Building a new rig, suggestions on CPU, MOBO, and RAM

[Teliasen]

Hello guys, this is my first time to venture into any other forum here besides ATOT, so go easy on me,

I have $300 to spend and i need to upgrade this thing:

I have this currently:

Motherboard: Socket 370 PGA
Celeron 1.6GHZ CPU
512mb of SDram
ATI Radeon 9200

I can carry my new hard drive and all that other stuff over, just need a CPU, Mobo and Ram. I have heard that Intel is far more stable than AMD, so I'm leaning towards Intel at the moment. But, i would probably have to go with a slower Pentium IV to make the price point. I am a unemployed student, so i cant go over $300. Can you guys help me with what to get? I am not tottaly shutting out the idea for AMD... your comments are welcomed.

 

[Schadenfroh]

AMD or Intel CPU

have heard that Intel is far more stable than AMD

oh man, here we go:evil:

/pulls up lawn chair, beer, popcorn, sits back

 

[nick1985]

AMD!

 

[BW86]

athlon64 2800
chaintech vnf3-250
512mb mushkin green 3200

TOTAL 294 (without shipping)

 

[IanE]

Edit:

Do exactly what BW86 said... after a couple minutes of research, he's exactly right...

AMD > Intel...

 

[DaveSimmons]

I don't recall any P3 celerons faster than the 1.4 so I assume yours is overclocked (1.2 at 133 FSB?).

That's actually a pretty fast processor: for intel, you'd need at least a 2 GHz P4 (or much faster P4 celeron) to see any noticeable speed increase, or for AMD an XP 2000+.

Are you planning to overclock?

 

[sandorski]

Intel is not more stable than AMD.

 

[Teliasen]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
I don't recall any P3 celerons faster than the 1.4 so I assume yours is overclocked (1.2 at 133 FSB?).

That's actually a pretty fast processor: for intel, you'd need at least a 2 GHz P4 (or much faster P4 celeron) to see any noticeable speed increase, or for AMD an XP 2000+.

Are you planning to overclock?

not planning to overclock it

Athlon 64 stuff is out of my price range

 

[BW86]

errrrr no its not look at my post and its under your budget

 

[IanE]

The Athlon 64 2800+: $140
Chaintech Socket 754 Mobo: $69
Corsair Value Select PC3200 512mb: $74

TOTAL: $283

Do it to it.

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: IanE
The Athlon 64 2800+: $140
Chaintech Socket 754 Mobo: $69
Corsair Value Select PC3200 512mb: $74

TOTAL: $283

Do it to it.

he needs a hsf :laugh:

 

[joecool]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

AMD or Intel CPU

have heard that Intel is far more stable than AMD

oh man, here we go:evil:

/pulls up lawn chair, beer, popcorn, sits back

oh, too true, too true ... /pulls up own chair, asks for beer, offers chips

for the $ i'd go amd - you can get a major deal on an athlon xp running at ~2Ghz.

 

[BW86]

yea i was thinking that but he said hes not planning to overclock

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: BW86

Originally posted by: IanE
The Athlon 64 2800+: $140
Chaintech Socket 754 Mobo: $69
Corsair Value Select PC3200 512mb: $74

TOTAL: $283

Do it to it.

he needs a hsf :laugh:

they are over rated, blow on it

 

[blkdragon]

Originally posted by: BW86
athlon64 2800
chaintech vnf3-250
512mb mushkin green 3200

TOTAL 294 (without shipping)

Can you overclock w/ the mushkin green? I'm considering the A64 2800 and Chaintech but I'm thinking Kingmax PC 3500.

 

[Sonic587]

Originally posted by: joecool

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

AMD or Intel CPU

have heard that Intel is far more stable than AMD

oh man, here we go:evil:

/pulls up lawn chair, beer, popcorn, sits back

oh, too true, too true ... /pulls up own chair, asks for beer, offers chips

for the $ i'd go amd - you can get a major deal on an athlon xp running at ~2Ghz.

This must be like the 10th person who mistakenly thinks Intel is "more stable" than AMD.

I vote for a fricken sticky.

No offense to the OP.