700$ Budget System

[Zaitsevs]

I want to go AMD, but I don't know the difference between opteron and athlon.

Would you guys recommend some setups? And would I want to go opteron or athlon?

 

[Shenkoa]

With that budjet Athlon 64 single core. Also do need a monitor, mouse and keyboard?

 

[alimoalem]

athlon and opteron are both 64 bit and amd (obviously). opterons are made of a higher grade silicon (i believe) hence allowing for better overclocks. you can afford both...opteron 144's should be in your price range and so should A64 3000+ and 3200+. you should get those with a board geared towards stability with some overclockability

 

[Zaitsevs]

No monitor mouse or keyboard.
thanks for the info on the opteron. they are 940 pins right?

Do they over any more performance over the athlons?

 

[Akhen]

originaly they are 940 pins for servers but they
have 939 ones which is what you want.

 

[Zaitsevs]

Thank you.

Does anybody know if they offer a performance difference?

 

[BlacKJesuS]

check tomshardware CPU charts

 

[Zaitsevs]

anybody else have an opinion?

 

[Reapsy01]

amd 64 3200+
nforce4 motherboard
1 gig value ram
160gb hdd
dvd rw
6800gs or 7800gt

 

[bamacre]

Antec Mini Tower SLK1650B 350W ATX Case (Black)
$68.25
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=CA-1650BK&c=pw

MSI K8NGM2-L nForce 410/GeForce 6100 Athlon 64(FX)/64 X2 Dual-Core Skt939 DDR
$71.99
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=241194

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Processor (Venice) Socket 939 Retail
$159.80
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80701-5

Corsair VS1GBKIT400 1GB Kit DDR400 PC3200 CAS2.5 Value Select
$81.89
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80098-21

Western Digital WD Caviar WD800JD 80GB Serial ATA 7200RPM
$55.80
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101206-1

NEC ND-3550 (Black)
$44.49
http://tinyurl.com/bpwqd

eVGA e-GeForce 6800 GS PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card
$195.99
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322744

Total Price Shipped: $678.21

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

What will you be using your PC for? Games? Video editing? Audio work?

Do you need a monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers? How about a printer? Scanner?

Do you need an operating system?

Do you need a TV-out port? TV-in?

Until you elaborate, nobody can make any decent suggestions.

 

[Shenkoa]

Originally posted by: Reapsy01
amd 64 3200+
nforce4 motherboard
1 gig value ram
160gb hdd
dvd rw
6800gs or 7800gt