Posted March 6, 200619 yr Okay bitches, I need advice. Does it really matter if I buy a motherboard and processor combo, or is it better to get them seperately? Someone yelled at me that it's a horrible idea to get the combo, but I need a second opinion.
March 6, 200619 yr umm i do not think it rly matters as long as the motherboard is good and the cpu is the speed u want (msi boards are m3n)
March 7, 200619 yr yeah and make sure that the price is lower for whatever you want to get, whether it is separate or a combo.
March 7, 200619 yr sometimes a combo offer won't include critical information, and people get misled. this may be why people have advised against it. for instance, the combo offer might not tell you the type of core of the processor. I've even seen them for AMD 64 systems that didn't say the socket type on the ad. The seller will always be willing to clarify assuming that he is reputable. just make sure you know what you are getting. got any links?
March 8, 200619 yr Okay bitches, I need advice. Does it really matter if I buy a motherboard and processor combo, or is it better to get them seperately? Someone yelled at me that it's a horrible idea to get the combo, but I need a second opinion. By them separate because the combo deals suck kawk. Whatever mobo you get make sure it's a DFI (unless you're a n00b fgt) and whatever CPU you get make sure it's an AMD. Dual core CPUs are useless if you plan on using this shit for gaming, single core is better (for gaming). Consider this your second opinion.
March 8, 200619 yr get a combo.... if your on a budget but still want SLI(PCI-E) AMD athlon 64 3200+ 2.0ghz http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1901359&CatId=0 of course ASUS (the best) better (what i would go with...) SLI (PCI-E) AMD athlon 64 3700+ 2.20 ghz http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1901384&CatId=0 Asus and for that other guy...who says DFI is the best.... SLI (PCI-E) AMD athlon 64 3700+ 2.20 ghz http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1901388&CatId=0 make a good choice:sly:
March 8, 200619 yr http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1740004&CatId=0 AGP 8X (what i have) P.S. im poor : ( all socket 939 amd athlon All the motherboard + cpu packs. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=1619&
March 8, 200619 yr OK, first, Do - Get PCI-E. This is the newest standard for graphics cards. Do - Get SLi if you want to buy two of the best cards out there, and you are planning on using a large display. Don't - do what Donny Don't does: Donny Don't does one of two tings: 1) he buys an Sli motherboard and just one card for it so that he can "buy the second card later to double his performance." OR he buys SLi becuase its the "1337 2600 leet OMGOWNZORZ" solution, then plugs his dual 7900GTs into his 17" monitor. SLI (as well as crossfire) is only worth if you plan to always have two super top end cards on a large monitor, otherwise you will have an SLi setup that could be matched or bested by a single card solution. It does not double your performance. If you buy one card, hoping to get the second one later, chances are there will be a single card relaeased by then that does just as well as two of the current cards in dual GPU mode. I also wouldn't be so quick to blast Intel for a couple of reasons. As the owner of AMD A64 computers, it pains me to say this, but there MIGHT (maybe, maybe) be advantages to using intel right now. -DDR2: The new AMD socket, AM2, due in june or so, will use DDR2. so if you got Intel now, you could use DDR2, and then when AM2 comes out you can compare it to the new Intel conroe core, and upgrade to either, but you'll already have the RAM in either case because both will use DDR2. DDR2 platforms also perform very well with more than 1GB of ram, good for games like BF2. However the current AMD memory controller handles more than 1GB of DDR1 quite nicely, to be sure; it has been said that DDR2 compatible controllers do better with more than one gig. http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2713&p=2 -on the other hand, AMD A64 skt 939 (and even 754) offer the best gaming performance that you can currently buy today, and, of course, they are the better value as well. One last consideration, there is are a few affinity fixes and workarounds that allow dual core processors to run single threaded games at full performance; games in the future will supposedly take advantage of multi-core processors more and more. However, for strict gaming, i would still get a single core if i was buying today.
March 8, 200619 yr ya it dont matter, you might get a good deal on a combo get an asus sli mobo tho they rock, ps make sure you get a mobo and cpu on the same socket or they wont fit ie 939
