Recommend me some upgrade bits
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I'm looking to upgrade my current machine.
Abit NF7S - V2
AMD Athlon XP 3000+
2 GB DDR Ram
Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
Would like to stay with AMD chip
Was thinking of going back to an Nvidia Gfx maybe 256 or 512mb on a PCI-E
DDR2 ram?
Suggestions and prices plz
Maybe looking for a couple of HDD as well
Abit NF7S - V2
AMD Athlon XP 3000+
2 GB DDR Ram
Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
Would like to stay with AMD chip
Was thinking of going back to an Nvidia Gfx maybe 256 or 512mb on a PCI-E
DDR2 ram?
Suggestions and prices plz
Maybe looking for a couple of HDD as well
Last edited by Eagle on Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
If you go for a S939 chip means you can pick up a board and chip and have PCI-E graphics but means you can keep your existing RAM, otherwise your looking at new board, new chip new ram and new gfx.
Look at things like the A64/3200 or X2 4400.
There is a board out there that does AGP and PCI-E slots I think, pm Madman and see what board it was he was looking at.
If your going new machine then the AMD AM2 chips arent really any faster its just the swap to DDR2 really over the S939 but will give you more of an upgrade path in the end.
Maybe Dak or Bob will have the best replies as there both in the same boat and have just upgraded to S939 3200's iirc...
Look at things like the A64/3200 or X2 4400.
There is a board out there that does AGP and PCI-E slots I think, pm Madman and see what board it was he was looking at.
If your going new machine then the AMD AM2 chips arent really any faster its just the swap to DDR2 really over the S939 but will give you more of an upgrade path in the end.
Maybe Dak or Bob will have the best replies as there both in the same boat and have just upgraded to S939 3200's iirc...
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yup, Dak and I have just about upgraded to the same spec.
Different Gfx, I've got hold of an XT800 and Daks using something slightly better, but both are PCIe 16.
The board we've gone for is an ABIT KN8 SLi. not really using the SLi, but the price is low enough not to worry about it.
It takes DDR ram, up to 8Gb. runs PC3200 as well as slightly older stuff.
Most other boards are using DDR2, fine if you've got the cash to do the RAM as well.
Both have gone for AMD64 3200 Venice core (not the AM2), Daks got his clocked up to 2.4 I thionk and it's as stable as a Horsey house.
I've gone for and OEM version with an aftermarket cooler, though i thinks Dak's was retail.
We were thinking of Opterons, but they're quite a bit more expensive.
Both have also gone for a SATA 160 Gb drive as well, Scan have some at a decent price.
Daks as impressed as anything with his new rig, I'm still waiting for my parts and some time to do a rebuild and install.
Mobo, CPU and HD came in at about £160.
Up to you how much you want to spend on Gfx.
If you want to have a quick squint at the thread where we discussed all this over at the Marlins....
<a href="http://www.ma-squadron.co.uk/forum/view ... sc&start=0" target="_blank">Linky</a>
Fair bit of rambling, but there's some good bits
Different Gfx, I've got hold of an XT800 and Daks using something slightly better, but both are PCIe 16.
The board we've gone for is an ABIT KN8 SLi. not really using the SLi, but the price is low enough not to worry about it.
It takes DDR ram, up to 8Gb. runs PC3200 as well as slightly older stuff.
Most other boards are using DDR2, fine if you've got the cash to do the RAM as well.
Both have gone for AMD64 3200 Venice core (not the AM2), Daks got his clocked up to 2.4 I thionk and it's as stable as a Horsey house.
I've gone for and OEM version with an aftermarket cooler, though i thinks Dak's was retail.
We were thinking of Opterons, but they're quite a bit more expensive.
Both have also gone for a SATA 160 Gb drive as well, Scan have some at a decent price.
Daks as impressed as anything with his new rig, I'm still waiting for my parts and some time to do a rebuild and install.
Mobo, CPU and HD came in at about £160.
Up to you how much you want to spend on Gfx.
If you want to have a quick squint at the thread where we discussed all this over at the Marlins....
<a href="http://www.ma-squadron.co.uk/forum/view ... sc&start=0" target="_blank">Linky</a>
Fair bit of rambling, but there's some good bits
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I have just replaced the MB of my main rig cause I thought it was faulty. Turns out it probably isnt (waiting on the replacement PSU to be sure) so I have a pretty decent MB sitting here doing nothing I can sell ya.
Its an Asus A8N-SLI Premium (Socket 939).
Nice board - <a href="http://uk.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3& ... odelmenu=1" target="_blank">http://uk.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3& ... lmenu=1</a>
I decided to keep the new MB (Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe) cause I might go for ATi Crossfire cards later and this supports Crossfire....
I'll let you know if its def the PSU thats faulty as its arriving later today. If it is then its a nice board to have.
Its an Asus A8N-SLI Premium (Socket 939).
Nice board - <a href="http://uk.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3& ... odelmenu=1" target="_blank">http://uk.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3& ... lmenu=1</a>
I decided to keep the new MB (Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe) cause I might go for ATi Crossfire cards later and this supports Crossfire....
I'll let you know if its def the PSU thats faulty as its arriving later today. If it is then its a nice board to have.
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the board with dual agp or pcie is an asrock board but tbh if yer going for new cpu I'd ditch the 9800 as it'll become yer bottleneck.
As rock is the board I'm thinking of for a cheap upgrade as I've got a x800 xtpe thats still cutting the mustard atm and is agp so dual board will mean I can always go pci-e at a later date when its grinding to a halt.
the 3700+ san diego core cpu meant to be a good one as well I put one in brother in laws machine and its fine even at stock though they are supposed to be fair clockers. Dunno how easy it is to get a hold of though.
Hmmm just had a look for said board and looks almost impossible to source one
As rock is the board I'm thinking of for a cheap upgrade as I've got a x800 xtpe thats still cutting the mustard atm and is agp so dual board will mean I can always go pci-e at a later date when its grinding to a halt.
the 3700+ san diego core cpu meant to be a good one as well I put one in brother in laws machine and its fine even at stock though they are supposed to be fair clockers. Dunno how easy it is to get a hold of though.
Hmmm just had a look for said board and looks almost impossible to source one
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