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Old 06-02-2005, 02:33 PM
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Smile Time for an upgrade
Well I have had my computer for about a year and im looking to upgrade my P.O.C. motherboard. Along with that the ram too. Maybe even the processor (intel) if i can find an afordable price.

Could you knowlegeable people out there give me some adivise on what to by and what not. I've been searching around and just wanted some advise before i bought somthing.

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Old 06-02-2005, 02:53 PM
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AMD is cheaper.

Right now, the best bang for the buck is 64 bit systems, which would take you into the next generation. Obviously you wouldn't be buying the latest greatest, as that costs a ton, but you can make a great leap frogging system.
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Old 06-02-2005, 03:48 PM
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so i sould go for an AMD? Compared to intel how do they perform?
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Old 06-02-2005, 03:59 PM
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Ohh, they smoke intels.

An AMD Atholon XP 2800+ which runs at 2.0 Ghtz will burn a Pentium 4 2.8Ghtz
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Old 06-02-2005, 05:18 PM
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oh s***... dads processor is better! THIS CANNOT BE!!! lol
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Old 06-02-2005, 05:35 PM
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which should i buy first? a processor or a motherboard or ram?
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Old 06-02-2005, 08:11 PM
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You need to know the processor first...then motherboard, then ram.

Processor determines motherboard and motherboard determines ram.
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Old 06-03-2005, 01:58 AM
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Believe it or not E-machines actually makes a good tower (their only good one) for gaming and it has the AMD Athalon XP 2800+ and its upgrade able. Best Buy is actually using it to run all its demo's on.
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Old 06-03-2005, 02:00 AM
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I know my previouse post is not about an upgraded mother board but i thought i would put out a diff option.
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Old 06-03-2005, 08:58 AM
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Swift, I would wait to buy anything until you have the money to buy it all at once. Any one of those components doesn't do you any good...but definately pick out your processor and mobo first.
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Old 06-03-2005, 09:24 AM
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ya i know could i get some mobos and ram suggestions?

im buying all this stuff at one time
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Old 06-03-2005, 10:29 AM
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Word of advice....don't buy an emachines unless it is a model T6000.....believe me I know.
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Old 06-03-2005, 10:39 AM
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I am not buying a new computer..so
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Old 06-03-2005, 10:39 AM
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what PORCESS OR MOTHERBORD!
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Old 06-03-2005, 10:41 AM
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It has some MSI motherboard and an AMD 64 3200+ it also has a Radeon 9700 Pro. They don't sell em anymore though.
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Old 06-03-2005, 10:42 AM
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INTEL Rules man. AMD is for N00Bs. All the companies I've worked with have Intels.

Mobo. Dr B is your guy

Note: I personally have 4 Intels at home. Never had any issues.

My highest one is P4 3.5 Ghz on my laptop.
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Old 06-03-2005, 10:42 AM
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ok I am asking what seperate processor and mobo i should by! I am not lookin for a new computer
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Old 06-03-2005, 11:18 AM
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CPU:
AMD (Clawhammer) Athlon 3200 64bit 754Pin 1Mb L2 Cache CPU Retail Boxed 3 yr Warranty

MotherBoard:
MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R SKT 754 K8T800 8x AGP GB LAN 1394,S-ATA RAID 6CH Sound

add RAM: 1Gb DDR PC3200

add graphics: GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR

upgrade O/S to: windows XP64 Pro

you will have a nice fast machine then
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Old 06-03-2005, 11:18 AM
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DD Pentiums run good but don't perform as well as an AMD that is why they are in a lot of offices because they don't need performance machines.
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Old 06-03-2005, 11:53 AM
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HMM...LET ME THINK ABOUT THIS...
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