The Pentium Guy
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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!
Originally posted by: ELopes580
Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
EDIT: wow, I think I'm the only Intel person here... Scary.
So did I!!!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Originally posted by: yellowm50
what would you get with 500 bucks?
Originally posted by: yellowm50
so if you could spend 500 bucks on a new motherboard and procesor, what would you get?