The upgrade bug has once again bitten me, looking for a complete overhaul here. Current systems is a P4 2.4c (800Mhz FSB), Abit IS7 motherboard, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro All-In-Wonder and 2x256Mb of Kingston Hyper-X (I believe 333).
Looking to clean house and build an Athlon 64 based system with the capability for having PCI express based SLI. Right now thinking of something along the lines of a Athlon 64 3500 (939) (the Athlon FX chips are a bit pricey for what I want to spend). Some questions.
1. Seems the 90nm socket 939 stuff is what everyone is going with, thoughts?
2. Seems the most popular board is the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum however I don't believe this is a SLI capable board. I know Nforce4 is starting to show up. Is that the chipset to go with right now for an Athlon 64 chip and if so, board recommendations please.
3. I'm guessing DDR 400 memory is where I should look, thoughts?
Lastly, Thinking of a GeForce 6600GT to start with which should offer a nice jump in performance over my 9800 Pro right now, and adding a second one in SLI when prices drop sometime in the future. Good/Bad idea?
Oh yeah, I'm primarily gaming and doing some light multimedia type stuff. Thanks!
Looking to clean house and build an Athlon 64 based system with the capability for having PCI express based SLI. Right now thinking of something along the lines of a Athlon 64 3500 (939) (the Athlon FX chips are a bit pricey for what I want to spend). Some questions.
1. Seems the 90nm socket 939 stuff is what everyone is going with, thoughts?
2. Seems the most popular board is the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum however I don't believe this is a SLI capable board. I know Nforce4 is starting to show up. Is that the chipset to go with right now for an Athlon 64 chip and if so, board recommendations please.
3. I'm guessing DDR 400 memory is where I should look, thoughts?
Lastly, Thinking of a GeForce 6600GT to start with which should offer a nice jump in performance over my 9800 Pro right now, and adding a second one in SLI when prices drop sometime in the future. Good/Bad idea?
Oh yeah, I'm primarily gaming and doing some light multimedia type stuff. Thanks!