Upgrade/swap help needed

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Jeeprs69

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I'm a Intel guy- currently-I'm WAY behind in Tech :D
I'm a light to medium gamer. Just got a DVD burner. Surf mostly :rolleyes:
I've been thinking about trying a AMD.Currently a PIII 1.0 :D
So is this a good place to start?
http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4638478
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+ & ECS K8T890A Motherboard
# Core: Venice
# Name: Athlon 64 3500+
# Operating Frequency: 2.2GHz
# FSB: 1GHz
# L1 Cache: 64KB+64KB
# L2 Cache: 512KB
# Process Type: 90 nm
# Hyper-Transport Support: Yes
# 64 bit Support: Yes
Money is a MAJOR factor seeing as I don't got much :D
 
will you be overclocking?
consider something a bit weaker on the cpu ;)

are you planning on going pci-e for the video card with the upgrade?

i would also highly advise that you avoid via based motherboards ;)
 
I probably won't OC at first. I'm not real computer saavy. Is it not a good cpu? I can always change MOBO later, if I want or need. Why the warning of stay away from via moobo?
I'll be getting a new vid card too- so it doesn't matter which way that goes. But most likely PCI E.
 
Via is just.......icky.
If you planned on overclocking, a slower, cheaper chip is recommended as you'll probably be able to oc either chip to the same level, but saving some money in the process.
 
Explainsomething for me then- if a slower cpu will OC to this speed- then wouldn't this one OC even higher? (Flame suit on) :cool:
 
maybe, maybe not. most of amd's cpus with the same core seem to top out around the same area, with the exception being san diego/venus, where FX > opteron > a64
 
The Venice 3200/3500 chips are still good cpus, as is the opteron 144/146 if you can find them. As for the mobo, it depends on whether or not you want agp or pcie graphics. If this particular ecs mobo got your attention because it has both slots, look into the asrock mobo wich also has agp & pcie slots.
 
you're comparing a s754 3700+ to a s939 3500+ you know ;)

technically the 3700+ is better
 
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