1 day,23 hours,32 mins till amd 64. Whos buying?

[mrgoblin]

Anyone getting the fx or the 3200? Im tempted to but im gonna try and hold out till I can get a pci express 64.

 

[NFS4]

**Raises Hand**

Already gonna get this mobo, Giga-Byte GA-K8VT800M:

$105.99 + 4.89 shipping at YesMicro:

http://www.yesmicro.com/shop/product.aspx?&pid=9206474

Pics are here:

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=13-128-203-03.JPG/13-128-203-02.JPG/13-128-203-04.JPG/13-128-203-01.JPG

 

[BaboonGuy]

can you plug the A64 3200+ into Socket A mobos or no? (like my nf7-s)

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
can you plug the A64 3200+ into Socket A mobos or no? (like my nf7-s)

No. A64 is Socket 754. Athlon XP is Socket 462.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: NFS4
**Raises Hand**

Already gonna get this mobo, Giga-Byte GA-K8VT800M:

$105.99 + 4.89 shipping at YesMicro:

http://www.yesmicro.com/shop/product.aspx?&pid=9206474

Pics are here:

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=13-128-203-03.JPG/13-128-203-02.JPG/13-128-203-04.JPG/13-128-203-01.JPG

this is a SFF board?

 

[mechBgon]

1 day,23 hours,32 mins till amd 64. Whos buying?

Tell me if there'll be nForce3 Pro 250 boards ready to go, and I'll tell you the likelihood that I go tearing off to the bank to loot my personal line of credit...

 

[mrgoblin]

The gygabite appears to be the winner so far as the quaddamage on orb forums got 26k 3dmarks with that board. The nforce3 isnt that great on this one. Wait for an abit board unless u need the thing or want it now.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

1 day,23 hours,32 mins till amd 64. Whos buying?

Tell me if there'll be nForce3 Pro 250 boards ready to go, and I'll tell you the likelihood that I go tearing off to the bank to loot my personal line of credit...

To tell you the truth, it really doesn't matter what kind of board you get. I'm just gonna go with the cheapest one. Since the memory controller is on the CPU, speed differences between boards **should** be negligible.

 

[mechBgon]

I s'pose you're right NFS4, but I would sort of like to preserve as much PCI bandwidth as practical for my SCSI cards, and so the in-the-nForce3-chip gigabit Ethernet of nF3 Pro 250 is attractive. Granted, it's probably not a huge difference in reality... hmmm!

*teeters on the edge... someone show me a Socket 754 board with four DIMM slots, and I just might succumb!* :Q

(of course, who knows if nF3 Pro 250 even comes in Socket 754 flavors anyway?)

*teeters some more*

 

[wetcat007]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: mechBgon

1 day,23 hours,32 mins till amd 64. Whos buying?

Tell me if there'll be nForce3 Pro 250 boards ready to go, and I'll tell you the likelihood that I go tearing off to the bank to loot my personal line of credit...

To tell you the truth, it really doesn't matter what kind of board you get. I'm just gonna go with the cheapest one. Since the memory controller is on the CPU, speed differences between boards **should** be negligible.

Yeah less is determined by the northbridge now, however Nvidia adds things like soundstorm which are added value and plenty of onboard components firewire usb2.0 and stuff like that is what you should look for in chipsets.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
I s'pose you're right NFS4, but I would sort of like to preserve as much PCI bandwidth as practical for my SCSI cards, and so the in-the-nForce3-chip gigabit Ethernet of nF3 Pro 250 is attractive. Granted, it's probably not a huge difference in reality... hmmm!

*teeters on the edge... someone show me a Socket 754 board with four DIMM slots, and I just might succumb!* :Q

I use a Gigafast WF741-UIC 802.11b USB network adapter to connect to my D-Link DI-614+ so onboard LAN isn't really that important to me But I can see where it would be of importance to you.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: wetcat007

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: mechBgon

1 day,23 hours,32 mins till amd 64. Whos buying?

Tell me if there'll be nForce3 Pro 250 boards ready to go, and I'll tell you the likelihood that I go tearing off to the bank to loot my personal line of credit...

To tell you the truth, it really doesn't matter what kind of board you get. I'm just gonna go with the cheapest one. Since the memory controller is on the CPU, speed differences between boards **should** be negligible.

Yeah less is determined by the northbridge now, however Nvidia adds things like soundstorm which are added value and plenty of onboard components firewire usb2.0 and stuff like that is what you should look for in chipsets.

- USB 2.0 is standard on every board these days.
- Firewire. I've never come across a Firewire peripheral that I actually HAD to have. I don't have external drives and my USB card reader is USB 2.0
- SoundStorm. Don't need it. I have my trusty Santa Cruz

The Gigabyte / VIA board I want has onboard audio, LAN and NATIVE Serial-ATA RAID-0 and RAID-1. That's enough for me (not that I'll use the audio or LAN anyway)

 

[TDon]

Can someone tell me if these new motherboards needed to run the AMD64 3200 would run better with low latency PC3200 or low latency PC3500??? Can they even run PC3500? I am seriously looking at AMD for the first time and I am VERY unfamiliar with the AMD hardware and O/C methods.

I am looking forward to Tuesday that is for sure.

Thanks

TD

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy can you plug the A64 3200+ into Socket A mobos or no? (like my nf7-s)

No. A64 is Socket 754. Athlon XP is Socket 462. I think that Athlon FX is Socket 939.

I thought Athlon FX was going to start out Socket 940, and then move to Socket 939?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: NFS4
**Raises Hand**

Already gonna get this mobo, Giga-Byte GA-K8VT800M:

$105.99 + 4.89 shipping at YesMicro:

http://www.yesmicro.com/shop/product.aspx?&pid=9206474

Pics are here:

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=13-128-203-03.JPG/13-128-203-02.JPG/13-128-203-04.JPG/13-128-203-01.JPG

nice colors. i'd want more ram and pci slots myself.

 

[draggoon01]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: mechBgon
I s'pose you're right NFS4, but I would sort of like to preserve as much PCI bandwidth as practical for my SCSI cards, and so the in-the-nForce3-chip gigabit Ethernet of nF3 Pro 250 is attractive. Granted, it's probably not a huge difference in reality... hmmm!

*teeters on the edge... someone show me a Socket 754 board with four DIMM slots, and I just might succumb!* :Q

I use a Gigafast WF741-UIC 802.11b USB network adapter to connect to my D-Link DI-614+ so onboard LAN isn't really that important to me But I can see where it would be of importance to you.

that's cool. where and how much did you get it?

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: NFS4
**Raises Hand**

Already gonna get this mobo, Giga-Byte GA-K8VT800M:

$105.99 + 4.89 shipping at YesMicro:

http://www.yesmicro.com/shop/product.aspx?&pid=9206474

Pics are here:

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=13-128-203-03.JPG/13-128-203-02.JPG/13-128-203-04.JPG/13-128-203-01.JPG

Nice board. Ya gotta hot deal goin' on a CPU for this puppy? Maybe one hot off the AT Testbed?

 

[EeyoreX]

Not me. If I were going to spend ~$400 on a CPU, I'd have been using Intel machines for a long time. I'll wait until they come down in price. I paid almost $200 for my 2800+ Barton a few months ago, and I felt that was pushing it for me plus, I think it'll last me a while yet. I also see no personal need for 64-bit on my desktop either, other than bragging rights. I think I'll just wait.

\Dan

 

[MichaelD]

But bragging rights is GOOD. :wine::beer:

I wouldn't mind being able to have an A64 rig in my sig. That's just me though.

 

[EeyoreX]

But bragging rights is GOOD.

LOL Yeah. I had to quit the game though. I can't afford to brag better than one of my braggin buddies.:disgust:

I'll join the braggin party late I guess. When I can afford it.

\Dan

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: draggoon01

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: mechBgon
I s'pose you're right NFS4, but I would sort of like to preserve as much PCI bandwidth as practical for my SCSI cards, and so the in-the-nForce3-chip gigabit Ethernet of nF3 Pro 250 is attractive. Granted, it's probably not a huge difference in reality... hmmm!

*teeters on the edge... someone show me a Socket 754 board with four DIMM slots, and I just might succumb!* :Q

I use a Gigafast WF741-UIC 802.11b USB network adapter to connect to my D-Link DI-614+ so onboard LAN isn't really that important to me But I can see where it would be of importance to you.

that's cool. where and how much did you get it?

Free after rebate

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=219099

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: draggoon01

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: mechBgon
I s'pose you're right NFS4, but I would sort of like to preserve as much PCI bandwidth as practical for my SCSI cards, and so the in-the-nForce3-chip gigabit Ethernet of nF3 Pro 250 is attractive. Granted, it's probably not a huge difference in reality... hmmm!

*teeters on the edge... someone show me a Socket 754 board with four DIMM slots, and I just might succumb!* :Q

I use a Gigafast WF741-UIC 802.11b USB network adapter to connect to my D-Link DI-614+ so onboard LAN isn't really that important to me But I can see where it would be of importance to you.

that's cool. where and how much did you get it?

Free after rebate

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=219099

If only the processor was that cheap.

-Por

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: draggoon01

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: mechBgon
I s'pose you're right NFS4, but I would sort of like to preserve as much PCI bandwidth as practical for my SCSI cards, and so the in-the-nForce3-chip gigabit Ethernet of nF3 Pro 250 is attractive. Granted, it's probably not a huge difference in reality... hmmm!

*teeters on the edge... someone show me a Socket 754 board with four DIMM slots, and I just might succumb!* :Q

I use a Gigafast WF741-UIC 802.11b USB network adapter to connect to my D-Link DI-614+ so onboard LAN isn't really that important to me But I can see where it would be of importance to you.

that's cool. where and how much did you get it?

Free after rebate

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=219099

If only the processor was that cheap.

-Por

Yeah, I wish. Luckily, I should be able to get around $250-275 for my current mobo + processor.

 

[Red Dawn]

I'll wait until I have a need for it.

 

[Pandaren]

I'm eager to see the benchmarks and all, but there's no way I'd buy it immediately. I refuse to be an early adopter and pay more $$$.