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Title: Starting over, mobo opinions
Post by: tommy on June 20, 2005, 12:11:43 am

http://www.shopping.com/xPF-MSI_K8M_NEO_V_skt_754_800FSB_K8M800_5_1_ch_audio_SATA_RAID_LAN_USB2_up_to_DDR400

Title: Re: Starting over, mobo opinions
Post by: tommy on June 20, 2005, 08:48:16 am

I will be going to probably buy this mobo today and a case to start off with.

I will have to wait a few weeks to get the AThlon processor , power supply, video card, HD, among many other things.

The only thing i will be taking from the Dell is 1 stick of 512 DDR ram and possibly the tiny harddrive.

Title: Re: Starting over, mobo opinions
Post by: Sephroth57 on June 20, 2005, 09:33:16 am

that looks pretty nice though I just built a new athlon 64 computer and having done some research i really suggest getting a mobo with PCI-Express x16 on the board for video. AGP is becoming outdated technology and the PCI-e cards run MUCH faster than agp, the bottleneck is no longer on video but back on processors speed/bus.

here is what i just built last month

Athlon 64 3200+
MSI Deluxe mobo
1GB DDR400 3200 RAM
GeForce 6600GT pci-e
200GB SATA drive

thing runs lightning fast, i play everquest 2 on NEARLY full graphics (even in the game settings it says currently there is no consumer computer that can run it at full right now).  but every other game full graphics and 1100 resolution with no lag at all


do you plan on running x64 windows? i have the beta version my friends dad is a IT guy, it runs really nice. its a 30-40% speed increase on windows based apps (office, windows media, etc)

Title: Re: Starting over, mobo opinions
Post by: daywane on June 20, 2005, 09:56:12 am

what do you want for your old system?

Title: Re: Starting over, mobo opinions
Post by: tommy on June 20, 2005, 12:28:28 pm

A

Title: Re: Starting over, mobo opinions
Post by: daywane on June 20, 2005, 12:49:52 pm

Pm sent

Title: Re: Starting over, mobo opinions
Post by: tommy on June 20, 2005, 07:16:05 pm

I got everything setup and almost running, i can't get the keyboard recognized, it flashes during bootup but won't let me type,any ideas?

Title: Re: Starting over, mobo opinions
Post by: DrewKaree on June 20, 2005, 09:41:09 pm

It's prolly the BIOS.  You'll have to update it.


















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Title: Re: Starting over, mobo opinions
Post by: tommy on June 21, 2005, 01:26:20 pm

Got everything working great, Athlon 64 3200, 1 GB RAM , and a sweet AGP card on the way.