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Right now Im running a Athlon 1400GHZ and a mx440, so anything will be a improvement.


Option #1

AMD ATHLON 64 (3000+)
Seagate BARRACUDA SATA 160GB
Microstar (RS480-M2)

After a couple a while I would upgrade to a 6600, just wondering what would be the best brand to choose from. I would also want to overclock, is there any good software to overclock the cpu?

Option #2 ($10 more expenisve then #1)

AMD ATHLON 64 (3000+)
Seagate BARRACUDA SATA 160GB
ECS (RS480-M)

Don't no if its any good, or if its worth it, also it only has 2 memory slots.

Option #3

AMD ATHLON 64 (3000+)
Seagate BARRACUDA SATA 160GB
Biostar (NF4ST-A9)
Sapphire 9700

Don't know if the 9700 would work in the XPG slot.

Not much gaming, once in a while though. Mostly play sports games like Madden and NHL, and some FPS games like COD.
 
bumps are limited to being one every 4 hours, please read the forum rules. There are several things about your selections:
#1 Don't buy budget boards, they are cheaper for a reason. if you want an inexpensive board get the Chaintech.
#2 What is an XPG slot? If your talking about the PCIe 16x slot then no, a 9700 wouldn't work.
#3 get a 6200, inexpensive and most PCIe 6200's will softmod to a 6600 and save you some money.
 
Yeah, really. Budget boards might cause you all sorts of problems.
I would also want to overclock, is there any good software to overclock the cpu?
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From what you just said, you sound very inexperienced. First off, by buying a budget board like that you have almost NO chance of overclocking. Secondly, even if you do get some sort of software, the amount of overclock you'll get - probably close to 300-400 mhz, won't matter that much at all. Thirdly, don't overclock if you're inexperienced - I'm sorry if you're not, I'm just drawing conclusions from the quote above.

And yeah, there's no such thing as XPG.

-TPG
 
" Xtreme Graphics Port Slot : XGP1
This XGP (Xtreme Graphics Port) slot is a special design that only supports compatible AGP VGA cards.
To install the system with an add-on AGP VGA card, please make sure to install the driver of add-on AGP VGA card before onboard VGA driver installation."

Taken from Text
 
Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Yeah, really. Budget boards might cause you all sorts of problems.
I would also want to overclock, is there any good software to overclock the cpu?
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From what you just said, you sound very inexperienced. First off, by buying a budget board like that you have almost NO chance of overclocking. Secondly, even if you do get some sort of software, the amount of overclock you'll get - probably close to 300-400 mhz, won't matter that much at all. Thirdly, don't overclock if you're inexperienced - I'm sorry if you're not, I'm just drawing conclusions from the quote above.

And yeah, there's no such thing as XPG.

-TPG
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I said software because the MSI board has no overclocking options in the bios. And yes, there is something called XPG.

 
An XPG slot is some Biostar crap that supposedly allows the use of certain AGP cards on a PCI-e bus. I have no idea how onw would know if their AGP card would work or not though.
I haven't heard much about it, other than it apparently runs the AGP card at what would be 1X AGP. Not exactly a remedy for a gamer.
And just the fact that it is a Biostar only product (at this time), doesn't give me any faith that it would work at all.

If you want an AGP MB, just go NF3.
 
Yeah, again. Like we said before, we really recommend you to get a better motherboard. And if you're sticking with those boards, don't bother overclocking. Overclocking is disabled on the MSI for a reason. Even if you successfully get an overclock, with a board that's not even designed for overclocking, the performance difference is negligable.
 
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