (RoadRunner Cable)
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8. January 2006 @ 10:45 |
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You WILL have to raise your $500 CPU, mobo, GPU budget unless you don't mind minimum graphical power.
Heres my suggestion...
$350 donated to the CPU
$250-$300 for the GPU
$100-$150 to the mobo
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8. January 2006 @ 11:00 |
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System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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Lancer68
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8. January 2006 @ 11:03 |
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I'm using Radeon X700 PRO 256 AGP right now in my current system and I play everything (Fear, BF2, Call to Duty,...) on high settings with no issues,none.
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8. January 2006 @ 11:05 |
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and would u like to use that grx card as well?, damn, the one i have recommended will play all the games well as well, even better than the one u have got now, and for me its best bang for the money.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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8. January 2006 @ 11:41 |
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wdowsing, check on price for socket 939 board that has agp slot as that card he has is still good. asus or asrock has a dual slot board with agp & pci/e on it so check that out.
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8. January 2006 @ 11:47 |
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System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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Lancer68
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8. January 2006 @ 12:08 |
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That's a nice MB and great price, but I'd prefer an Nvidia chipset, or how does this one compare I wonder.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 AM2
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8. January 2006 @ 12:20 |
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Your never happy lol, well thats the only one that i can find execpt this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135212 but that looks like they are the only two please correct if im wrong but only two i can find on newegg.com which are socket 939.
But the first one looks much better to me.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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Lancer68
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8. January 2006 @ 12:23 |
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Well, what concerns me is the reviews, seems there are some problems with this board, I dont want to spend a week trying to get my system to boot, and no, I'm never happy. LOL What about 754's or are they obsolete now.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 AM2
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2Gigs CorsairXMS26400
2 BFG 7900GT's
WD 250 7200 SATA150
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WindowsXP PRO SP2
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8. January 2006 @ 12:25 |
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the 754 are obsolute now, it sounds like u have a good gpu neway so only other way is just going for agp 8x.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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8. January 2006 @ 12:32 |
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Try an nforce4 edition mobo, that might meet your highly put fancy...lol
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Lancer68
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8. January 2006 @ 12:58 |
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Ok guys come on LOL. I just want a stabel system. I've learned the hardway to stay away from Soyo and thier Via boards, dont want to run down the same road. You guys are helping and I appreciate it.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 AM2
MSI K9N Platinum SLi
2Gigs CorsairXMS26400
2 BFG 7900GT's
WD 250 7200 SATA150
Soundblaster Live!
WindowsXP PRO SP2
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