Amd Processors

[Mr Ham Cake]

Alright I have it. Its decent and i'll be able to keep up w/ my friends that play WoW, CS:S, and AA:SF, and when we all get BF-2. IF it looks like something may not work or may not fit just reply it.

 

Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820220057

 

FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX500-A 500W Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817104934

 

Silver Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case Peak Power- 350W, Max Power- 250W Power Supply(I'll take out PSU)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811153028

 

Update DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813136147

 

eVGA 128-A8-N350 Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130220

 

AMD Sempron 3000+ Palermo 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Processor Model SDA3000BABOX - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16819104222

 

What you guys think? I went w/ the 754 bcuz I think its cheaper and i wanted the DFI mobo just bcuz of the good things i have hear about it. Tell me if there is anything better for the same ammount of money and just set it like how i did. I don't think there is though all that for $561.99. The tax is shipping is about $70 bucks. What it have been cheaper if I bought a bare bones system?>

Edited July 28, 2005 by Mr Ham Cake

[cchalogamer]

do you not understand that all cards on the market but ONE come in AGP...

 

and if your doing PCI-e i have to say go for 939...there's no reason not to...bc you dont get any "upgrade benifits" with 754...the CPU upgade is more important than the videocard...they dont make 754 FX CPUs you know...but they DO make AGP x850XTs

 

EDIT: and just what CPU did you decide on?

Edited July 27, 2005 by cchalogamer

[Verran]

Those dual socket boards always seemed a little bit silly to me. They seem like just an "average" board for both sockets. I'd rather just pick one and get a good board for it.

 

The only use I see for a dual board is, as an example, start with a 754, then buy only a dual mobo, then save some more, then buy the 939 chip. Like to bridge that gap temporarily. But why bother? Just save up and swap the chip and mobo at the same time. At least in my experience, the chip and the mobo almost always swap together. I got this 939 board very early in the socket's life, so maybe I'll get a venice/SD before it gets retired, but that's pretty rare for me.

 

Anyways, with regards to the dual sockets. I'm sure they're fine, but I just don't really see the point.

[oralpain]

My vote (for an inexpensive gaming system) is on an low price, but quality, S754 board ($75), an A64 2800+ retail ($120), a gig of PC3200 value memory ($90), and an AGP NVIDIA 6800 ($160).

 

A quality 420 watt enermax PSU ($65-75) will be more than enough.

Edited July 27, 2005 by oralpain

[Mr Ham Cake]

K after a crap load of editing, i think i got it. Look a couple replies up.

[cchalogamer]

well that's a very nice skt 754 system

[Verran]

Bah, I still think you should go 939/PCI-E, but I have to admit that's not a bad setup at all. The only thing I'm worried about is the "MicroATX" case. If it truely is micro, it won't fit that DFI board which is standard size. Bottom line, you don't want a micro board. Whatever you get socket and graphics wise, don't get a micro architechture. So make sure whatever case you get will hold a standard ATX board.

[Kash]

 

You gotta change the case. It's microATX and your mobo is a standard ATX mobo. You wouldn't be able to stick that mobo into that case even if you tried. You'd have to cut it up, which wouldn't exactly be a good idea.....

[Mr Ham Cake]

 

You gotta change the case. It's microATX and your mobo is a standard ATX mobo. You wouldn't be able to stick that mobo into that case even if you tried. You'd have to cut it up, which wouldn't exactly be a good idea.....

517835[/snapback]

 

 

Well that sucks something awful, its pretty good looking case too.

 

Heres another one w/ a lot of good reviews.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811154017

[cchalogamer]

humm i could see cuttign a side intake...maybe a top blowhole...and paintign it...then I like it and it fits the budget.

[Kash]

Reminds me of old Compaq cases....

 

I'm with cchalogamer, you're looking at some modding in the near future. DEFINITELY a paint job.

[Mr Ham Cake]

O no way, I might get a glossy spray paint and do that b4 i shove everything in. But that would be the must of it. Anything. the DFI mobo supports a Athlon 64, the processor I want to get is a sempron? is it it the same thing. O ya, my mom just order 2 G5 makes w/ 3 gigs of ram. I'll tell you guys when we get em. Man, that would be cool it have a PC inside a Mac case.