I have been out of the hardware scene for quite awhile now, and was wondering about which mobo and processor combo would suit me best. I already have a decent system (as long as I'm not gaming), but don't want to upgrade it cause it is a crappy dell, and my choices to upgrade are certainly limited anyway. I had to have something fast when my 4 year old desktop bit the dust back in February.
I would like to use that system to load up linux and use it as a firewall for my other PCs. I think that would be a great way to utilize that old system anyhow.
I would like to get an AMD system, and would prefer to get a new dual core processor. The main question I have is whether or not to wait for a motherboard that allows for a full 16x sli configuration. Are there any boards out there on the AMD side that take advantage of this? I read an article from back in August about such motherboards, but wasn't sure if there was one out yet. (Slated release was 2nd half of this year, which we are in).
I won't be jumping straight into a SLI configuration, but that will help extend this system's usefulness. I would however still like that feature, so that I don't have to update the system for awhile. The first computer I built lasted me for 4 strong years, and I would like to get that kind of performance out of this system as well. Are these motherboards going to be coming out soon? Should I wait, or bite the bullet now? Time is not critical, I don't really have any needs for a computer now, but would like to get back into gaming.
I would like to use that system to load up linux and use it as a firewall for my other PCs. I think that would be a great way to utilize that old system anyhow.
I would like to get an AMD system, and would prefer to get a new dual core processor. The main question I have is whether or not to wait for a motherboard that allows for a full 16x sli configuration. Are there any boards out there on the AMD side that take advantage of this? I read an article from back in August about such motherboards, but wasn't sure if there was one out yet. (Slated release was 2nd half of this year, which we are in).
I won't be jumping straight into a SLI configuration, but that will help extend this system's usefulness. I would however still like that feature, so that I don't have to update the system for awhile. The first computer I built lasted me for 4 strong years, and I would like to get that kind of performance out of this system as well. Are these motherboards going to be coming out soon? Should I wait, or bite the bullet now? Time is not critical, I don't really have any needs for a computer now, but would like to get back into gaming.