)Don't care about SATA or Raid, want fast and cheap.
Best Bang for the buck mb/cpu/mem upgrade?
Best Bang for the buck mb/cpu/mem upgrade?
I am fed up with throwing good money after bad to keep my Tualatin secondary rig going. Just got a bonus at work, so maybe I will upgrade my primary rig. What the best bang for the buck AMD setup right now? (BTW, I watercool and believe in torturing CPU's - this is PC Abusers after all )
Don't care about SATA or Raid, want fast and cheap.
)Don't care about SATA or Raid, want fast and cheap.
I've been checking around for the same thing. From what I see, the shuttle an35n ultra (56.99 shipped at newegg) and either a xp2000 or xp2500 which with the right ram, you should be able to o/c it to 3200+. You may can get a 2500+ cheaper in the forums.
Some have mentioned about the mobile xp, but never used one. Maybe any who have will comment.
Some have mentioned about the mobile xp, but never used one. Maybe any who have will comment.
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barton 2500+ and good memory so you can run it sync at 3200+ just change 333fsb to 400. done deal
as bor mboard, pretty much anything nforce2.
Greg
as bor mboard, pretty much anything nforce2.
Greg
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what everyone said - nforce2 and barton 2500 or one of the mobiles (may have a little more headroom) because of the lower start voltage - i have a 2400 mobile rock solid at 2.2 @ 1.65 - it has a good hs/ but a real slow fan cause i dont like noise -
you can also pull the high oc without ddr 400 if you have good 2700 -because you can change the multi
you can also pull the high oc without ddr 400 if you have good 2700 -because you can change the multi
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