what would you get with 500 bucks?

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: ELopes580

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362


EDIT: wow, I think I'm the only Intel person here... Scary.

So did I!!!

So did I!

 

[Jeff7181]

I can't get anything better than what I have for $500.

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

Originally posted by: ELopes580

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362


EDIT: wow, I think I'm the only Intel person here... Scary.

So did I!!!

So did I!

I did Scary, too. I've had better.

 

[yellowm50]

so im probebly just better off keeping my system the way it is and then when i have the money just get a pci-e video card and mobo, and a good AMD chip then huh. sorry to start this thread but i have been out of the computer thing sins last summer, and just figured id like to here from you guys first before i start buying hardware again. so you give my agp x800 pro another year or so and they wont have motherboards iwth agp any more huh? now they dont make a mobo with 1000 mhz fsb that comes with agp port? just pci-e? because i think i tried to find one on newegg and it didnt find anything. ok thanks..

 

[corkyg]

I would save it until I had $1000, then get a good dual channel mobo and processor.

 

[SlitheryDee]

This socket 939 board will allow you to keep your AGP card. It's a bit pricey but it's also very very nice.

As for a CPU, I'd just get the best venice/San Diego processor that the remaining ~$385 will get you.

 

[Cheesetogo]

Originally posted by: flatblastard

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ ClawHammer
DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb

hahah just thought i would be different. the above can be had at newegg for $396.

This setup would be especially good if you had an existing AGP card, some non-dual channel ram. And if you are not going to OC than the above is even better :thumbsup:.

:thumbsup: I second this recommendation. No reason for you to go with a 939 socket mobo if you want to keep your vid card for this upgrade.

Why not a 939 board with an agp slot? 3700 seems like a good choice regardless of the socket though.

 

[Loop2kil]

What kind of monitor do you have right now? Your current setup is pretty good, i would spend that money on a new monitor. I think Viewsonic's got an 8ms lcd out now in that price range.

 

[Snakexor]

mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=13-130-468&depa=1

cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539

under 500 dollars, and can use old ram/vid card....


now if i were you, since i have the same case, GET A QUIETER ONE, its a friggin hair dryer next to my desk that is taking off on a jet plane...

 

[DanDaMan315]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: flatblastard

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ ClawHammer
DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb

hahah just thought i would be different. the above can be had at newegg for $396.

This setup would be especially good if you had an existing AGP card, some non-dual channel ram. And if you are not going to OC than the above is even better :thumbsup:.

:thumbsup: I second this recommendation. No reason for you to go with a 939 socket mobo if you want to keep your vid card for this upgrade.

Why not a 939 board with an agp slot? 3700 seems like a good choice regardless of the socket though.

Why bother with 939 if he is going to keep his AGP card and he's not going to overclock. Dual Channel adds virtually nothing, and this will be more than made up for by the 1mb cache and added clock speed of the 3700. I still say go 754.

 

[ELopes580]

Originally posted by: Tostada

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

Originally posted by: ELopes580

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362


EDIT: wow, I think I'm the only Intel person here... Scary.

So did I!!!

So did I!

I did Scary, too. I've had better.

We should start the first offcial AT Intel Only Club I'll be Prez, of course

 

[Budman]

what would you get with 500 bucks?

Hookers :heart: & beer :beer:

 

[flatblastard]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: flatblastard

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ ClawHammer
DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb

hahah just thought i would be different. the above can be had at newegg for $396.

This setup would be especially good if you had an existing AGP card, some non-dual channel ram. And if you are not going to OC than the above is even better :thumbsup:.

:thumbsup: I second this recommendation. No reason for you to go with a 939 socket mobo if you want to keep your vid card for this upgrade.

Why not a 939 board with an agp slot? 3700 seems like a good choice regardless of the socket though.

Why? Because there is no future upgrade potential with AGP. While I don't believe in "future-proofing", as commonly defined by certain reviewers and forum posters, I do believe in common-sense upgrades. I would have recommended 939+AGP mobo if perhaps this were a complete build-on-a-budget, carrying over the AGP card in the process, but that's not the case here. The OP only wants to upgrade CPU/Mobo and has $500 to put down, nothing else.

Really though, no decision here would be the wrong one, because it is just a simple upgrade and not an all-new rig, hence the reason I told the OP to consider both options.

 

[flatblastard]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

Originally posted by: ELopes580

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362


EDIT: wow, I think I'm the only Intel person here... Scary.

So did I!!!

So did I!

So did I!

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
This socket 939 board will allow you to keep your AGP card. It's a bit pricey but it's also very very nice.

As for a CPU, I'd just get the best venice/San Diego processor that the remaining ~$385 will get you.

That's the exact same thing I already suggested.

It'd be nice to get one of the Biostar boards that has PCI-E and AGP, but those look like they might not be compatible with nicer AGP cards like the X800.

Originally posted by: flatblastard

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
Why not a 939 board with an agp slot? 3700 seems like a good choice regardless of the socket though.

Why? Because there is no future upgrade potential with AGP. While I don't believe in "future-proofing", as commonly defined by certain reviewers and forum posters, I do believe in common-sense upgrades. I would have recommended 939+AGP mobo if perhaps this were a complete build-on-a-budget, carrying over the AGP card in the process, but that's not the case here. The OP only wants to upgrade CPU/Mobo and has $500 to put down, nothing else.

Really though, no decision here would be the wrong one, because it is just a simple upgrade and not an all-new rig, hence the reason I told the OP to consider both options.

There's plenty future upgrade potential with AGP. Bridging PCI-E native cards to AGP is relatively simple, and it's what they've been doing ever since the PCI-E native cards like the 6600 came out. They're not going to limit their market by refusing to make an AGP version.

The motherboard chipset itself (and probably slot) will be a limitation long before AGP will. Even if you're concerned that the best $500 card won't be available for AGP in two years, do you honestly thing you'll be sticking with an NF4 Socket 939 board?

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: Tostada

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
This socket 939 board will allow you to keep your AGP card. It's a bit pricey but it's also very very nice.

As for a CPU, I'd just get the best venice/San Diego processor that the remaining ~$385 will get you.

That's the exact same thing I already suggested.

lol sorry I didn't read your link.

I ordered that board, along with a venice 3200+ last week. It should be arriving today.

I'll post some comments on it's performance when I get it running this evening.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: flatblastard

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ ClawHammer
DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb

hahah just thought i would be different. the above can be had at newegg for $396.

This setup would be especially good if you had an existing AGP card, some non-dual channel ram. And if you are not going to OC than the above is even better :thumbsup:.

:thumbsup: I second this recommendation. No reason for you to go with a 939 socket mobo if you want to keep your vid card for this upgrade.

Yes there is..

He is using a Socket A board now..

Get an 939 nForce 3 board if you need AGP.

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: yellowm50
what would you get with 500 bucks?

Two chicks at the same time.

 

[yellowm50]

ok thansk for all the different options guys, now with a mobo/chip upgrade, what kind of performance increas am i going to see over the setup i have now? like wow what a huge differents or not much? and what if i just waited around to get a whole swap out, mobo,chip,vidcard, would you guys recomend upgrading my memory from what im using allready in my pc? or just get another stick so im up to a gig?

 

[crimson117]

Well, which mobo/chip upgrade would you be getting? A64 3500+ would see a huge performance increase; 30% or so.

Just another stick or two would help. You can get 2x512mb of corsair PC3200 for about $80 these days, so you could even hit 1.5gb for pretty cheap.

 

[theMan]

ATHLON 64 X2 4400+

no mobo, no ram.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: yellowm50
so if you could spend 500 bucks on a new motherboard and procesor, what would you get?

your system is fine, just stick with it... I would just save it so you could get something more expensive/better.

 

[yellowm50]

hey everyone, well i found this board online this morning, and well what can you guys tell me about it? the good and the bad? i still want to be able to use my x800pro AGP card. but this board appears to have two different chip plugs. and the 1000mh FSB. i am looking into another stick of my corsair pc3200 LLPT memory, im guesing another 512. boost me up to a gig of memory on the system.
so to go back to the mobo, would this be a good pick for me at the moment. all i would have to do is get a chip for it and then put my stuff into it. ok thanks. any imput would be great.

Brian..

 

[yellowm50]

sorry about that, i feel dumb.. lol here is the link to that motherboard i found..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157035

again,. i was in a rush this morning and forgot to put the link in..