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Originally posted by: Zebo
Classy right that's why I put caveat in there..bang for buck cards are cheaper PCIe.

The ultra unaffordable high end stuff I would never buy in a million years since it offeres such a poor bang for buck so I don't feel need to comment on it.
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🙂 Yea I agree but that AIW 800XT is looking really sweet. The X800 XT kicks some serious butt and this is an AIW 🙂
 
I'm going to stick with AGP video for now . . only because I already have it and the industry is still in a flux with these SLI boards and the not even released ATI answer to dual boards . . .

That said, if I were to follow the advice of this thread and buy a +3000 venice and overclock it, would the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard be a good choice? It isn't cheap at $135. Is there a better choice that still has the same features?

Thanks!
 
hey zebo...the motherboard that you recommended, i had a question about...its has sli setup...i dont think i'd ever use that cause of its high cost, is there a similar board without sli that would save me some money...if not then this is fine but i was just wondering...thanks
 
IF YOU PLAN TO UPGRADE, think about it , in my case choice the AMD 64 3500+ venice core in this case. will give you a potencial overcloacking and more sophistacted platform. and overall system performance.. is hard to tell you but INTEL is SUCKS.
 
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
do i need soundblaster live? cause zebo said that sound takes up like 10% of the cpu power
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If you plan on gaming, better sound and less cpu power on audio is good. 🙂
 
Inspector Jihad

Don't get crucial 8T, I've had real bad luck with it this week... Not even worth running a new thread.🙁

I still stand buy the regular crucial but not 8T version.
 
so zebo, i could go for the cheaper one and then buy a sound card and it wouldnt make much of a difference? i want to save some money but i dont want to buy a crappy motherboard either.
 
hey. ive been looking at what you have been saying, and i think that you are in the same boat that i was. you want a PC that handles all of the games you play now, but dont want to spend a whole lot of money. i heavily suggest that you go with a motherboard that has PCI-E x16. There are a whole lot of great video cards that are PCI-E x16, and you can definately find one that is in your price range. also, go with a sound card, they are like 30 bucks and definately worth it. i would say go with the winchester 3000. it works fine stock and you can OC it fro your exesive needs. here is my rig. it does everything and more than i want.


DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
SAPPHIRE 100595L-BL Radeon X700PRO 128MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card
CREATIVE Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit 30SB041000000 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BIBOX
Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memor
 
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