S939 questions

Hasse · 11-27-2005, 01:07 PM

Well since my Athlon XP 3200+ broke at Dreamhack i'm gonna buy som new hardware soon. I wonder what mobo should I use amd why?? And what chipset should I use. I personally think nForce 4. And then what CPU is most worth the money and wich core should I use??

Thanks in advance//Hasse

SprigganX · 11-27-2005, 08:33 PM

What's your Budget? getting a amd64 4000+ will suit you for a long time, or even a amd64X2 will be even better. getting a socket 939 with a nforce4 chip would be good and this time you gotta worry bout lower memory timings too.

Daydre@m · 11-27-2005, 09:12 PM

I will prefer an Athlon X2 3800+ as the CPU , its around 320U$D
For motherboard , Nforce 4 SLI is good , brand is your choice . I would recommend DFI nforce 4 SLI-DR if your budget is sufficient . In low range a Gigabyte K8N pro SLI or an Epox 9npa+ ultra would be fine too .

11-27-2005, 10:38 PM

I'd get a Venice AMD 3200+ or 3500+ and a Gigabyte K8N Pro. I'd personally save some money and overclock the CPU. The Venice cores are good at overclocking so you should be able to save quite a bit of $$$

Lord_Behemoth · 12-02-2005, 07:29 PM

I personally am very happy with my Athlon64 3200+ (venice) and my A8N-E.

The mobo isnt the best of the best, but it does what it's suppose to do and it's quite cheap.

I'm running my proc @ 2.4Ghz (standard 2.0) and if I didn't have such crappy memory I would
be able to stretch it a lot further.

Out of the 3 reviews I've read about the 3200+, 2 could get it @ 2.7 and one got it to 2.8.

So if you get (or already own) really good memory I would really advice the 3200+ and the price
is ofcourse very attractive.

here are 2 articles that might help you choose. (It's about the influence of procs in games and compares
somewhat all of nowadays procs)
Link1
Link2

Hasse · 12-02-2005, 08:24 PM

Thanks everybody! I'll have to see what i'm going to get

Talidan666 · 12-22-2005, 07:07 PM

My personal recommendation would be to get the same setup that I am upgrading to this week( I currently run ECS Nforce4-A754, 1gb pc3200, Sempron 3400) and I am upgrading to a 939 MSI Neo 8 Platinum(roughly130@newegg) Athlon64 3800 (same 2.4ghz core speed as the 64 4000, but with less cache. 280@newegg) and im getting
2x1gb OCZ GOLD PC4000 DDR500. I've seen people who OC the 3800 to 2.89 or so, and blast the FX57 in benchmarks, which is a 1000 dollar cpu..

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Hasse is on the 6th circle: Heresy Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Östersund - Sweden Posts: 2,900 Hellbux: 33,760	Well since my Athlon XP 3200+ broke at Dreamhack i'm gonna buy som new hardware soon. I wonder what mobo should I use amd why?? And what chipset should I use. I personally think nForce 4. And then what CPU is most worth the money and wich core should I use?? Thanks in advance//Hasse __________________

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Lord_Behemoth is on the 3rd circle: Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 454 Hellbux: 8,828	I personally am very happy with my Athlon64 3200+ (venice) and my A8N-E. The mobo isnt the best of the best, but it does what it's suppose to do and it's quite cheap. I'm running my proc @ 2.4Ghz (standard 2.0) and if I didn't have such crappy memory I would be able to stretch it a lot further. Out of the 3 reviews I've read about the 3200+, 2 could get it @ 2.7 and one got it to 2.8. So if you get (or already own) really good memory I would really advice the 3200+ and the price is ofcourse very attractive. here are 2 articles that might help you choose. (It's about the influence of procs in games and compares somewhat all of nowadays procs) Link1 Link2 __________________ thnx to Tiger4Ruler for this breathtaking sig! And thnx to Gamershell.com for my copy of Area51! A new Plague is slowly taking over the planet

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11-27-2005, 09:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Daydre@m is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Hellbux: 245	I will prefer an Athlon X2 3800+ as the CPU , its around 320U$D For motherboard , Nforce 4 SLI is good , brand is your choice . I would recommend DFI nforce 4 SLI-DR if your budget is sufficient . In low range a Gigabyte K8N pro SLI or an Epox 9npa+ ultra would be fine too .

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64705 is on the 5th circle: Wrath & Sullenness Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,465 Hellbux: 13,894	I'd get a Venice AMD 3200+ or 3500+ and a Gigabyte K8N Pro. I'd personally save some money and overclock the CPU. The Venice cores are good at overclocking so you should be able to save quite a bit of $$$

12-22-2005, 07:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
Talidan666 is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 21 Hellbux: 503	My personal recommendation would be to get the same setup that I am upgrading to this week( I currently run ECS Nforce4-A754, 1gb pc3200, Sempron 3400) and I am upgrading to a 939 MSI Neo 8 Platinum(roughly130@newegg) Athlon64 3800 (same 2.4ghz core speed as the 64 4000, but with less cache. 280@newegg) and im getting 2x1gb OCZ GOLD PC4000 DDR500. I've seen people who OC the 3800 to 2.89 or so, and blast the FX57 in benchmarks, which is a 1000 dollar cpu..