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| Gromet:
OK, Getting ready to order my Mainboard and processor. Figured I should probibly go with an AMD over Pentium due to price and people telling me the AMD is better for gaming (not sure if this is true but the price is better) I am going to be running Win98SE due to my dual trackball config, any suggestions what would be the best processor/mainboard/mem setup to go with that will run everything the best...? Thanks P.S. It is going to be running an ArcadeVGA card for a WG D9200 monitor, so it has to have an AGP slot... |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Gromet on July 08, 2003, 03:33:29 pm ---OK, Getting ready to order my Mainboard and processor. Figured I should probibly go with an AMD over Pentium due to price and people telling me the AMD is better for gaming (not sure if this is true but the price is better) I am going to be running Win98SE due to my dual trackball config, any suggestions what would be the best processor/mainboard/mem setup to go with that will run everything the best...? Thanks P.S. It is going to be running an ArcadeVGA card for a WG D9200 monitor, so it has to have an AGP slot... --- End quote --- Basically, I recommend either pricewatch.com or www.newegg.com. I bought a refurbished KT333 board from www.newegg.com for $23 with shipping, and it's worked flawlessly, but you only get 15 days warranty, so it's a gamble. Otherwise, Processor wise - The XP 2200 seems to be at a pretty good breakpoint at $61 now. Most of MAME will work fine with less, but it's only slightly more than a 1700. Memory wise, I would go DDR and at least 256. More than 512M is prolly not good with Win98SE. Currently, it's about $25 for 256M. For a new motherboard, either the Shuttle AK38N for $52 (that's what my refurbished one is) or the Biostar M7VIT Pro KT400 for $58 are good choices. Little known mobo facts - KT266A is better than KT266 and runs 133Mhz FSB (266DDR FSB) KT333 boards run DDR333 memory, but may only run 266 DDR FSB, depending on Manufacturer/model, most Biostar KT333's only run 266, most Shuttles and Gigabytes support 333 FSB. KT400 boards support DDR400 memory, but don't run DDR400 FSB, so won't work with the new XP3200 processor. The new XP3200 processor only works with NFORCE 2 Ultra 400 or KT600 chipset boards, both of which are fairly pricey (Actually, newegg has a Shuttle one for $61 which would be a good choice also.) |
| jakejake28:
@ newegg.com i bought a 2400+ athlon xp processer for $69, and bought an Asus A7N266-VM (amd version, of course) for $85. i agree with tigerheli about DDR, cheap but efffective. |
| radiator:
a bit more expensive, but any mobo with an N-Force chipset is a good thing (they also have excelent on-board sound) :P |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: radiator on July 08, 2003, 04:14:40 pm ---a bit more expensive, but any mobo with an N-Force chipset is a good thing (they also have excelent on-board sound) :P --- End quote --- Just to clarify, there are four (six?) N-Force chipsets, the originals (with and without video), the Nforce 2 (with or without video) (not available new) and the Nforce 2 Ultra 400 (with or without video). The OP will not want the onboard video, and I think the KT333 or KT400 series has more upgradeability than the original Nforce, although no one really argues that the Nforce 2 Ultra 400 isn't the best overall chipset out there now. |
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