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AthlonX2-64 3800+ and motherboard

I suggest you look for yourself. Check Newegg or other online retailers. Popular 64 OCing mobo brands are MSI and DFI.
 
Newegg, ZZF, Monarch, Mwave, directron, etc....They all have them listed but some or posting ETAs...some may actually have or had them in stock when they showed up yesterday....
 
hi all -

sorry, I slipped the X2 right by you there.... i'm talking dual-core. any recommendations? or are they just not available yet?

thanks in advance -
 
Originally posted by: brooks070
hi all -

sorry, I slipped the X2 right by you there.... i'm talking dual-core. any recommendations? or are they just not available yet?

thanks in advance -
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Most are on pre-order, so you might have to wait a week or so. As for motherboards, all Socket 939 boards support X2, but I would suggest:

- EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra
- DFI LANParty NF4 Ultra-D
- Abit AN8 Ultra
 
For motherboard, it really depends on whether or not you want to go with a pci-e or agp graphics card. I would recommend pci-e just for future proofing yourself, unless you have a high end agp card you'd like to continue using.
 
Originally posted by: brooks070
hi all -

sorry, I slipped the X2 right by you there.... i'm talking dual-core. any recommendations? or are they just not available yet?

thanks in advance -
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we knew what the he11 you were talking about...3800+ X2's are listyed at all the sites I listed above...
 
Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Originally posted by: brooks070
hi all -

sorry, I slipped the X2 right by you there.... i'm talking dual-core. any recommendations? or are they just not available yet?

thanks in advance -
Click to expand...

Most are on pre-order, so you might have to wait a week or so. As for motherboards, all Socket 939 boards support X2, but I would suggest:

- EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra
- DFI LANParty NF4 Ultra-D
- Abit AN8 Ultra
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THose are all great boards, add the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum to that list.
 
thanks for all the input..

Duvie, looks like you have a dual-core - do you do any video editing and how does it perform? what are your overall impressions?

thanks -

 
Originally posted by: thegimp03
For motherboard, it really depends on whether or not you want to go with a pci-e or agp graphics card. I would recommend pci-e just for future proofing yourself, unless you have a high end agp card you'd like to continue using.
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newbie:

okay whats the deal with PCI-E vs AGP now?

who are the pci-e makers? I assume Nvidia?
who are the agp makers? I asume ATI?

what made you to conclude that pci-e is the way of the future?
 
Originally posted by: Novercalis
Originally posted by: thegimp03
For motherboard, it really depends on whether or not you want to go with a pci-e or agp graphics card. I would recommend pci-e just for future proofing yourself, unless you have a high end agp card you'd like to continue using.
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newbie:

okay whats the deal with PCI-E vs AGP now?

who are the pci-e makers? I assume Nvidia?
who are the agp makers? I asume ATI?

what made you to conclude that pci-e is the way of the future?
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Both ATI and Nvidia have PCI-e vid cards and chipset to run pci-e cards.....They both have AGP. The fcat is pci-e will become the defacto standard and we are phasing out of AGP slot...
 
okay than. so with that in mind.

what are the top 2 ati PCI-E cards?
what are the top 2 Nvidia PCI-E cards?

so I can look at those and now I need to make sure the mobo is pci-e support i assume.
i keep scratching off my list of what i need to get heheehe.

FACT:

19inch monitor
2 1gig DDR ram.. most likely OCZ, perferably Kingston or Crosair.
250 gig HD Maxtor vs seagate
450+ PSU

I cant decide on a mobo cause I cant decide on the processor
I cant decide on the video card since I cant decide on the mobo.

D'OH!

 
@Novercalis:

ATI:
Radeon X850XT PE
Radeon X850XT

nVidia:
Geforce 7800GTX
Geforce 6800 Ultra

All of them are extremely powerful. The 7800GTX is currently the fastest chip, with the X850XT PE coming in close behind. I would stay away from them though, since they're all incredibly expensive. The Radeon X800XL is only about ~$260, but it will play any game at high resolutions with pretty high AA/AF. It's a great bang for your buck.
 
Originally posted by: BouZouki
Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Originally posted by: brooks070
hi all -

sorry, I slipped the X2 right by you there.... i'm talking dual-core. any recommendations? or are they just not available yet?

thanks in advance -
Click to expand...

Most are on pre-order, so you might have to wait a week or so. As for motherboards, all Socket 939 boards support X2, but I would suggest:

- EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra
- DFI LANParty NF4 Ultra-D
- Abit AN8 Ultra
Click to expand...



THose are all great boards, add the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum to that list.
Click to expand...

Dont skimp on the Neo 2 if you need some solid AGP support!!!!
 
I have an X2 3800+ on the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum - works like a champ! Board needed bios upgrade, but it did give me the chance to do it - you need to make a bootable floppy with the new bios on it.
 
thanks everyone for your input - I ended up going with the Epox and a new pci-e video card.... ugh... vid cards are expensive. I do video editing and in the reviews I read, the Epox beat out the DFI for encoding and general video manipulation jobs, like with After Effects. The DFI seemed to be slightly better for gaming, but Epox was a close second, so I went with Epox.

thanks again -
 
Originally posted by: brooks070
thanks everyone for your input - I ended up going with the Epox and a new pci-e video card.... ugh... vid cards are expensive. I do video editing and in the reviews I read, the Epox beat out the DFI for encoding and general video manipulation jobs, like with After Effects. The DFI seemed to be slightly better for gaming, but Epox was a close second, so I went with Epox.

thanks again -
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Good choice!!!

Be sure to get revision 2.xxxx board.


😉
 
hey all -

i know this is old hat now, but I thought I'd just add one more comment - I got the Epox board and a 7800GT vid card - If anyone is planning on doing the same, be aware that any long PCI-express vid card like the 7800GT I got will interfere with a connector in the primary IDE connector.

I switched to SATA drives to get around the problem (and fortunately, the secondary IDE connector works fine without anything plugged into the primary), but if you have more than 2 IDE devices you want to use, you should be aware of this limitation.

I imagine you'll have the same problem with just about any PCI-express vid cards... not sure what Epox was thinking.

thanks for all your help -
 
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