An older CPU + Motherboard to tide me over.

[Saint Michael]

I have a Barton 2500+, Radeon 9800 Pro 128, 1GB of RAM, and an A7N8X Deluxe. I just want to spend $100 or under on a motherboard and CPU to tide me over until I have enough money to buy a whole new setup. I of course want to get something that will be a significant enough performance boost to make the $100- even worth it. Help much appreciated.

 

[daveybrat]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813157115

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819116037

Here's the best you can hope for. The motherboard is $59.00 and the cpu is $74.00

This way you can use your current ddr ram and your agp video card while getting the benefit of Dual-core cpu.

 

[Saint Michael]

How would it work to have the CPU which has a 800 FSB and my RAM which is DDR400? Would that mean I'd have to run the CPU at half-FSB?

 

[Markfw]

No, the motherboard takes care of that.

 

[Saint Michael]

Alright, thanks for the info guys. If I can help it I may still try to buy a complete new system, maybe with a cheap video card to tide me over or something, still might not be feasible. Money is a bitch, heh.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Saint Michael
How would it work to have the CPU which has a 800 FSB and my RAM which is DDR400? Would that mean I'd have to run the CPU at half-FSB?

That CPU has a 200 Mhz FSB, which is exactly the speed your RAM runs, assuming you run the RAM at stock speed.

 

[Rhoxed]

if you are not overclocking i would probably look to AMD with that price range.

 

[o1die]

Newegg has the ecs goal 3 combo for $49.99 after $10 rebate which works with pc2700 or pc3200. It includes a sempron 3000 cpu (socket 754). Heatsink is extra, and will run you about $10-12 shipped.

 

[Denithor]

That ECS motherboard has a PCI-E video slot not AGP so he couldn't use his video card.

Instead consider these options:

X2 4000+ and MSI K9MM-V for $117 shipped (better stock performance, need DDR2)

Intel e2140 and the ASRock 4CoreDual-Sata2 for $138 shipped (better OC potential and upgrade options)

The AMD combo is a bit cheaper and offers slightly better performance right out of the box but you will have to buy some DDR2 memory to go with it (buy for about $10/1GB after MIR from one of the sites listed in the hot deals forum). The Intel combo costs $20 more and has much better overclocking potential (see the thread in the motherboard forum) along with upgrade paths: pci-e slot for future video card, support for quad-core processors and DDR2 slots.

 

[jjmIII]

Ditch the AGP! It will just leave too few options.

mobo

cpu

memory

The onboard video should hold you over until you fill the pci-e slot. Buy as much cpu as you want/can-afford. That memory is the deal of the century.

Sell off all that other stuff in the FS/T forum .

 

[o1die]

Ascendtech has the ecs kv2 kt800pro with agp and socket 939 support for $50 shipped. Newegg has the manchester 939 cpu for $40 shipped. Heatsinks run about $12, so that puts you over budget by $2. I use this board in my backup system. It runs ok; I've used a 9600se ati card and a 5200 nvidia card; both worked fine with the ecs board.

 

[itakey]

I just did the exact same thing.....currently have an XP2100 overclocked with the Asus A7N8X Deluxe mobo and 1Gig of ram.

I started researching and put together a system at a reasonable price that can handle the Vista upgrade when it comes. After rebate it came out under $450 with EVERYTHING NEW!

Abit IP35-E motherboard - Rebate at Newegg
Intel Dual Core E2160 that I am going to overclock a bit
4-1GB Chips of the HP Ram on rebate for $10
Samsung DVD Burner with Light Scribe for the heck of it
Antec 380W power supply. I would also consider the Antec Earthwatts 430. - Both are on rebate at newegg
Rosewill case that is decent for $60 shipped
Got a CPU cooler for $1 after a $20 rebate
Got a 500GB Sata drive from Frys
256MB video card that is somewhat compatible with Vista for $30 after rebate at zipzoomfly.

I am waiting for the processor to show and then its build time!

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: itakey
I just did the exact same thing.....currently have an XP2100 overclocked with the Asus A7N8X Deluxe mobo and 1Gig of ram.

I started researching and put together a system at a reasonable price that can handle the Vista upgrade when it comes. After rebate it came out under $450 with EVERYTHING NEW!

Don't you think that's a wee bit over $100?

 

[o1die]

For the kv2 ecs board, I've already tried vista on it, and vista found all the device drivers for this board. Never had to use the ecs cd.