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Thread ID: 50396	2004-10-19 08:59:00	Building a new Computer	Lizard (2409)	Press F1

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282662	2004-10-20 08:43:00	> 9800pro is the best bang for your buck video card on > the market and the baseline you want to be heading > for to play doom3 at max details.....But it should be > losing that position in the market right > about............................................. .... > .not quite yet but soon, i was wrong sorry......... but it was something being not bang for buck......	Prescott (11)
282663	2004-10-26 07:45:00	Thanks Pete for the advice. I've just looked into Pricespy with a view to the CPU/Mobo combo you suggested, and could get, through pp.co.nz, the following: AMD Semperon (754) 3100+ (w/ HSF) $223.00 GA-K8NS Pro $196. I've already bought the GFX - GeCube ATI 98900Pro 128MB - $396 That just leaves the HDD/RAM 512MB Transcend DDR400 $188 Seagate 160GB SATA $182 Total Cost $1185 The only question is regarding the Mobo. If it's 64Bit, but the CPU isn't, will that be a problem, or will it just step down, or up, accordingly. Also, in terms of installation, are the Semperon/AMD64 CPU's any different in installation (thermal tape, paste-wise)? Cheers, Lizard	Lizard (2409)
282664	2004-10-26 08:57:00	Not sure if your willing to buy online, however, the Transcend DDR400 512Mb ram can be purchased here from Eden Computers (www.edencomputers.co.nz) They are in Auckland though...	~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054)
282665	2004-10-26 19:34:00	> The only question is regarding the Mobo. If it's > 64Bit, but the CPU isn't, will that be a problem, or > will it just step down, or up, accordingly. Nope wont be a problem, the sempron 3100+ has the exact same specs as the Athlon64 2800+, except it isnt 64bit compatiable. Seeing as currently the only OS that support 64bit is Linux means if your running Windows you wont see any difference in performance. > Also, in terms of installation, are the > Semperon/AMD64 CPU's any different in installation > (thermal tape, paste-wise)? Its not different to installing a P4, like the P4 the skt 754 Athlon have a ceramic heatspreader. Its easier to install than the AthlonXP as there is less chance of damaging the chip. If your worried about installion have a read of the artic silver website. As long as you buy a retail chip it will come with a suitable cooler and thermal pad/TIM.	Pete O'Neil (250)
282666	2004-10-26 23:58:00	Need to do more homework on K8NS-pro.I know several people who have this MoBo and it appears to have a few issues with more than 1 stick of ram(in some cases it runs slower with more ram).I,too,am looking to build a 64bit machine with a view to setting it up as an HTPC(Home Theatre PC).I have settled on AMD64 3000+ as it represents(in my opinion anyway)better performance for my money,but the Motherboard is still being researched(I'm looking for 1600mhz fsb,decent on-board sound,built-in firewire,serial ata,and so on and so on)	Bigballz (5350)
282667	2004-10-27 00:18:00	> Need to do more homework on K8NS-pro.I know several > people who have this MoBo and it appears to have a > few issues with more than 1 stick of ram(in some > cases it runs slower with more ram).I,too,am looking > to build a 64bit machine with a view to setting it up > as an HTPC(Home Theatre PC). If your budget is a bit more robust than the original posters consider either the DFI nF3 250Gb or MSI K8N Neo Platinum both are very good. The DFI overclocks like a crazy dog on speed, ive seen numerous websites that have hit 300MHz+ FSB's. The MSI is also a good overclocker and comes with the Realtek ALC850 chipset which is probably the best audio solution avaliable for AMD now that soundstorm is dead. If you building a HTPC i would serious reckonmend going back to socket A and getting a nForce2 motherboard with the MCP-T, the addition of soundstorm is well worth the small loss of performance. Its not like you need top of the line performance for a HTPC.	Pete O'Neil (250)
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