Recent content by buffdaddy110

How about Biostar, ECS, or ASRock, cheap and has all features. Also, how about the SIS 964 southbridge?

I need to replace the motherboard in a friend e-machines computer. He had a socket 478 motherboard for a celeron processor running PC2700 Ram. I only build AMD systems and I'm not familiar with anything pentium. Could someone help with suggestions on an inexpensive solution with on board sound...

I made the plunge and went with the X2 4800. I hope all goes well with the install, and will report back with my likes or dislikes. I also bought an MSI K8N-NEO 4 Platinum, 2GB OCZ PC3200, and the new Thermaltake Purepower 600W 80% efficiency.

The question I'm trying to get answered is overclocking aside, clock for clock is the Opteron 175 better than the X2 4400. The price is $30 more for the Opteron, but is it the better processor.

I know the NVIDIA Forceware drivers are optimized for dual core processors, does anyone know if ATI's are the same.

Would I be better off getting the Opteron 175 or the X2 4400 both clocked at 2.2. Basically which is the better processor, overclocking aside, because I already know the main benefit of the Opteron's are ther overclockability.

Do you think I'd be better off getting Opteron 175 with better overclock ability, and if so will it be compatible with the Nforce 4 Ultra chipset.

I'm getting ready to build a new computer and was wondering if it's worth it to spend the extra money on the 4800 over the 4400. Money isn't really the issue, although I won't spend $1000 on the FX-60, I just wan't to spend wisely. I may overclock some, but not much, so I basically need straight...