what? i dont no wat case u are getting... i could make a suggestion to get a thermaltake armor series because those are good for the price
I would consider myself a devoted AMD customer. The last 6 cpu's i bought were AMD. The reason is because i believe AMD always had most value. (performance/price). But according to latest reviews, conroe should be better valued than current AMD X2. Reviews show E6300 priced at $183 performs equiv to AMD X2 4600+ "estimated" price slash to $301. http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795&p=2 Of course if AMD is able to provide the X2 4600+ at same or lower price than the E6300, then that would be a different story. To me, its all about the $$$. In either case, wait for conroe to come out, and for the rumored huged AMD price slashes in the near future, before you buy.
nono im using the case i already have i just want to know would all this work together 1 x Asus M2N32-SLI Del/WIFI-AP AM2 Sound 2 x GigaLan 1394 USB 2.0 WIFI-G ESATA ATX 112170 £110.41 £110.41 1 x Athlon 64 3500 box 2.2GHz 512kb 940 pin AM2 111286 £66.12 £66.12 1 x Corsair 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 667MHz 2x64Mx64 non-ECC 2x240 DIMM Unbuffered CL5 Lifetime Warranty 92877 £53.03 £53.03 1 x Ebuyer 550w ATX Silent Neon PSU/12cm fan/PPFC(no power cord) 102994 £16.99 £16.99 1 x Gainward BLISS 7600GT 256mb Golden Sample TV DVI PCI-E 108150 £113.17 £113.17 1 x Ebuyer Extra Value IDE cable Rounded UDMA Ultra 133/100 24" Red 88073 £1.69 £1.69 1 x Ebuyer Extra Value Pst700-it1 Thermal Compound Silver Grease Injection Tube 72291 £0.37 £0.37 sorry for the nagging but would this setup work.. everyone that has helped much appreciated thanks!
gaming but im on a tight budget at the mo, just want to play games with decent looking gfx, i start working soon so ill be able to add more compents such as a dual core and better memory and another gpu etc..
You could always buy a Promise PCI IDE controller card if you're really concerned about the IDE devices being on one cable. That way you have no worries about slowdown.
You can either wait and get a Conroe, or wait and get a nice Athlon64/FX that people will be throwing awaying in order to switch over to Intel.
yeah ill oc with rivatuner etc no problems , and ill be buying a sata hdd within the next 3 weeks or so with birthday money
AM3 boards will be compatible with AM2 skt mate think you got it the wrong way round seems to be a misconception from a few people
am2 may be forward compatible, but is it the cpu or the mobo. That makes a difference. Because a forward compatible cpu, is a backwards compatible mobo. A forward compatible mobo is a backwards compatible cpu.
Here is an AM2 MB with two ide pata controllers. That will solve your ide problem. If your building a all new platform and want AMD then go AM2 not 939. Not that AM2 is really any better right now but thats the future. If your open to ideas, I would suggest you wait acouple of weeks and look at conroe because that really is the faster setup and price performance wize is the best at this time. that may change when AMD lowers it prices after the conroe release. link for AM2 MB below. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131014 If you want sli try this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128321
To avoid connecting HDD and DVD drive to the same IDE cable, buy an IDE to SATA connector and use the SATA port with your IDE HD!
I wouldn't call the HD crippled if it's connected to the same IDE cable with DVD-RW except when transferring data from the DVD to the HD. You can use it for the time being with no fuss, although the PATA->SATA adapter idea sounds ok if it can be found cheap, either for connecting the HD or DVD-RW with it. Also, think about getting the 1*1 GB of DDR2-800, Corsair for instance. You can buy another 1 GB for your birthday and when Vista gets used, you can add another two gigs if need arises. DDR-800 will be prefered for future CPU upgrades when X2 CPUs get real cheap and it's not that much more expensive than DDR2-667. With 2*512 you're limiting yourself to 2 gigs in dual channel, or 3 gigs in single channel mode. Be sure to get some newer RAM or check the Asus webpage for tested RAM because there have been compatibility issues with all AM2 motherboards and the older DDR2 RAM caused by their SPD programming.
I strongly suggest 939. It has become really cheap, it performs great and you have a wide variety of motherboards. Get a 3800+ or a X2 3800+, a pair of cheap DDR1 1GB RAM and a mid-priced mobo (an ASRock 939 DualSATA2 would be nice or a MSI K8N series). The next big step is AM3.
There is no future proof in PCs. AM3 is coming -> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3169 DDR2 does not provide any significant performance boost against DDR1, thus, the AM2 socket does not provide any significant performance boost against 939. Get a 939, do your job exactly the same way you would with the AM2 (or even better, since there are plenty of motherboards. And cheper) and when AM3 arrives, get AM3 (with DDR3).
Actually AM2 cpus are priced about the same as s939. On the other hand DDR2 memory are much cheaper than DDR1 memory. So unless AM2 is worse off then s939, you might as well get AM2, since the price is about the same. according to the link above, it seems AM2 motherboards will support AM3 CPU's. and quote: "Additionally, recent roadmaps have confirmed that AM3, AMD's upcoming desktop CPU socket, will not be backwards compatible with AM2-package CPUs." (does this mean AM3 motherboards won't accept AM2 cpus?)
