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Posted by mrr on July 2, 2008, 12:43 pm
Please log in for more thread options (GR400D64L3). Lately I bought GF 8800GT, after which mainboard got broken. I'm thinking about buying new mainboard, processor and RAM. PC will be mainly used for gaming. I'd like to keep the price of those parts within about 300 euro. I need some advice. Thanks in advance. -- F | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on July 2, 2008, 9:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options I don't know the prices where you are, what 300 Euro (or about $475 USD) will buy. Further we don't know how fancy, what features you want/need on a new board... so I'll just suggest a conservative systematic approach. A good start would be 2 to 4GB of DDR2 memory, probably 4GB is best given that budget. Subtract that from the budget. Compare the major name brand boards with the features you need, there's probably something that is a good value in the $100 price range, maybe a P35 chipset based board or maybe not, you might check the motherboard power search feature at Newegg.com, just because it's a good way to drill down towards which makes and models have the features you want then you can look for those makes/models at other stores available in your region. Decide on dual or quad core and pick what you can get for whatever remains in the budget. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Ken Maltby on July 3, 2008, 9:52 am
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> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:43:45 -0700 (PDT), mrr
> >>I've got Athlona 64 3200+ (939) on Asus A8NE with 2GB Good RAM PC3200
>>(GR400D64L3). >> >>Lately I bought GF 8800GT, after which mainboard got broken. I'm >>thinking about buying new mainboard, processor and RAM. PC will be >>mainly used for gaming. I'd like to keep the price of those parts >>within about 300 euro. >>I need some advice. >> >>Thanks in advance. >
> I don't know the prices where you are, what 300 Euro (or > about $475 USD) will buy. Further we don't know how fancy, > what features you want/need on a new board... so I'll just > suggest a conservative systematic approach. > > A good start would be 2 to 4GB of DDR2 memory, probably 4GB > is best given that budget. Subtract that from the budget. > Compare the major name brand boards with the features you > need, there's probably something that is a good value in the > $100 price range, maybe a P35 chipset based board or maybe > not, you might check the motherboard power search feature at > Newegg.com, just because it's a good way to drill down > towards which makes and models have the features you want > then you can look for those makes/models at other stores > available in your region. Decide on dual or quad core and > pick what you can get for whatever remains in the budget. In addition to what Kony has provided you might want to consider the new board's compatibility with the parts of your existing system, that you will be reusing. Especially if any component is marginal or may have contributed to how your "mainboard got broken". The power supply would be the first I'd want to take into consideration. You might also consider any features of Mainboard that your system may be depending on. For instance you could have your audio setup to use SPIDF in a certain way. Luck; Ken | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on July 3, 2008, 7:27 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:43:45 -0700 (PDT), mrr
>I've got Athlona 64 3200+ (939) on Asus A8NE with 2GB Good RAM PC3200
>(GR400D64L3). > >Lately I bought GF 8800GT, after which mainboard got broken. I'm >thinking about buying new mainboard, processor and RAM. PC will be >mainly used for gaming. I'd like to keep the price of those parts >within about 300 euro. >I need some advice. > >Thanks in advance. I'd also think about getting another skt 939 board since you already have CPU, 'sink, memory... a fair amount towards another system, or sell those parts now while they still have a little value left in them on ebay or at a computer website forum's member sale area. | ||||||||||||||||
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>(GR400D64L3).
>
>Lately I bought GF 8800GT, after which mainboard got broken. I'm
>thinking about buying new mainboard, processor and RAM. PC will be
>mainly used for gaming. I'd like to keep the price of those parts
>within about 300 euro.
>I need some advice.
>
>Thanks in advance.