Entry-Level System

[sephroth777]

ASUS K8N Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $85.00

Pioneer Black IDE DVD Burner Model DVR-109 BK - OEM $53.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3120026A 120GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra $85.00

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 $80.00

AMD Sempron 2800+ Palermo 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Processor Model $84.00

SAPPHIRE RADEON 9800PRO 128 R Radeon 9800PRO 128MB DDR AGP $138.00

 

[Juno]

Go for Socket 939 instead 754.

You can build a Socket 939 rig for $500.

 

[Appledrop]

that is a nice system, however if its for gaming, i think i would drop that mobo for this (a very solid mobo on same chipset as k8n - but $15 cheaper) and then use the money you saved, and perhaps a few extra dollars, for a leadtek 6600GT. You should also be able to push that cpu to around 2.4/2.5ghz with ease with that board and memory, using a memory divider and setting HTT to 3x. All in all, a very nice budget gamer sys i believe.

 

[overst33r]

get a nec 3520a

 

[sephroth777]

With the system above. What would I set the CPU Multiplier and FSB to...my current system is set at 11.5x200

 

[Appledrop]

well, the motherboard should detect the stock fsb and multiplier for the chip, and for overclocking it nicely, all you would do is change the HTT multiplier (something specific to a64 so you wont have had to do this on your system) to 3x or possibly 4x (its usually 5) and then set a divider on your ram to keep it as close to 200 as possible, and keep adjusting fsb and divider until you get optimum speed/stability.