Author Topic: AMD build recommendations? (Read 495 times)

oboe · « **on:** December 06, 2004, 01:10:58 PM »

Gonna throw together a system for my son for Christmas, so he can play some of the cool games I'll be getting him

Trying to stay middle of the road quality and keep the price low.

MSI K8T NEO-FSR
AMD ATHLON 64 2800+
KINGSTON 512MB DDR400
APEX SQ-310 PC midtower case (350W ps)

The vidcard I'll be using an RMA'd Radeon 9600 I got back recently and I'll pull the hardrive, CD/DVD, and OS (Win2K) from another machine I have.

Look OK? Anybody have bad experiences with any of these brands? I have only used ASUS mobos myself (2 previous builds so still a rookie at it) but this MSI board is much lower priced than anything I could find ASUS offered, and I think MSI has a decent rep anyway...

Thanks help!

AKDogg · « **Reply #1 on:** December 06, 2004, 02:52:12 PM »

U might want to use the NForce 3 250 chipset. More bang for the dollar. Its faster then the VIA chipsets. What socket is that processor (754 or 939)?

oboe · « **Reply #2 on:** December 06, 2004, 04:02:33 PM »

Its a 754 socket - the 939 boards are quite a bit higher priced. The 754 K8N board (nForce) is about $20 more than the K8T (Via).

The the K8T is in the mid-sixties, the K8N is mid-eighties, and the 939 boards are $100 and up.

I'm willing to sacrifice some speed to keep the price lower. I'd like stay under $350, if possibile. As long as I don't hear about any showstopper incompatibilities...

gunahurl · « **Reply #3 on:** December 06, 2004, 07:04:17 PM »

MSI K8T NEO-FSR
AMD ATHLON 64 3000+
CRUCIAL 512MB DDR400
ASPIRE X-DREAMER II midtower case (350W ps)
Western Digital WD800JB 80 GB Hard drive
NEC ND-3500A 16x DVD+/-RW,
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB AGP
Window XP PRO

I put this machine together last August, And I have had no problems at all with it.

Gunahurl

whels · « **Reply #4 on:** December 06, 2004, 07:12:59 PM »

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Originally posted by gunahurl
MSI K8T NEO-FSR
AMD ATHLON 64 3000+
CRUCIAL 512MB DDR400
ASPIRE X-DREAMER II midtower case (350W ps)
Western Digital WD800JB 80 GB Hard drive
NEC ND-3500A 16x DVD+/-RW,
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB AGP
Window XP PRO

I put this machine together last August, And I have had no problems at all with it.

Gunahurl

just ordered

Asus A8N Nforce4 SLI-Deluxe
1 gig pc3200 crucial
AMD 64 3200 90nm winchester core
2 GF 6600GTs for SLI mode

can wait to see how it goes.

whels

AKDogg · « **Reply #5 on:** December 06, 2004, 07:37:28 PM »

AMD 64 3200+
ASUS K8N-E Deluxe mb (Nforce 3 250gb chipset)
Nvidia Geforce FX5700 128meg
1.0 gig ram DDR 400(2 512 meg cards)
74 gig 10k rpm WD Serial HD
Sony DVDR 16X (Dru-710A)
DVD cdrom
Using the onboard Sound
Win XP Pro

Built this 2 months ago for 600 bucks total.

AKDogg · « **Reply #6 on:** December 06, 2004, 07:38:29 PM »

Check this place out. http://www.pricewatch.com

RT · « **Reply #7 on:** December 06, 2004, 09:37:58 PM »

just put together an nforce3 set up with the 754 socket. if you go 754 check out the DFI LANPARTY nforce3 board.

there are plenty of reviews on nforce3 boards on the net. most reviews say they are all pretty close running stock. the dfi board is real fast. u can oclock that cpu and make it scream.

i chose the 754 route. by the time i upgrade there be enough hardware change where carrying over the motherboard or chip wont be an issue, ie, next year heh.

RT · « **Reply #8 on:** December 06, 2004, 09:40:46 PM »

Dogg how do u like your raptor. i bought a pair of 36s a year ago and did a raid 0 no problems. for new set up im going to run a pair of wd enterprise raid edition 7200s in a data protection set up and run my raptors in a raid 0 for the games.

RT

AKDogg · « **Reply #9 on:** December 06, 2004, 09:51:56 PM »

I like it. wish I had 2 to run raid,lol. Was getting low on funds. CHristmas is right around the corner.

buzkill · « **Reply #10 on:** December 11, 2004, 01:54:02 PM »

basically the same system i'm running right now....it runs EVERYTHING perfectly....even doom3 (1024x768 medium settings) i think he'll like it for quite some time:aok

acetnt367th · « **Reply #11 on:** December 11, 2004, 03:40:06 PM »

Ok, I know many people dont like this website and I know many of you do BUTTTTT there is an really good special at tigerdirect for a 3400 A64 939 with Asus A7V delux motherboard, case, mouse, speakers, keyboard, 350W PS for only 299 after a 100 rebate. Buy 512 ram for bout $80 and you will be just $30 more than you 350.

Here is link

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1133509&CatId=1683

Acetnt

buzkill · « **Reply #12 on:** December 12, 2004, 07:24:11 AM »

damn good deal....maybe up the power supply

richard_rd · « **Reply #13 on:** December 14, 2004, 03:06:06 PM »

Go with a S939 setup. The new Winchester 90nm 3000+ is an overclocking star. You can pair it up with an ABIT AV8 mobo for a nice price.

Retail 3000+ Winchester w/HSF $170-180

Retail ABIT AV8 $110-115

The 3000 Winchester runs stock at 1.8GHz on the HTT, but can easilly overclock to 2.4-2.6GHz which puts it on par with a 4000+/FX-53/FX-55 which are $700+ CPU's.

Following is a nice review showing the graet potential of the 3000+ Winchester Core (90nm):

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2242