motherboard/processor combo

[Delicious Bass]

i am looking for a new motherboard and processor. I was thinking about upgrading to a amd athlon 64 bit system but I dont really know what to look for. I need some suggestions for a new motherboard/processor, i am willing to spend up to abot $300 USD. Thanks for the help!

 

[Vorac1ous]

Get what I got, an AMD 64 bit 3400 S754, and an MSI K8T Neo Nforce4(either AGP or PCI-E versions avaliable). I can say I'm very pleased with it. CPU is $205, and the mobo is $80 or $90 depending on whether you go AGP or PCI-E, so it adds up to $285-$295 when it's all said and done(BTW-Newegg prices).

 

[Delicious Bass]

you mean this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103484

and this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130491

that looks awesome and right in my price range!

 

[TrippyG]

I have Athlon 64 3400+ socket 754 and Epox 8HDA5J combo and I have been more than satisfied

Support Socket-754 based AMD Athlon-64/Sempron up to 3400+ with 1.6GTs HyperTransport processor

VIA K8T800+VT8237

Three 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets Support single-sided or double-sided 2.5v DDR-266/333 DIMMs in 64/128/256/512/1GbMb technologies Support Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB and DIMM

Five PCI connectors compliant with PCI version 2.2

Two IDE ports (up to 4 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-66/100/133 support from embedded IDE controller.

http://www.epox-europe.com/images/products/mainboards/ep-8hda5j_full.jpg

 

[xLostx]

go for something Amiga :thumbs:

 

[Asus]

MSI has made some nice Nforce boards for the Athlon 64 recently. Good stuff.
And the 3400+ runs at 2.4GHz which is really nice as well.

 

[Ti133700N]

you mean this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103484
and this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130491
that looks awesome and right in my price range!

Make sure you buy a CPU on socket 939.

 

[holydeadpenguins]

Socket 754 is dead.

 

[Vorac1ous]

754 is dead, but I don't plan on upgrading for a while so this is why I went 754. It's still good though, and just as good as that $270 S939 3500.

 

[Delicious Bass]

ok. thanks for all the tips. this will make my mobo/cpu shopping much ezier

 

[holydeadpenguins]

754 is dead, but I don't plan on upgrading for a while so this is why I went 754. It's still good though, and just as good as that $270 S939 3500.

At least if you buy 939 you can wait a few years and still upgrade.