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epsilon72 on 18 May 2008
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Squilliam said:
epsilon72 said:
 

I'm thinking about it, since the AM3's will supposedly work with AM2+ boards....The folks writing reviews at newegg say they can get theirs to 3.2 fairly easily (some even without increasing FSB or voltage). $90 for a proc that I can get to 3ghz or slightly more? It may not be close to Core 2 Duos at those clock speeds, but for that price it sounds great. If I decide to go with AMD again, I'd probably get a Phenom or something later on when they are a little more mature, perform better and have a lower price point. I would of course get a decent cooler too.

My other option is to save up even more (2x as much almost), go the Intel route and get an e8400 or something - but then I would be stuck with a soon-to-be-obsolete socket 775.

 


I quoted upwards something to that effect, but it probably will require a bios flash. You should probably think about which chipset you want to use though and your retirement plans for the computer once you're done with it. Getting a motherboard with a 780g or 790g would be quite good, or you could get one without onboard video and save yourself some money. Do you have any motherboards you're looking at?

Sounds like a good deal and if you're not in a hurry you might be able to get a great combo deal on newegg for the parts you want.

I'm essentially looking for one that's just reliable and not too expensive. I wouldn't mind flashing bios. I haven't done much research into chipsets yet; I should do that. The mobo that I bookmarked for further review has a 770 chipset. I don't need onboard video.

All of my retirement computers (don't have any yet) will probably just turn into extra Linux boxes.

edit: I'm searching the major vendors for their 790 chipset offerings. I was really confused at first, as I thought it was an nForce chipset. Some really quick googling shows that they use AHCI for their SATA stuff, which is supported under linux.

Hmm. Most of the 780's and 790's have crossfire support, which I don't want to pay extra for. I'd rather get SLI or just a single slot board. Here's a cheaper one though. *D'oh!* It has onboard video. I wonder if that would cause any problems with an nvidia card? edit#2: it probably won't.