Athlon 64 3500+ and X1900XT or Athlon 64 4000+ and 7800GT?

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scmartins

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I'm facing a slight thought decision when looking at what hardware to buy for my game machine (I do all the work on my laptop so this machine will only be for gaming - BF2, CoD2 and the occasional dvd or cd burning).

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Western Digital 250Gb SATA II com 16Mb cache ? 106
Asus A8N32-SLI/DELUXE ? 168
Box SILVERSTONE "TEMJIN" Tower Black Side Panel+Thermal ? 115.02
SILVERSTONE 460W Low-noise ATX V2.01 12V PFC v.2 ?62.01
Sound Blaster X-Fi FATAL1TY FPS ?168.01
Kingstone 2 X DDR 1024MB 400MHZ ValueRam ?154.31
Logitech Laser Cordless G7 USB - ?69.01
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ skt 939 ?308.89
VGA XFX NX7800GT 256MB DDR3 2xDVI/TV-O PCI-E ?263.72

Total: ? 1,415 w/o VAT - ? 1,711.82 with VAT

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Western Digital 250Gb SATA II com 16Mb cache ? 106
Asus A8N32-SLI/DELUXE ? 168
Box SILVERSTONE "TEMJIN" Tower Black Side Panel+Thermal ? 115.02
SILVERSTONE 460W Low-noise ATX V2.01 12V PFC v.2 ?62.01
Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum ?134.4
Kingstone 2 X DDR 1024MB 400MHZ ValueRam ?154.31
Logitech Laser Cordless G7 USB - ?69.01
AMD Athlon 64 3500+(2.2ghz) skt 939 ?191.11
Asus EAX1900XT/2DHTV/512 - VGA RADEON X1900XT; 512MB ?456.39

Total: ? 1,456 w/o VAT - ? 1,761.77 with VAT

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The second setup difference is:
* X-Fi Platinum instead of FATAL1TY
* Athlon 64 3500+ instead of Athlon 64 4000+
* Asus X1900XT instead of XFX NX7800GT

I know the X1900XT is a class or more higher than the 7800GT 256 but from what I read the 3500+ might be a slow processor to run the X1900XT. Also, I don't know if the 460W power supply will be sufficient for the 1900XT.

I was thinking on get the first setup now and later upgrade the GPU when needed but I can't help to think that for a tad more I can have a much faster GPU.

What do you guys think? Any comments on the selected components are also welcome.

Thanks,
Steven
 
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Malladine

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I say the second one. The 3500+ should be fine, imo. 460W is more than enough.
 
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Bobthelost

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The CPU difference will be far less than the step up to the 1900, go for the 1900XT. 460W is plenty but i'd go for a non SLI motherboard, there's no need.
 
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scmartins

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So, which 3500+ (or 3800+ in case I decide to increase my budget a bit) core do you guys recomend for good overclocking?

Thanks for all the replies so far.

Steven
 
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Makaveli

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3500+ and X1900XT, The videocard will give you a much bigger increase than going to a 4000+. You'll be able to overclock the athlon easily to match the speed, but overclocking the GT won't make up for the Ati cards power.
 
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professor1942

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Get a 3700+ silly! Quite a bit cheaper than the 4000+ and it's the exact same bloody thing... you can even run it as a stock 4000+/DDR400 by going 10*240, 166 Mem divider.
 
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scmartins

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Originally posted by: professor1942
Get a 3700+ silly! Quite a bit cheaper than the 4000+ and it's the exact same bloody thing... you can even run it as a stock 4000+/DDR400 by going 10*240, 166 Mem divider.
Click to expand...

Unfortunately none of my retailers currently carry the 3700+. Only the 3500+ and 3800+.

So, which 3500+ or 3800+ core should I get for good overclocking?

Thanks,
Steven
 
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cool

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Wrong title :p It should look like this:
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and X1900XT or Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and 7800GT?
 
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Boztech

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I'd personally go for an Opteron 144 or 3700+, they are in the same price range basically.
 
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Boztech

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Originally posted by: cool
Wrong title :p It should look like this:
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and X1900XT or Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and 7800GT?
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For a gaming only rig, I really wouldn't foot the bill for dual core.
 
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imported_rod

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Games are already utilizing the second core (CoD2, Quake4). By this time next year, PCs without dual-cores are gonna suck for gaming (IMHO). And a 3800+ X2 (basically a pair of 3200+'s), should be able to drive even a X1900XT.

RoD
 
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shadowhawk2020

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Wow that isn't a very impressive outlook. Sure single core might not be able to take full advantage of the games in 1 year but I don't think they will suck. Hopefully the games won't be so terrible that they will rely on gaphics turned all the way to high for the game to be any good at all.
 
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Makaveli

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yeah I would also suggest u look at an opteron either single core or dual core!
 
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alimoalem

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go with a 146 opteron (or if you can't, stick with the 3500+) and get the x1900xt too. the 3500+/x1900xt will be a lot better than the other package
 
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