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27th June 2004, 16:09
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|  Upgrade PC I'm planning to give my pc a descent upgrade in a week or 2, I'll start by posting my current specs: Quote:
-CPU: I'm willing to spend up to €600 on this and I was thinking of the following: * Athlon64 3400 or 3500 OR * P4 3400 (Presscot or an "old" one?, which one is best for gaming?) - MB & MEM: depends on the processor MB: max of €250 MEM: 1GB prefferably, also for about €250 ( CL2 or not?, does it give you a noticable boost?) - and finally, the graphics-card, with all the new models coming out now, I really have no idea what to choose, max price here is also about €600 I don't care if a certain processor overclocks better than another, I don't really mess around with that much, all I want is pure power, not a super-overclocking-machine | |
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27th June 2004, 16:23
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| CPU: zeker AMD gaan. wacht op socket 939 of neem een 64bit setup die je nu kunt krijgen vidcard: x800pro is zeer goed, de x800xt is het best. we weten wel niet wanneer die precies op de markt komt |
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28th June 2004, 00:46
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| I've been cruising the net today and I've decided my cpu will be an AMD athlon64 3400 1) what motherboard should I choose?, I want at least 2 Sata-connections on it and preferrably without a fan on the northbridge 2) memory, I've heard/read that A64-boards are real buggers when it comes to memory, what brand/type should I choose ? |
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28th June 2004, 12:35
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all the rest will do fine  | |
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28th June 2004, 12:37
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has no nb fan and nf3 chipset  142€ @ tones link | |
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28th June 2004, 12:47
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| [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002
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 | good board, i have it somewhere in my room
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28th June 2004, 12:47
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| Madshrimp  Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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28th June 2004, 13:39
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| ok, thanks for the advice so far guys, but I still have these questions to be answered: * CAS2, does it give a noticable difference between 2,5 and 3 ? * what cooler should I put on that 3400 ? is the boxed cooler any good? * and last but not least, the graphics-card, ATI or nVidia? (going te search the web on this one myself today, but suggestions are always welcome) |
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28th June 2004, 14:01
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| ATI X800 Pro seems a good buy in my humble opinion
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28th June 2004, 14:11
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just read some gfx-reviews and I think I'm going to wait 'till the XT is available | |
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