So it's been years since I've build a desktop. I've been living off of laptops for the most part. (To put it into perspective, my last build was an FX51)
Anyways, decided on Sempron 140 for price and lower wattage. I don't need much more and I plan on attempting to unlock the second core. I have everything except motherboard and RAM at this point. (Well I have some spare DDR2, but let's pretend I don't for the purpose of this post).
So my questions:
1) Regardless of price (which is obvious), what are the pros and cons of going with a DDR3 vs DDR2 setup for a lowend cpu like this? In terms of speed and chipset features.
2) Anyone have recommendations on a good motherboard w/ good ACC capability? The only requirements I have is onboard video (to save on power) and a DVI or HDMI port and more than 2 SATA connections.
Thanks!
Anyways, decided on Sempron 140 for price and lower wattage. I don't need much more and I plan on attempting to unlock the second core. I have everything except motherboard and RAM at this point. (Well I have some spare DDR2, but let's pretend I don't for the purpose of this post).
So my questions:
1) Regardless of price (which is obvious), what are the pros and cons of going with a DDR3 vs DDR2 setup for a lowend cpu like this? In terms of speed and chipset features.
2) Anyone have recommendations on a good motherboard w/ good ACC capability? The only requirements I have is onboard video (to save on power) and a DVI or HDMI port and more than 2 SATA connections.
Thanks!