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getting closer to needing to buy a new machine (as previously mentioned in an older thread) and need some advice of parts.
now, i know what does what, etc.. but don't have much of a clue in terms of good combinations of parts to get decent results.
the mobos i'm considering are:
MSI K8N SLi Platinum nForce4 SLi
and
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra
[URL]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/MSI_Socket_939.html[/URL]
leaning more towards the first one, the K8N SLI Platinum (i checked out the diamond, but for an extra £40, it didn't seem to offer much more, but like i said, i'm not so good on these things) i want something with SATA, firewire, decent USB access and ideally dual PCI-E support (which should be handy down the line when 3d apps support it... and when i decide which gfx card to buy :D )
CPU-wise i'm looking at AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
if this is any good, please sing out FAST (chippxero, you seem pretty clued up, opinions?) as overclockers.co.uk have it on offer this week, a "mere" £260 + VAT
now, i know what does what, etc.. but don't have much of a clue in terms of good combinations of parts to get decent results.
the mobos i'm considering are:
MSI K8N SLi Platinum nForce4 SLi
and
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra
[URL]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/MSI_Socket_939.html[/URL]
leaning more towards the first one, the K8N SLI Platinum (i checked out the diamond, but for an extra £40, it didn't seem to offer much more, but like i said, i'm not so good on these things) i want something with SATA, firewire, decent USB access and ideally dual PCI-E support (which should be handy down the line when 3d apps support it... and when i decide which gfx card to buy :D )
CPU-wise i'm looking at AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
if this is any good, please sing out FAST (chippxero, you seem pretty clued up, opinions?) as overclockers.co.uk have it on offer this week, a "mere" £260 + VAT
that may be a little over budget.. but if i split the purchase across a few months then i may be able to manage it... thanks for the advice.
Very_Metal wrote:
> ah right, so 2 nvidia cards can be slightly different but the ATI ones
> need to be the same?
Crossfire has always worked with non-matching cards (not that you can actually get it yet...) but until now SLi required identical cards.
> ah right, so 2 nvidia cards can be slightly different but the ATI ones
> need to be the same?
Crossfire has always worked with non-matching cards (not that you can actually get it yet...) but until now SLi required identical cards.
Very_Metal wrote:
> CPU-wise i'm looking at AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
> if this is any good, please sing out FAST (chippxero, you seem pretty
> clued up, opinions?) as overclockers.co.uk have it on offer this week,
> a "mere" £260 + VAT
Get the X2 4400+ if you can afford it, it's got double the L2 cache and if you get lucky with the overclocks then you can end up with the equivalent of the 4800+.
> CPU-wise i'm looking at AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
> if this is any good, please sing out FAST (chippxero, you seem pretty
> clued up, opinions?) as overclockers.co.uk have it on offer this week,
> a "mere" £260 + VAT
Get the X2 4400+ if you can afford it, it's got double the L2 cache and if you get lucky with the overclocks then you can end up with the equivalent of the 4800+.
ah right, so 2 nvidia cards can be slightly different but the ATI ones need to be the same?
Very_Metal wrote:
> so you recommend the SLI boards? what's the advantage?
SLI is only useful if your planning on dropping in 2 x PCIe GFX cards. nVidia in the case of SLI, ATI in the case Crossfire.
I originally opted not to go for SLI as I didn't see myself wanting 2 GFX cards just yet, but since the drop in price on the 7800GTX and seeing BF2 on a 24" HD TFT at Max settings (sweet) plus the dudes at nVidia have changed SLI so it no longer requires exact matching cards/Bios', then I'll be making the jump to SLI in the next month of so.
> so you recommend the SLI boards? what's the advantage?
SLI is only useful if your planning on dropping in 2 x PCIe GFX cards. nVidia in the case of SLI, ATI in the case Crossfire.
I originally opted not to go for SLI as I didn't see myself wanting 2 GFX cards just yet, but since the drop in price on the 7800GTX and seeing BF2 on a 24" HD TFT at Max settings (sweet) plus the dudes at nVidia have changed SLI so it no longer requires exact matching cards/Bios', then I'll be making the jump to SLI in the next month of so.
so you recommend the SLI boards? what's the advantage?
I have the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra with an 64/3700+ SD. No problems at all once the BIOS is updated to 1.10.
Just annoyed I didn't get the SLI version as I'm about to go 7800GTX Sli'd, so got to get a new mobo too now.
Just annoyed I didn't get the SLI version as I'm about to go 7800GTX Sli'd, so got to get a new mobo too now.
getting closer to needing to buy a new machine (as previously mentioned in an older thread) and need some advice of parts.
now, i know what does what, etc.. but don't have much of a clue in terms of good combinations of parts to get decent results.
the mobos i'm considering are:
MSI K8N SLi Platinum nForce4 SLi
and
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra
[URL]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/MSI_Socket_939.html[/URL]
leaning more towards the first one, the K8N SLI Platinum (i checked out the diamond, but for an extra £40, it didn't seem to offer much more, but like i said, i'm not so good on these things) i want something with SATA, firewire, decent USB access and ideally dual PCI-E support (which should be handy down the line when 3d apps support it... and when i decide which gfx card to buy :D )
CPU-wise i'm looking at AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
if this is any good, please sing out FAST (chippxero, you seem pretty clued up, opinions?) as overclockers.co.uk have it on offer this week, a "mere" £260 + VAT
now, i know what does what, etc.. but don't have much of a clue in terms of good combinations of parts to get decent results.
the mobos i'm considering are:
MSI K8N SLi Platinum nForce4 SLi
and
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra
[URL]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/MSI_Socket_939.html[/URL]
leaning more towards the first one, the K8N SLI Platinum (i checked out the diamond, but for an extra £40, it didn't seem to offer much more, but like i said, i'm not so good on these things) i want something with SATA, firewire, decent USB access and ideally dual PCI-E support (which should be handy down the line when 3d apps support it... and when i decide which gfx card to buy :D )
CPU-wise i'm looking at AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
if this is any good, please sing out FAST (chippxero, you seem pretty clued up, opinions?) as overclockers.co.uk have it on offer this week, a "mere" £260 + VAT