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[B'z-chan]

OK i've got two option's here to save money or to throw it out the door.

here's what i've gotten it down too:

PennySaver Upgrade:


Corsair 512mb PC3200 $77

Asus A7V8X-MX SE $56

AMD Athlon Xp 2500+ $87

EXTRA's
LiteOn 12x DVD-RW $74

XDreamer 2 $57

Total would be around somewhere around $400 bucks after Taxes and shipping.

Throwing money away Upgrade


2x Corsair 512mb Pc 3200 $157

AMD 64 3000+ $175

ASUS "K8V SE Deluxe" K8T800 $115

Which comes out to be around $480 after shipping and taxes.

I only have $500.29 bucks to spend in my account.

I have the following to reuse in this system:

ATI 9600Xt
Audigy Platinum
Sony 1.44mb Floppy
Toshiba 16x DVD-Rom
LiteOn 52x CD-RW

so what would you go for. I'm so confused i dont want to spend all my money now.

 

[tenchir]

How about:

AMD 45 Watt Mobile Athlon XP 2400+, 266FSB, 512K Cache - OEM $77

Has unlocked multiplier letting you get 2.0+Ghz speed easily.

Any Nforce2 Ultra Mobo for dual channel but no Soundstorm
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=0

MSI "K7N2 Delta-L" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL $60
ABIT "NF7-S2" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL $69
ASUS "A7N8X" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL(New Version, now support AMD Barton 400MHz) $80

Nforce2 SPP same as Ultra but with soundstorm


ABIT "NF7-S" nForce2 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL $91

2x Corsair 512mb Pc 3200 $157
or
Geil Ultra Series Value Dual Channel 184 Pin 512MB(256MBx2) DDR PC-3200 w/ Blue Heatspreader - Retail $98

You can have the best of both world:

AMD 45 Watt Mobile Athlon XP 2400+, 266FSB, 512K Cache - OEM $77
ABIT "NF7-S" nForce2 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU $91
Geil Ultra Series Value Dual Channel 184 Pin 512MB(256MBx2) DDR PC-3200 w/ Blue Heatspreader - Retail $98
LiteOn 12x DVD-RW $74
XDreamer 2 $57


= $397(before taxes and super saver shipping) = $440(After)

 

[B'z-chan]

Well i'm not one to OC that much anyways. I know its sometimes great, but i need stability over speed right now. Especially since i leave my computer on for days at a time.

 

[tenchir]

Well i'm not one to OC that much anyways. I know its sometimes great, but i need stability over speed right now. Especially since i leave my computer on for days at a time.

The mobile althon processors is stable at overclocked speed from what I heard from a lot of people. Keep in mind that mobile Athlon runs much cooler than desktop athlon.

 

[Shogmaster]

Well i'm not one to OC that much anyways. I know its sometimes great, but i need stability over speed right now. Especially since i leave my computer on for days at a time.

Athy XP-M overclocking is a sure thing/done deal/easy as pie affair that even I would do without a second thought.

The beauty is that these babies are running at 266Mhz FSB, but multiplier is totally unlocked, and they are cream picked for low voltage/wattage, so it's guarenteed that they'd go from 1.8 to 2.2ghz just by mating it with PC3200 instead of the intended PC2100.

 

[ElyrionX]

I would go with the Athlon 64. 64-bit processors are here to stay and an Athlon 64 is way more future-proof than the Athlon XP. It would probably save you an upgrade in the near future......