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| Thread ID: 61058 | 2005-08-23 09:11:00 | Motherboard and CPU upgrade | chiefnz (545) | Press F1 |
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| 383170 | 2005-08-23 23:56:00 | I agree totally Met... I only called it DX10 cos I couldn't remember what the official title was. As for the low yields, I heard that too, but as you say there's too many rumours going around we'll never know. I totally agree with you about the whole console buying thing.... very very true. cheers chiefnz |
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| 383171 | 2005-08-24 00:32:00 | After a long and dedicated partnership with Intel I have decided to take the plunge into 64bit computing. Currently I'm just investigating some possible motherboards and CPU's... I have an AGP graphics card so the new motherboard will obviously have to be AGP8x. My motherboard choice is the Gigabyte K8NS-Ultra (www.gigabyte.com.tw) $196.00 I was wanting an Asus board but I can't seem to find a Socket939 board with AGP, so it looks like I may have to stick with the Gigabyte board, unless someone can recommend a good quality board. I am not sure on the CPU as I am new to AMD CPU's, I do want one that has some decent over-clocking capabilities... so I was thinking maybe an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ CPU ($226.00) Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated. cheers chiefnz I have the Gigabyte K8NS (not pro) and is very good for a cheap board. I am overclocking a AMD64 3000 vience to about 3600+ speeds limited by my ram speed. As for Asus, everyone has there own brand preference like Holden vs Ford, but I have dealt with 100's of Asus boards over the years and found there failure rate is higher than other brands such as Gigabyte. This has always been a mystery to me as Asus always gets the best reviews etc, however I suspect the review sites don't get to see the borads come back like I do. |
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