Corey 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 so...i decided to buy new procesor and a new motherboard......what do you think....is this a good choice..?CPU:Model: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8 GHz) Socket: Socket 939 Veličina cache-a: L2 512 KB Pakiranje: Kutija Ostalo: - 64 bit- HyperTransport tehnologija MBO:MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum ? 12 in.(L) x 9. 4 5 in.(W); ATX ? 4 DIMMs w/ DDR 400 upto 4 GB ? 1 AGP 8X; 5 PCI; 8 USB ? 8 Ch. Audio; Dual Gb LAN; IEEE 1394; RAID; SATA; ATA133 ? Live Update; Fuzzy Logic; PC Alert; MSI CoreCell; MSI CoreCenter; DOT , DigiCell; nVidia Firewall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Too_Hot 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 the motherboard is feature rich and has alot to offer, i consider it to be one of the best amd based mobos out there, although i think if u can increase your budget then you should go for a processor with a bit more ooomph, you can probably pick up a amd fx 51 for a cheap price on ebay, or if you really want a new processor then the amd 64+ 3500 or 3700 would be better as they are alot faster and i think they have improved on chip cache. Overall if you cant afford more then i think your purchase is quite good although i still think the processor is a little weak (depends wat u are using it for ). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 the motherboard is feature rich and has alot to offer, i consider it to be one of the best amd based mobos out there, although i think if u can increase your budget then you should go for a processor with a bit more ooomph, you can probably pick up a amd fx 51 for a cheap price on ebay, or if you really want a new processor then the amd 64+ 3500 or 3700 would be better as they are alot faster and i think they have improved on chip cache. Overall if you cant afford more then i think your purchase is quite good although i still think the processor is a little weak (depends wat u are using it for ). 43305[/snapback] well...i know that but....i'm a little don't have enough money....and don't whirly like shoping at e-bay....i mean the transport... i hope i will get some donation....and than will be able to buy 3500+...which is better than newest Pentium EE...in most of the tests.... and...what do you think,how much could i overclock it with a stock cooler....and how much with a better one....ex. Zalman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Too_Hot 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 ooo i think u could push it quite a bit on a zalman but im not sure i found an article here that may give you some ideas http://hothardware.com/404.aspx?404;http://www.hothardware.com:80/viewarticle.cfmcleid=613&cid=1 hope that helps you, wish you well in getting a donation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey 0 Report post Posted January 30, 2005 i can't belive it..!!!somebody did donate..!!!i'm buying MSI K8N Neo2 Platinumand...Athlon 64 3500+ for socket 939 (Winchester)..i'm so happy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2005 at last !!!the motherboard and procesor finaly came....they didn't have MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum,so i bought ASUS A8V Deluxe...wich is awsome too ......now i have so many things to do..you wouldn't belive...,you know...installing drivers...pci cards.....a lot of work.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spathi 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2005 i never knew the Athlon 64 3000+ came in a socket 939 form. i thought it was only 754. jeez i've gotten behind :Danyways, very nice, definetly a good choice. should serve you well for years to come Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2005 i never knew the Athlon 64 3000+ came in a socket 939 form. i thought it was only 754. jeez i've gotten behind anyways, very nice, definetly a good choice. should serve you well for years to come 49400[/snapback] yes...athlon 64 3000 comes in 754 and 939 socket... but i bought 3500 wich comes only in socket 939...i think;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canute24 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2005 Yeah, good config but to make sure it will be easily upgradeable get a board which supports DDRII and also don't forget PCI-E if you are a gamer. The newer SATA drives come with 300MBps traansfer. What are you going to do about all these??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2005 Yeah, good config but to make sure it will be easily upgradeable get a board which supports DDRII and also don't forget PCI-E if you are a gamer. The newer SATA drives come with 300MBps traansfer. What are you going to do about all these??? 53554[/snapback] i couldn't get a better motherboard (the one supporting DDR2 and PCI-E)..because then i would have to change my graphics card and memory....which would cost a lot more.......besides...there are still not motherboards for A64 that support DDR2.... and PCI-E isn't much better then AGP 8x;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canute24 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2005 i couldn't get a better motherboard (the one supporting DDR2 and PCI-E)..because then i would have to change my graphics card and memory....which would cost a lot more... ....besides...there are still not motherboards for A64 that support DDR2.... and PCI-E isn't much better then AGP 8x;) 53619[/snapback] That's right actually, there are not many motherboards like that but what will you do when you need to upgrade. AGP 8X will be scrapped soon. AGP 4X has already been stopped. It is hard to find 4X cards even in old stocks. PCI-E is not much better than AGP slightly better now because the other devices are bottlenecks to it. In the future PCI-E will be fast with the proper system architecture. If you don't have a choice then I think you can go with what you have. I know how money can be a bottleneck (when I upgraded my PC). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2005 well i didn't have much of a choice.........i couldn't buy a NF4 motherboard with PCI-E support...because then i would have to buy a 6600GT (minimum...because i have R9800pro 256...so it would be stuid to buy something less powerfull)... and i didn't have enough money.......if i had enough...then i would buy this...Abit A8N Fatal1tyA64 3500+ WinGainward 6600GT......ahhh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canute24 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2005 well i didn't have much of a choice..... ....i couldn't buy a NF4 motherboard with PCI-E support...because then i would have to buy a 6600GT (minimum...because i have R9800pro 256...so it would be stuid to buy something less powerfull)... and i didn't have enough money... ....if i had enough...then i would buy this... Abit A8N Fatal1ty A64 3500+ Win Gainward 6600GT.... ..ahhh 54908[/snapback] that is more than enought for a long time I think. Here a 9800 costs as much as a fully built PC. You are very lucky. Ok if you are satisfied than go for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davor 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2005 I don't think that buying new MB and CPU is smart unless you buy NF4 with Socket 939 CPU. That is the future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canute24 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2005 I don't think that buying new MB and CPU is smart unless you buy NF4 with Socket 939 CPU. That is the future. 55070[/snapback] I bet you haven't read the previous posts. Do you know his configuration? That's enough for now. Anyway he has to spend money. He can do it later or now. That's his choice, depends on this needs now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
