Suggestion for a 300-400 dollar cpu/mobo/ram upgrade?

[jhbball]

Hey, I'm looking to upgrade my current rig with a new amd processor, new mobo (needs agp), and a 1.5g-2g of ram.

Any suggestions for this possible combo? As for ram, I just want something cheap, that will work great at stock speeds.

 

[d3lt4]

what are you using it for? games, photoshop, ...? That really makes a difference.

 

[jhbball]

light gaming, movie-watching, web browsing. nothing too intensive.

 

[Bobthelost]

What do you do that needs 1.5gb of RAM?

 

[jhbball]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
What do you do that needs 1.5gb of RAM?

WoW.

 

[bohhad]

you can get an athlon64 3000+ for $160, an ASRock 939dual (agp and pci-express16) for around $70, and 2gb of GSkill DDR400 for $155, all off newegg.com

 

[jhbball]

Originally posted by: bohhad
you can get an athlon64 3000+ for $160, an ASRock 939dual (agp and pci-express16) for around $70, and 2gb of GSkill DDR400 for $155, all off newegg.com

gskill ram decently rated? also, should i be looking at opterons instead of athlon 64's?

 

[bamacre]

ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Audio/Lan/PCI-E and AGP/SATA3G/DDR/ATX 64 939
$77.33
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...duct_Code=110333&AFFIL=pricewatch&NR=1

AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ (2.0GHz) 939-PIN 512KB L2 CACHE 64-BIT PROCESSOR - RETAIL BOX
$165.00
http://tinyurl.com/9f3om

Corsair VS2GBKIT400C3 2GB Kit DDR400 PC3200 Value Select Memory Retail
$162.80
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80098-86

Total Price Shipped = $405.13

You don't want an Opteron unless you are willing to OC.

 

[bohhad]

sorry, i meant patriot memory... patriot rates good, and it has a lifetime warranty and people you can actually get ahold of

 

[Einy0]

I would stay away from the Asrock board if you are going to use AGP. I did a lot of investigation into it a short time ago and a lot of people said that with agp it crashed a lot... Unless you have one hell of an agp card it's not worth even considering agp. Perhaps one of the nvidia 6100 or 6150 based boards the built-in is more that enough for video and some very light gaming. I've had great sucess with the ASUS A8N-VM CSM board. Built a few systems for others was so pleased I decided to build a mini system for myself based on the board. It really has everything you need at around $80 new or refurbed for $40ish. If you must have AGP I'd recommend the ASUS A8V Deluxe if you can get your hands on one that is. I've had flawless results with that board as well.

 

[Zebo]

Monarch
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1801817&enterthread=y


$130 for opteron 144
$70 for Asrock SataII
$105 for 2 x 512MB Corsair C2PT mem which has UTT chips in there (maybe depending if you get lucky) !

=$306

Make into FX-57 and run ram at 2-2-2-6 1T at 250+ Mhz or 3-3-3-6 1T at 250 Mhz if inferion.

Option 2 , if you want to splurge, is get the DFI NF4 ultra for $50 more.

 

[jhbball]

so does it really help to get memory with heatspreaders? or is value ram fine for gaming?

 

[mike3uz]

If you aren't overclocking regular value ram will be fine. Heatspreader ram is just a waste of money if you aren't overclocking.