Ordering new Athlon x2 upgrade soon!!

[siliconbauhaus]

you could always take the time while you wait to mod your case :P

[DaForce]

Mmmm nah not enough room.

And i like the simplicity of my lian-li aluminium case.

But will be getting a new case soon....so who knows what might happen

hehehe

[DaForce]

Well bought a cheapy athlon64 3000+ for $215 so i could get my machine up and running, to tie me over till i get the x2 4400+.
Well it runs quite well , havnt done any max stuff yet. But the games are might fast

[percydaman]

thought I would post this benchmark I found on gamepc.com



I ordered the x2 4200 and am really wishing I had ordered the x2 4400, but oh well, Ill OC it a little bit to make up for it. Its all coming monday!!

EDIT... image didn't how properly, so heres the link

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_cont...1C806A76C2AA64

[jacksc02]

Daforce- has your processor come yet?

[DaForce]

Nope

Im pretty sure it will be early next week tho.
Mind you I could have gotten a 4200 last week (or the week before cant remember) but i wanted to wait for the 4400 cause of the larger cache.

[jacksc02]

Yeah i am having trouble getting my proc too.
Have to wait 2 weeks!!
Could have got the 4600 or the 4800, but cant justify the extra cost.

[DaForce]

2 weeks hey, where you get it from?
Yeah the price hike for the 4600/4800 definitly isnt worth it. Cause with a very small overclock the 4200/4400 match the more expensive cards.

[jacksc02]

that was a place here in NZ, but i have since cancelled my order as i managed to find a place that was cheaper and it might be here tomorrow!!!!
Fingers crossed

[DaForce]

Really!!! wicked let me know if you get it tomorrow cause i would love to be able to get mine sooner rather than later.

[Buck]

I am about to order my X2 4400, but haven't decided on a motherboard.

I don't plan to over clock, and I won't be using two cards (SLI). I plan to have 2 gigs of DDR400 (probably more later on), and I need a PCI-e slot for my video card.

What would be a good mobo for me? I'm not up with the latest hardware and don't know how to choose which mobo is right for me.

Thanks, sorry for bringing back this post

[percydaman]

Im using an abit an8 ultra. Theres no SLI. It has all the usuals....

[DaForce]

Asus make a damn good mobo.

Persoanlly i went for the DFI, sure its SLI and one of the more expensive, but i plan on OC a little, and like a solid board.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2465
This should help you decide greatly!!

Oh and for socket 939 (which is what the x2 is) I wouldnt touch anything other than a nforce4 chipset based board. See the link above for mass review.

[Buck]

wow, there are so many choices! lol! I just want something that is going to be stable and rock solid.

I haven't upgraded hardware in a long time, I remember names like Asus, Abit and Gigabyte. I have never heard of DFl, from the looks of it in this article it seems to be quite a good choice. I think I'll go with DFl

thanks guys Can't wait to get the new machine running



What kind of power supply are you guys running? And what wattage?

[DaForce]

yeah the DFI is great, and cause they overclock so well you know they are using the best components.

For PSU's i have an Antec 550w, one of the best PSU's around.
But make sure you get a good powersupply!
550w is probabaly more than most people need, but i have 6 HDD"s, burners, and a hungry video. Plus with PSU"s i go with the more is better theory. You can never have too much power.