New a64 set up - throw out your suggestions/dreams.

[mato7742]

ok everyone, i'm feeling pretty anxious to upgrade - the months of restraint is starting to ware me out. i'm definitely going a64 to keep up with things. preferably 939 for the agp/pci lock for those much higher overclocking possibilities.. but money comes to mind. 754 has similar performance results for a cheaper price. i'm just not sure whether or not spending the extra cash now for future agp/pci lock boards is worth it in the long run for the 939's.


ok so if people could answer that question - blog if needed - i'm all ears.



also, if you decide on either 939 or 754: mobo, memory, and cpu model suggestions would be much appreciated.


good luck.

 

[dennisjai215]

socket 754 has agp pci lock on the nforce boards

 

[charloscarlies]

Originally posted by: dennisjai215
socket 754 has agp pci lock on the nforce boards

Correction....

The Nforce 250 boards.

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: charloscarlies

Originally posted by: dennisjai215
socket 754 has agp pci lock on the nforce boards

Correction....

The Nforce 250 boards.

if you wanna be even more anal... the nforce3 250 boards!



....

anyway... i just got myself an Epox 8kda3j (so many random letters) which is based on the nforce3 250 chipset but i haven't tested it yet

the best ram with A64's seem to be either any sort of bh-5 ram or the ocz EB series ram...

as for mobo, the epox looks good as well as the gigabyte nforce3 250 board as well...

 

[phray]

my new setup will be (as soon as i can get it...)

AMD Athlon 3500+
MSI K8N Neo2 nForce3 Ultra
OCZ Enhanced Latency Platinum Edition 1GB 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200
eVGA nVidia GeForce 6800GT*
Western Digital Raptor 74GB
Antec True550*
all in a
Lian-Li "PC-V1100B" *
*=already ordered

plus my other hdd's (2x250gb sata)... yeah that's about it. i think i'm leaving everything else in my old computer.

 

[AnnoyedGrunt]

The choice of 754 vs 939 would probably depend most of my price point, and how long I planned to keep the system. Therefore, here are the two scenario's I'd most likely consider:

1 - 754 System "value":
A64 2800+
MSI Neo Platinum
WD 74BG Raptor
1X 1GB Ram, maybe 2X 512 depending on cost (would need to check MSI page to ensure compatibility with MB)
NV 6800GT

2 - 939 System
A64 3500+
ABIT A8V
WD 74GB Raptor
2X 512
NV 6800GT

In both cases I'd pick the least expensive processor available, with the goal to upgrade later. I know that with 754 you'd be able to get at least a 3700+, so maybe in a year or two that would be a good upgrade at a low price.

939 gives you a larger potential upgrade path on the CPU side, but with an AGP port, I wonder how many video upgrades will be available a year or two down the road. Also, there are very few 939 MB's available, and most are pretty expensive.

Personally, I think if I was buying now, I'd probably go with the 754 system. If I could wait till December or so, I'd try to get a 939 with PCIe support (I will personally be waiting til December and then hopefully go with a 939 and PCIe and a 0.09um A94).

-D'oh!