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Thread ID: 69050 2006-05-20 04:22:00 HI THESE ARE THE SPECS FOR MY NEW COMP - ADVICE? bluetp (10375) Press F1
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456329 2006-05-20 04:22:00 Hi All,

Loving the site and learnt heaps reading the threads.

I have 2 quotes for a comp these are the parts and prices - any thoughts opinons very welcome :help:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz Socket 939

Intel Pentium 4 630 3.0GHz Socket 775

Is the AMD fast enough?

ASUS P5ND@ SLI P$ LGA775 PCI-XnVIDIA nForce4 SLI

ASUS A8N-SLI 939PIN AMD ATH NVIDIA CK8-04 DUAL CHANNEL DUAL PCI EXPRESS 16 DDR400


HYNIX DDR400 512MB PC3200 8C GRADE A DUAL CHANNEL LIFE WARRANTY

HYNIX DDR2 512MB 8C 240 PIN 533MHZ PC2-4300 240 PIN

I intend to get 2 of these - upgrade to 2gb later

Western Digital 250GB 7200rpm 16mb int SATA 2 Carviar

Seagate 200GB SATA 8M 7200rpm


LG GSA-H10A 16X DUAL LAYER DVD REWRITER

PIONEER DVR-111D DVD+RW BLACK DUAL


GeForce 7600GS EXTREME 256MB PCI-Express GDDR2 16X SLI

GeForce 7600 GT 256MB PCI SLI READY


Sony SDMHS95PB CLEAR BRIGHT 19" LCD

????? HOPE THIS ALL MAKES SENSE TO SOME1 VERY KNOWLEDEABLE

THNKS FOR ANY HELP
MARK
bluetp (10375)
456330 2006-05-20 04:44:00 Did you put the motherboard down? If so, where is it? pcuser42 (130)
456331 2006-05-20 04:55:00 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz Socket 939

Is the AMD fast enough?

ASUS A8N-SLI 939PIN AMD ATH NVIDIA CK8-04 DUAL CHANNEL DUAL PCI EXPRESS 16 DDR400


HYNIX DDR400 512MB PC3200 8C GRADE A DUAL CHANNEL LIFE WARRANTY

Seagate 200GB SATA 8M 7200rpm
PIONEER DVR-111D DVD+RW BLACK DUAL

GeForce 7600 GT 256MB PCI SLI READY


Sony SDMHS95PB CLEAR BRIGHT 19" LCD

These ones.

Fast enough?! AMD beats the pants off Intel.
You can't use DDR2 in a Socket 939 board.
pctek (84)
456332 2006-05-20 10:27:00 AMD have released their new motherboards for AM2 and the AM2 cpu's are being released on the 23 may 06 . :D

1 . I would wait for these as the prices of 939 will come down . :thumbs:

2 . I would check on pc hardwear forums and see reviews on what you want to buy,so you get good items .

3 . You may want to get a AM2 instead,the motherboards look good,some with heatpipes instead of fans on the northbridge .

4 . You may want to go dual core cpu on either the 939,AM2,or the Intel .

5 . If the computer is for gaming then 1gb/2gb ram would be better for that . :D

6 . The new Intel take ddr2 ram and the new AM2 from AMD takes ddr2 ram as well . 939 takes ddr ram .
memphis (2869)
456333 2006-05-20 21:30:00 AMD have released their new motherboards for AM2 and the AM2 cpu's are being released on the 23 may 06 . :D

1 . I would wait for these as the prices of 939 will come down . :thumbs:

3 . You may want to get a AM2 instead,the motherboards look good,some with heatpipes instead of fans on the northbridge .

Eventually the S939 prices will come down . You can spend your life waiting for the next best thing .
Some of the ASUS S939 boards have heatpipes too you know .
And from what I've read so far on the AM2 - the performance gain is minimal so I personally decided not to bother, especially as the price of the AM2 boards and CPUs will be high initially, so I just bought a S939 dual core and a new graphics card instead and it will do me until whatever replaces AM2 . Bugger DDR2 .
pctek (84)
456334 2006-05-20 21:38:00 Any advice on the graphic cards??? bluetp (10375)
456335 2006-05-20 21:43:00 I agree with pctek, go for the Athlon, it is faster.

Deffinately the 7600 GT, the GS is a 'watered down version'
The_End_Of_Reality (334)
456336 2006-05-20 23:32:00 Quote:Pctek

You can spend your life waiting for the next best thing.

especially as the price of the AM2 boards and CPUs will be high initially.

These are out now,so you dont have to wait a life time and they are the same price as the 939 motherboards.

Socket AM2 nVidia nForce 550 AMD ATX Motherboard Retail
Price:$170.50 incl GST

MSI K9N SLI Platinum Socket AM2 nVidia nForce 570 SLI AMD ATX Motherboard Retail
Price:$304.47 incl GST

You can get ddr2 ram the same price as ddr ram.

GeIL 512MB DDR2-533 (PC2 4300) Retail
Price:$86.84 incl GST

GeIL 512MB DDR2-667 (PC2 5300) Retail
Price:$91.59 incl GST

GeIL 1GB DDR2-533 (PC2 4300) Retail
Price:$171.69 incl GST

GeIL 1GB DDR2-667 (PC2 5300) Retail
Price:$181.09 incl GST

GeIL 1GB Kit (2x512MB) DDR2-1000 (PC2-8000) Retail
Price:$381.70 incl GST
1000MHz !!!

Quote:Pctek

I just bought a S939 dual core and a new graphics card instead and it will do me.

Good on you,I hope its all good and your enjoying it,but that should not sway you in letting people know whats out there.I can understand that you may feel ripped of,but that happens to everyone.
memphis (2869)
456337 2006-05-22 04:53:00 You can get discounted parts from www.discountpc.co.nz. pcuser42 (130)
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