Mobo and CPU...

[Shamrock]

Which is a better combo? I need to keep these 2 under $400.

AMD Athlon 64 3400+, Socket 748
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-484&depa=1
&
MSI nForce3 250 Chipset
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=13-130-457&DEPA=1

OR

AMD Athlon 64 3200+, Socket 939
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-502&depa=1
&
One of these Socket 939 MSI mobo
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1

Thanks for your help guys.

 

[Reaktor4]

why dont you go and look for some benchmarks?
check here http://www.hardocp.com/reviews.html?cat=MiwsLCws and http://www.hardocp.com/reviews.html?cat=MSwsLCws

 

[Shamrock]

Because I thought you guys could help me.. :-( I guess I was wrong...

 

[Reaktor4]

Because I thought you guys could help me.. :-( I guess I was wrong...

its unlikely that someone could just tell you without reading benchmarks, and you can do that yourself anyway.. i edited 2 links to my first post
Id go for anything s939 if youre looking to keep the system future proof btw.

 

[Shamrock]

Thank you a lot. This helps me greatly.

 

[bryanf445]

derek rememebr you can oc the 3200 past 3400 speeds

 

[Shamrock]

I don't really want to OC though. Because I won't have the proper cooling for it till probably next year.

 

[[Matt]]

The 3200 s939 will overclock well even with the default AMD cooler on it. I would go for the s939 system as thats the most future proof out of the 2 and supports dual channel memory instead of the single channel only that the s754 system supports.

 

[Shamrock]

Well, I am going to get the socket 939 mobo/cpu. Thanks for the help.