Help Please, Im Confused

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by jethro, 13 Sep 2005.

  1. jethro

    jethro Modthusiast

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    Ok so if your reading this you have come to save me :p

    I have not really kept up on new hardware and the like in some time (~2years) due to various reasons, but my pc is now finding itself in need of replacement.
    I have a decent p4 2.6Ghz system that just isnt cutting it for its 2 uses, World Of Warcraft and some audio post production load when all my macs are busy.

    I went looking to purchase a Athlon Xp3700+ and new mobo/ram to go with it, as the rest of the hardware is already fine and dandy (fibre disk array, sound, and a geforce 6600 agp card).

    So here is my dilema, I need to find a solid mobo that i can get the full fsb speed out of to go with a XP64 3700 that also will take my agp8x card, i dont see need in buying a new video card to replace something that functions quite well.

    I guess im just a tad lost after being away:
    What is revision e vs non revision e?
    If i dont get a pci-x mobo can i get the full fsb speeds an athlon xp can support?
    anything else I should know?


    any help is greatly appreciated.
     
  2. Fr4nk

    Fr4nk Tyrannosaurus Alan !

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    umm Im asumming you want a skt 754 as the amd xp's are only on that socket (i think), so I'd say your best is getting an Abit NF7-S its known as being the most stable skt754 board out. Though An Amd athlon64 and Pci-E Gfx card would be much better :thumb:

    -Frank
     
  3. alastor

    alastor Minimodder

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    Theres no such thing as a 3700+ Athlon XP, fastest was the 3200+ and they were all socket A (462). Its a 3700+ Athlon64...

    However, it could either be a socket 939 or a 754, as there are 3700+s for both sockets (San Diego for 939, Clawhammer for 754). Do you know which it is?
     
  4. jethro

    jethro Modthusiast

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    my mistake its a 64. sandiego.
    do you see how someone could get confused lol
     
  5. alastor

    alastor Minimodder

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    Lol yeah i understand :D

    Heard good things about the MSI K8N Neo2 if you have to have AGP, but PCI-Express really is the best way to go for future-proofing. Or you could wait and see what the ULi based motherboards with both AGP and PCI-E are like...
     
  6. Shadowed_fury

    Shadowed_fury Minimodder

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    What planet are you living on?
    For starters the NF7-S is a SktA board, not 754!
     
  7. Fr4nk

    Fr4nk Tyrannosaurus Alan !

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    lol opps :duh: my bad
     

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