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Originally Posted by reno96teg
and finally, no matter what the AMD zealots tell you, Intel > AMD. they may look nice in the benchmarks, but when it comes down to actually doing the work, Intel wins.
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Originally Posted by reno96teg
in that case, a good vid card is a hell of a lot more important than getting the fastest possible processor. at minimum go radeon 9800 pro or the nvidia fx 5900 ultra.
from my experience, stay away from VIA chipsets. i've always found them to be severely unstable.
and finally, no matter what the AMD zealots tell you, Intel > AMD. they may look nice in the benchmarks, but when it comes down to actually doing the work, Intel wins.
from my experience, stay away from VIA chipsets. i've always found them to be severely unstable.
and finally, no matter what the AMD zealots tell you, Intel > AMD. they may look nice in the benchmarks, but when it comes down to actually doing the work, Intel wins.
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Originally Posted by reno96teg
in that case, a good vid card is a hell of a lot more important than getting the fastest possible processor. at minimum go radeon 9800 pro or the nvidia fx 5900 ultra.
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Here is what I would get if I were u,
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ or higher
Shuttle AN50R nForce3 motherboard
1GB of ram such as corsair at leat pc3200
ATI Radeon 9800 pro or XT
two SATA maxtor hard drives and put them in RAID 0 using the onboard RAID controller found on the mobo
Make sure ur case has a lot of power in the PSU. I would stick above 400W
currently the lowest prices are at
www.zipzoomfly.com
www.newegg.com
www.excaliberpc.com
Oh yeah if u want something sleek go to excaliber and look at their Shuttle XPC system for AMD 64. It is the shit. Built one for my boss and it is just as capable but really small and sexy. If u bught that then all u would need is a cpu, ram, gfx, and hard drive. Really easy to build
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ or higher
Shuttle AN50R nForce3 motherboard
1GB of ram such as corsair at leat pc3200
ATI Radeon 9800 pro or XT
two SATA maxtor hard drives and put them in RAID 0 using the onboard RAID controller found on the mobo
Make sure ur case has a lot of power in the PSU. I would stick above 400W
currently the lowest prices are at
www.zipzoomfly.com
www.newegg.com
www.excaliberpc.com
Oh yeah if u want something sleek go to excaliber and look at their Shuttle XPC system for AMD 64. It is the shit. Built one for my boss and it is just as capable but really small and sexy. If u bught that then all u would need is a cpu, ram, gfx, and hard drive. Really easy to build
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Originally Posted by polakatl
Here is what I would get if I were u,
Oh yeah if u want something sleek go to excaliber and look at their Shuttle XPC system for AMD 64. It is the shit. Built one for my boss and it is just as capable but really small and sexy. If u bught that then all u would need is a cpu, ram, gfx, and hard drive. Really easy to build
Oh yeah if u want something sleek go to excaliber and look at their Shuttle XPC system for AMD 64. It is the shit. Built one for my boss and it is just as capable but really small and sexy. If u bught that then all u would need is a cpu, ram, gfx, and hard drive. Really easy to build
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IF you're using an AMD chip, then the Asus A7n8x-E Deluxe is a great board.
If you're going for Intel, I forget the name of the better board, but Asus is definitely a name to trust. I've owned at least 5 of their boards and only one had even a minor problem.
If you're going for Intel, I forget the name of the better board, but Asus is definitely a name to trust. I've owned at least 5 of their boards and only one had even a minor problem.
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Originally Posted by reno96teg
in that case, a good vid card is a hell of a lot more important than getting the fastest possible processor. at minimum go radeon 9800 pro or the nvidia fx 5900 ultra.
Originally Posted by reno96teg
from my experience, stay away from VIA chipsets. i've always found them to be severely unstable.
Originally Posted by reno96teg
and finally, no matter what the AMD zealots tell you, Intel > AMD. they may look nice in the benchmarks, but when it comes down to actually doing the work, Intel wins.
btw ive got an AMD 2500+ barton and its a beast. i havent overclocked it yet but i know when i decide to i can get up pretty high with it
do you guys know what hard drives are good? i bought a couple maxtor 160 giggers last summer and in like 7 months one of em died on me. i still havent returned it though. i just hate having to trust 160 gigs to an unreliable drive.
