rate my new am2 build

[snyper238]

first off i am waiting to order some of the stuff

o also i plan to oc


asus m2n32-sli
3500+
aspire x-discovery
corsair xms2
7600gt
Antec SmartPower 2 500w

 

[AlexStenka]

looks like a nice budget rig, don't know about OCing though...

 

[snyper238]

i heard the 3500 overclocks pretty well

yes it is a budget rig

 

[jaffy]

The M2N32 is a kickass board, but you could save a bit and lose very little performance by getting a M2N-SLI instead. That Corsair ram is running very well in my M2N32

 

[Stellar]

$210 for a budget rig motherboard? Find a cheaper board and put that money toward an X2 when it drops down to the mid-$100 range, or better yet a quality case and PSU.

 

[Metr0]

that mobo isnt good

 

[snyper238]

are you kidding me?

 

[teclado]

That mobo does seem to be a bit of overkill. Maybe go with something like this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131022. Unless of course you will eventually want to go SLI...

By the way, Metr0, please do not just say that the motherboard is not very good without explaining why. That doesn't help us very much. I do hope you were being sarcastic though.

 

[snyper238]

well i want to overclock and i heard the the m2n-e wasnt good for overclocking

 

[NulloModo]

I guess you already have your hard disk and optical drives?

I do agree with waiting a bit for price cuts and getting a dual-core CPU though. Single core is on the way out, and the benefits from dual-core will only get greater as time goes on.

 

[Boardin087]

I guess you already have your hard disk and optical drives?

I do agree with waiting a bit for price cuts and getting a dual-core CPU though. Single core is on the way out, and the benefits from dual-core will only get greater as time goes on.

depends what he wants, if he is going budget to upgrade soon then its not a bad thing. I went budget just to move up platforms becuz my agp/socket a stuff was aging and it would cost too much to upgrade a a high end PC all at once when conroe is established

 

[snyper238]

yea i think i have decided to drop to the M2N board and go with dual core

 

[quadnad]

yea i think i have decided to drop to the M2N board and go with dual core

make sure you wait and jump when prices look like this.