- May 13, 2008
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I currently have 2 systems.
AMD System (Main Rig)
AMD Athlon X2 5600+ CPU (2.8GHz stock)
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Mobo
eVGA 7900GS Video Card
4GB RAM
Media Center Rig
Intel Conroe E2200 CPU (2.2GHz stock)
eVGA 650i Mobo
eVGA 8400GS Video Card
2GB RAM
Both Systems run Vista, and are doing ok. However, now I am starting to look at possibly doing some Future proofing for up to 2+ years...
First Question I have is Video Cards. If I stick with Nvidia, since I have Nvidia mobo's. I'll most likely get either a 9800GTX (if the price keeps dropping lower and lower) or a GTX260. However, I've seen ATI starting to kick some butt again and was wondering if there are any setbacks in running an ATI card in my Nvidia Mobos...
Next Question is CPUs. I obviously bought the Intel CPU for just doing basic media center duties... but since my Mobo is entry level, I am not sure if I can even OC the CPU properly or not (I think I think can get it to 2.4 at least... but I haven't tried..)
So with that, do I get a new Vid Card and put it in either the AMD or Intel System? (The memory can be switched around since both are DDR2.) And if the Intel, will the E2200 be alright or so should I switch to something faster as the prices keep dropping with the introduction of Nehalem?
Thanks for reading!
AMD System (Main Rig)
AMD Athlon X2 5600+ CPU (2.8GHz stock)
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Mobo
eVGA 7900GS Video Card
4GB RAM
Media Center Rig
Intel Conroe E2200 CPU (2.2GHz stock)
eVGA 650i Mobo
eVGA 8400GS Video Card
2GB RAM
Both Systems run Vista, and are doing ok. However, now I am starting to look at possibly doing some Future proofing for up to 2+ years...
First Question I have is Video Cards. If I stick with Nvidia, since I have Nvidia mobo's. I'll most likely get either a 9800GTX (if the price keeps dropping lower and lower) or a GTX260. However, I've seen ATI starting to kick some butt again and was wondering if there are any setbacks in running an ATI card in my Nvidia Mobos...
Next Question is CPUs. I obviously bought the Intel CPU for just doing basic media center duties... but since my Mobo is entry level, I am not sure if I can even OC the CPU properly or not (I think I think can get it to 2.4 at least... but I haven't tried..)
So with that, do I get a new Vid Card and put it in either the AMD or Intel System? (The memory can be switched around since both are DDR2.) And if the Intel, will the E2200 be alright or so should I switch to something faster as the prices keep dropping with the introduction of Nehalem?
Thanks for reading!