Kamikaze_Badger Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 Well a buddy of mine wants an upgrade. He'll be keeping his drives and such, but after talking to him today with a $450 budget, I managed to pull up the following for him. He wants it for light image and video work, and lots of other general work, but wants it fast. MSI K8N Neo4-F S939 Motherboard FSP Group 300w PSU w/ Dual +12v Rails 2x WinTec AMPO 1 GB DDR400 sticks AMD Athlon 64 FX-55. This won't be used for overclocking, and is a low budget upgrade. Total comes up to about $438 USD. Opinions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 vid card? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 Going to be transferred from his old system. Only problem is that it may be an AGP, in which case I'll nab a Neo3-F instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeble Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 (edited) Well, that's only $360. You know his uses better than I do, but I think you'd be better of with a 3700+ ($93) and a $200 PCI-E video card. Edited October 28, 2006 by Bleeble Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 He told me not to go high on the video card. He won't be doing any PC gaming at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeble Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 If he's not gaming, wouldn't an X2 be better? It seems to me that image/vide editing and general multitasking would benefit from a dual-core. An X2 4400+ is $198 on Newegg. Of course, that could be complete overkill for what he does for all I know. Just curious, what's he upgrading from? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 An older HP, I think... Multi-tasking isn't running Word, Excel, and a web browser while listening to music, if that's what you mean by general multi-tasking. An X2 wouldn't benefit him as much as the single core would. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 ESPECIALLY considerign he wont be overclocking I would say grab some ram with tight timings. It DOES make a difference especially at the lower speeds. Maybe something like Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 2-3-2-5? Actually, while the "Kits" of ram WERE about $30 cheaper for the last year, doesnt seem to be the case now. Same specs single stick. As for FX vs X2, it depands on how much video work he does. If you do enough the advantags are worth it, if not a 4000+ is considerably less money and it's not like he'll ever really notice 200mhz, not that you couldnt do a light OC with it anyway with any decent board (decent as in stable and not a POS). Good luck with the build. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 IMO, i would get a beefier PSU *yeah i know that forton is good, but a 300w PSU for an fx55? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted October 28, 2006 Posted October 28, 2006 I'll probably get a 400w then for higher stability. And the two gigs of tighter timing ram goes above budget . I'll talk to him about it though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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