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| Thread ID: 52041 | 2004-12-07 22:28:00 | New Motherboard, wots wot these days? | fergie (424) | Press F1 |
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| 300659 | 2004-12-07 22:28:00 | Hi all. You may have seen my other thread about my PC troubles, well, i think its my Motherboard thats gone, so it may be time for a new one. I haven't really been following the latest tech in this area recently, so i don't really no whats what, so i have a few Q's. 1) Is it time to go 64bit?? I've been running a AMD 1800Xp, and use my pc for 2 things - net, and games, will it make a difference (a big difference) if i do go 64bit, i'll probably stay low end for the mean time tho - like a Athlon 64 bit 2800, or am i better off getting a good 32bit CPU fopr the smae price ($220) 2) if i do go 64, or even if i don't, what are the latest chipset's out? I see nForce 3 is out, but is this only for the 64bit CPU's? 3) PCI-Express, is it also time for this? I hope not! As i don't have the $$ to get a new vid card as well! 4) and is Windows 64bit edition out yet? Whens that coming out, and how much will that cost? I'm only really wanting to spend around $150 on the motherboard, whether i go 64bit or 32bit, any one recomend some good ones? Thanks Alex |
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| 300660 | 2004-12-07 22:47:00 | > 1) Is it time to go 64bit?? yes. > or am i better off getting a good 32bit CPU > fopr the smae price ($220) no! read some reviews of the amd 64's > 2) if i do go 64, or even if i don't, what are the > latest chipset's out? I see nForce 3 is out, but is > this only for the 64bit CPU's? nForce 3 ultra for socket 930 (64-bit) Nforce 3 250 for socket 754 (cheep 64-bit) > > 3) PCI-Express, is it also time for this? I hope not! > As i don't have the $$ to get a new vid card as > well! No, don't pannic. AND hasn't made a chipset that supports PCI-e yet. And for your video card, it wouldn't be nessicary > 4) and is Windows 64bit edition out yet? Whens that > coming out, and how much will that cost? I duno. |
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| 300661 | 2004-12-07 23:01:00 | pci express maybe 4x faster then AGP but will there be any games in the near future that will be worth spending more on it now , when you wont see any good preformance increase because the software cannot utilize the buses full power, Agp has a lot of life yet , with more better chips coming out all the time on it and even the cards on the AGP bus out now are very good. Pci-e may become more main stream and more needed when Longhorn comes out ( which will prob be never so you dont have to worry ) | noone (22) | ||
| 300662 | 2004-12-07 23:02:00 | A AMD 64 2800 is only 1.8GHZ , currently and i mean currently the only thing that supports 64bit is Linux so its really up to you | noone (22) | ||
| 300663 | 2004-12-07 23:05:00 | Cool, thansk for that. are the Nforce 3 250 for socket 754 (cheep 64-bit) chipsets ok tho?? I've ruled it down to these m/bs: GIGABYTE K8NS nForce3 250 chipset $150 GIGABYTE K8NS-PRO nForce3 250 $200 (same as above, just a few extra features, AND dual Bios, so if the same thing happens again - i'll be ok!) MSI K8N Neo-FSR Socket 754 $170 They're all pretty similar... just gotta pick one out! |
fergie (424) | ||
| 300664 | 2004-12-07 23:07:00 | yea, well i've been playing all the latest games ok on my AMD 1800, which is only 1.5Ghz. And i'm tight on $$ - i mean i hadn't planned this purchase, just came about due to my other one stuffing up, and i figure that i'll settle for the cheap CPU now, and can always upgrade later |
fergie (424) | ||
| 300665 | 2004-12-07 23:13:00 | imo when AMD begin to support pci - e they might change the CPU socket etc , please someone correct me if i am wrong | noone (22) | ||
| 300666 | 2004-12-07 23:13:00 | > are the Nforce 3 250 for socket 754 (cheep 64-bit) > chipsets ok tho?? yes > GIGABYTE K8NS nForce3 250 chipset $150 good. > GIGABYTE K8NS-PRO nForce3 250 $200 (same as above, > just a few extra features, AND dual Bios, so if the > same thing happens again - i'll be ok!) I would go for this one. > MSI K8N Neo-FSR Socket 754 $170 na, not MSI. AMD has just brought out low end cpu's (300+) on socket 939. It would be worth getting a socket 939 motherboard and cpu because socket 939 has duel memory something and is better + later on you could put and Athalon FX-59 or what ever is out when you need to upgrade. see: www.ascent.co.nz www.ascent.co.nz www.ascent.co.nz www.ascent.co.nz btw: where are you buying it from? Ascent is a good shop and VERY good for replacements etc. |
fus1_n (3818) | ||
| 300667 | 2004-12-07 23:16:00 | Really.... do get the socket 939 motheboard and CPU. That way you have a very upgradable system | fus1_n (3818) | ||
| 300668 | 2004-12-07 23:18:00 | there is an amd pci-e chipset btw, Nforce 4. Im not sure If we can get them here, but they are around | lagbort (5041) | ||
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