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rockdragon

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so im going to buy a new comp. just a new mobo, proc, and vid card. and im just going to transfer everything else. hdd's (80,160,300 all ide), rom drive, psu (Antec Truepower 2 410w), and yea all that good crap (mouse,monitors, etc.). so here i have a couple layouts.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131584
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103547
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130254
with 2gb DDR(2x1gb @400mhz)

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130362
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116238
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144176
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130254


which one would any of you pick? would u guys change anything on either one?

and do you think the psu is big enough to run a 7800gtx?
 
power thursty, dont think your power supply will take it. i would get a new one of those.

ok and the first configuration is good, but go with Nforce, i mean just general less "puck you" between vid card and chipset if you do that. get a dif mobo.

but yea set one reason for S939 and not LGA775, if you buying a new processer now, your not gonna wanna buy a new one (CONROE) in june (i asume). keeping in mind amd is also ditching the S939 mobos, for socket M2, which uses DDR2, however the real upgrade in performance wont come until early 2007, theyre just going to replicate all the processers for S939 out now for M2.

all in all, your buying doomed hardware, not that thats really bad, just a warning.

now suggested hardware = S939
Long run = LGA775
Really Long Run = AM2

edit: my bad conroe ISNT on the LGA775

hope i helped :)
 
Well, I'd go with the AMD setup, but either setup probably isn't going to play very well with that PSU you have now.

The Enermax EG565P-VE or Antec TruePower TPII 550 are both under $100 and have the grunt to power what you have. If you see another one you're interested in, go on a post it. Don't go cheap on the PSU or you'll regret it.
 
MrWizard6600 said:
power thursty, dont think your power supply will take it. i would get a new one of those.

ok and the first configuration is good, but go with Nforce, i mean just general less "puck you" between vid card and chipset if you do that. get a dif mobo.

but yea set one reason for S939 and not LGA775, if you buying a new processer now, your not gonna wanna buy a new one (CONROE) in june (i asume). keeping in mind amd is also ditching the S939 mobos, for socket M2, which uses DDR2, however the real upgrade in performance wont come until early 2007, theyre just going to replicate all the processers for S939 out now for M2.

all in all, your buying doomed hardware, not that thats really bad, just a warning.

now suggested hardware = S939
Long run = LGA775
Really Long Run = AM2

hope i helped :)
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ok, but if i buy the s939 now. it really wont matter to me in the future when they ditch them because i will already have mine. right?

another question. amd boards dont support ddr2 right now?
 
rockdragon said:
ok, but if i buy the s939 now. it really wont matter to me in the future when they ditch them because i will already have mine. right?

another question. amd boards dont support ddr2 right now?
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Correct.

Socket AM2 is coming out that will support DDR2.
 
looks good, S939 does NOT support DDR2 however, only M2 will, and i suspect thats the major reason for redoing a socket that already is basically out...

looks like a nice comp to me, go for it.
 
MrWizard6600 said:
looks good, S939 does NOT support DDR2 however, only M2 will, and i suspect thats the major reason for redoing a socket that already is basically out...

looks like a nice comp to me, go for it.
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allright. cool. thats one vote for yes. any others?
 
By all means go for a 930 p4 based if you want, they are great.

But I would vote against SLI on 775, most boards with the intel nf4 chipset suck, my old asus p5n32-sli deluxe was horrible.
 
Nacho said:
By all means go for a 930 p4 based if you want, they are great.

But I would vote against SLI on 775, most boards with the intel nf4 chipset suck, my old asus p5n32-sli deluxe was horrible.
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yea well intels on SLI use both bridges for each card (ie one is on north bridge the other is on south bridge) sorta odd layout, anywho on an amd there is only one bridge, so their linked there, so the slowest connection is the pci-e lane, and thats never used fully anyways.
 
maybe.... I see a lot of people posting about the Radeon x1800XT being a good performer. it's readily available and $285. You'll save near $40.

I do recall seeing some graphs giving it an edge over the 7900GT.
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1041182

makes me wish I had the x1800xt...

of course, I'm waiting on my 7900GT CO step-up from evga, so I'm already in the nvidia camp.

*edit* actually, I'm glad I'm in the nvidia camp... for linux support.
 
thats alright. i think i will stick with the 7900gt. i have had better experiences with nvidia then ati in the past. but thanks for the link
 
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