New Mobo & CPU

RolandIronfist · 15-August-05, 01:46 PM

Greetings :-)

Around autum, in 2-3 months time i would like to upgrade my Mobo and CPU. Only real requiremts for the Mobo is that i has to have a AGP slot and DDR slots. Currently i am using a AMD Athlon XP 2800+ and it would be nice to outperform that quite a bit. For the price range, i am looking at a maximum budget of around 400$. I know that PCI Express is the way to go, but i'm simply not willing to sacrifice my brand new Geforce 6800 :-/.

Cheers

Psychotic_God · 15-August-05, 02:17 PM

Watsup bro'

If your on a budget of $400, Id recommend the AV8 ATX Socket 939 Motherboard, for AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX Processors. For the processor get the Athlon 64 3500+, 2.20 GHz, 1.6 GHz FSB. You could propably get the whole deal on ebay for less than $400. Lemme know if you need more help...

-Psychotic_God

TimberWolf · 15-August-05, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Psychotic_God


	Watsup bro' If your on a budget of $400, Id recommend the AV8 ATX Socket 939 Motherboard, for AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX Processors. For the processor get the Athlon 64 3500+, 2.20 GHz, 1.6 GHz FSB. You could propably get the whole deal on ebay for less than $400. Lemme know if you need more help... -Psychotic_God

Doesn't that have the VIA chipset? Rumor I've been hearing is that the VIA chipset will not support the new SATA2 drives coming out. Initally read it on newegg.

Psychotic_God · 15-August-05, 06:59 PM

Yeah, I think your right.....anyways, heres the non-sli version of the board that im personally using, its on ebay, and its a good deal.

Gigabyte Motherboard GA-K8NS Ultra-939 AMD Athlon64 nFo <----click

For the processor, I still would recommend the Athlon 64 3500+, 2.20 GHz, 1.6 GHz FSB.
This will give you a significant boost in performance while staying on a budget.

Also, if youre planning to cool your cpu on air, I would recommend this Fan .
Regular fans have blind spots, with this one, I wouldnt be surprised if you could overclock it.

RolandIronfist · 16-August-05, 11:00 AM

First off, i don't live in the US, so the 400$ where just an estimate

Although i live in Denmark, and the prices are almost the same. I don't want to buy any hardware off eBay as i don't like the risk.

I am thinking of this motherboard. (although the text is in danish, the specs should be perfectly understandable)
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=99767

And this CPU
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=137618

Psychotic_God · 16-August-05, 01:23 PM

The gigabyte board is compatible with SATA2. Its also delivers better performance. I personally used gigabyte in my own computer. By the way, Ive been using ebay for 3 years and never had problems, its very safe. I get all of my big parts from ebay.....all the ones I use to build my computers.

Everybody also agrees that you should get the amd 3500+, its your decision how to get them.....lemme know if you need anything else......

LwrS10 · 16-August-05, 01:45 PM

ok here you go----use the msi k8n neo 2 platnium, and the 3500, and it comes to $364.99, and they ship it as a combo---fully tested.....

here

and--i have that mobo if you want it----nothin wrong with it, i just went to pcie. $75.00

Psychotic_God · 16-August-05, 02:06 PM

Do, whatever you want......but I used MSI for 2 year, and I think that its not that great. I use gigabyte now and its much superior performance compared to the MSI boards I used.

You can also get the Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra 939 Motherboard and the AMD3500+ for under $400.

RolandIronfist · 27-August-05, 02:48 AM

Allright, down to the final contestents:

http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=126813
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=142325
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=99767

And thanks for all the replies

$SOLID$ Necro · 27-August-05, 04:12 AM

My favorite motherbaords have the NF-4 chipset, DFI being the TOP choice around here for Overclocking.
ASUS, ABIT,MSI and GIGABYTE all have there individual strengths..but there a toss up in general.

15-August-05, 01:46 PM		#1 (permalink)
RolandIronfist Apex Techie Lite	New Mobo & CPU Greetings :-) Around autum, in 2-3 months time i would like to upgrade my Mobo and CPU. Only real requiremts for the Mobo is that i has to have a AGP slot and DDR slots. Currently i am using a AMD Athlon XP 2800+ and it would be nice to outperform that quite a bit. For the price range, i am looking at a maximum budget of around 400$. I know that PCI Express is the way to go, but i'm simply not willing to sacrifice my brand new Geforce 6800 :-/. Cheers

15-August-05, 02:17 PM		#2 (permalink)
Psychotic_God Banned	Psychotic_God isin the house Watsup bro' If your on a budget of $400, Id recommend the AV8 ATX Socket 939 Motherboard, for AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX Processors. For the processor get the Athlon 64 3500+, 2.20 GHz, 1.6 GHz FSB. You could propably get the whole deal on ebay for less than $400. Lemme know if you need more help... -Psychotic_God

15-August-05, 06:59 PM		#4 (permalink)
Psychotic_God Banned	Kreh Yeah, I think your right.....anyways, heres the non-sli version of the board that im personally using, its on ebay, and its a good deal. Gigabyte Motherboard GA-K8NS Ultra-939 AMD Athlon64 nFo <----click For the processor, I still would recommend the Athlon 64 3500+, 2.20 GHz, 1.6 GHz FSB. This will give you a significant boost in performance while staying on a budget. Also, if youre planning to cool your cpu on air, I would recommend this Fan . Regular fans have blind spots, with this one, I wouldnt be surprised if you could overclock it.

16-August-05, 01:23 PM		#6 (permalink)
Psychotic_God Banned	Kreh The gigabyte board is compatible with SATA2. Its also delivers better performance. I personally used gigabyte in my own computer. By the way, Ive been using ebay for 3 years and never had problems, its very safe. I get all of my big parts from ebay.....all the ones I use to build my computers. Everybody also agrees that you should get the amd 3500+, its your decision how to get them.....lemme know if you need anything else......

16-August-05, 02:06 PM		#8 (permalink)
Psychotic_God Banned	Kreh Do, whatever you want......but I used MSI for 2 year, and I think that its not that great. I use gigabyte now and its much superior performance compared to the MSI boards I used. You can also get the Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra 939 Motherboard and the AMD3500+ for under $400.

16-August-05, 11:00 AM		#5 (permalink)
RolandIronfist Apex Techie Lite	First off, i don't live in the US, so the 400$ where just an estimate Although i live in Denmark, and the prices are almost the same. I don't want to buy any hardware off eBay as i don't like the risk. I am thinking of this motherboard. (although the text is in danish, the specs should be perfectly understandable) http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=99767 And this CPU http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=137618

16-August-05, 01:45 PM		#7 (permalink)
LwrS10 C-hoe-bra Joe	ok here you go----use the msi k8n neo 2 platnium, and the 3500, and it comes to $364.99, and they ship it as a combo---fully tested..... here and--i have that mobo if you want it----nothin wrong with it, i just went to pcie. $75.00

27-August-05, 02:48 AM		#9 (permalink)
RolandIronfist Apex Techie Lite	Allright, down to the final contestents: http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=126813 http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=142325 http://www.edbpriser.dk/Listprices.asp?ID=99767 And thanks for all the replies

27-August-05, 04:12 AM		#10 (permalink)
$SOLID$ Necro Mastah Overclocker	My favorite motherbaords have the NF-4 chipset, DFI being the TOP choice around here for Overclocking. ASUS, ABIT,MSI and GIGABYTE all have there individual strengths..but there a toss up in general.

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