Spending $400 will get me what?

[ynot167]

If I was to spend $400 on a motherboard, cpu, and video card, what would be the best way to spend it?

 

[bjc112]

You could grab a

P4 - 2.4b ---------------------------- 165.00

Abit - BH7 --------------------------- 90.00

FIC - Radeon 9500 Pro for about 175.00

A BIT over you price range but you could most likely hit 3ghz with that, and your video card would be more than enough to last...

Good Luck...

 

[Schadenfroh]

or the amd side of things
Epox nforce2 Motherboard 85.00
athlon 2500 barton 126.00, should o/c a good bit
another 211 for your video card. choose the path, 9500/ or the new revision of the 5600, get a cheaper one and get some of that cheap geil pc3200 ram

 

[Actaeon]

Eh, an overall faster combination..

Nforce 2 board ----- $89
Athlon1700+ --------$43
R9700 ----------------- $245
Total ------------------ $377

Overclock the 1700+ To 2.2+ ghz (many hit 2.4 and faster)...

IMO, a much faster combination than the 2.4B + R9500.

 

[ynot167]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
or the amd side of things
Epox nforce2 Motherboard 85.00
athlon 2500 barton 126.00, should o/c a good bit
another 211 for your video card. choose the path, 9500/ or the new revision of the 5600, get a cheaper one and get some of that cheap geil pc3200 ram

someone told me about geil ram...are thay any good?

 

[snidy1]

Originally posted by: bjc112
You could grab a

P4 - 2.4b ---------------------------- 165.00

Abit - BH7 --------------------------- 90.00

FIC - Radeon 9500 Pro for about 175.00

A BIT over you price range but you could most likely hit 3ghz with that, and your video card would be more than enough to last...

Good Luck...

looks good

 

[BD231]

If you want cheap but fast it's best to go with AMD and a stick of 3200 at the moment, the price/performance ratio can't be beat.

 

[m1ke101]

1700+, 8rda+, and a 9700 sound good.

 

[cleverhandle]

1700+, 8rda+, and a 9700 sound good.

 

[Rafael]

Originally posted by: ynot167

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
or the amd side of things
Epox nforce2 Motherboard 85.00
athlon 2500 barton 126.00, should o/c a good bit
another 211 for your video card. choose the path, 9500/ or the new revision of the 5600, get a cheaper one and get some of that cheap geil pc3200 ram

someone told me about geil ram...are thay any good?

It's a good memory, but I heard lots of incompatibility issues with some nForce2 mobos.
IMO, I would go with a good brand of PC2700 ram(i.e. Kingston HyperX, Corsair, Mushkin, Crucial). If you can't afford a good brand PC3200 ram.

Raf

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: m1ke101
1700+, 8rda+, and a 9700 sound good.

sounds good but be careful alot of the 1700's are not gaurented to be Rev B's I have an A it can get to XP2100 easily with 1.65 volts.
I didn't see where u said u needed ram? but these guys are talking about it weird....... What speed ram do u have now?

 

[ynot167]

Originally posted by: JBTele

Originally posted by: m1ke101
1700+, 8rda+, and a 9700 sound good.

sounds good but be careful alot of the 1700's are not gaurented to be Rev B's I have an A it can get to XP2100 easily with 1.65 volts.
I didn't see where u said u needed ram? but these guys are talking about it weird....... What speed ram do u have now?

Corsair 512MB 32MX8 PC-3500...I don't have it yet, but my brother is getting it for me.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: Actaeon
Eh, an overall faster combination..

Nforce 2 board ----- $89
Athlon1700+ --------$43
R9700 ----------------- $245
Total ------------------ $377

Overclock the 1700+ To 2.2+ ghz (many hit 2.4 and faster)...

IMO, a much faster combination than the 2.4B + R9500.

If that 1700 makes it, if not he is stuck at 1.4 GHz...

Reguardless both are good setups..