Time to upgrade my gaming rig, need some help picking parts.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:20 am

My current system consists of:

Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-X
CPU: AMD Barton 1200+ something like that w/333mhz fsb
Graphics Card: BFG GeForce 6800 GT
Memory: Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 256 MBytes x 2

I guess I should be looking for a 64bit system since the other crap is obsolete now. But I'd like to find a board that offers an AGP slot.
Also need a processor and maybe 1 gig of ram.
Really don't want to spend more than $500-600 canadian.

So I'd like some recommendations.
Thanks.

Post by **Scarface** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:35 am

I have the a7n8x-e board, just bout a set of ocz 2gb dual ddr pc3200 and a 6800gs 256mb. She runs games like silk. buy some more ram and wait a bit, hell you could even buy a xp 3200+ 400fsb for very cheap.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:38 am

Well if I could find a place to buy a xp 3200+ 400fsb I would.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:45 am

And I have no idea why the fsb is running at 99mhz on this thing.
http://www.fragageddon.com/temp/gaming.html

I've also taken pics of the BIOS settings that I can upload if someone wants to look at it.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:00 pm

FragaGeddon wrote:Well if I could find a place to buy a xp 3200+ 400fsb I would.

Good luck with that..
Was looking about, and the only place with the 3200 bartons have them up for 200-300 fucking dollars.. O_o

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:58 pm

I think ASROCK makes a socket 939 board that has an AGP 8x and PCIE 16x slot.

You'll want to go with 2 gigs of RAM. The PC3200 you have is fine but most mother boards only have 3 or 4 slots. So you might want to sell your current system as a mobo/CPU/RAM combo and get yourself (2) 1gig sticks of matched pair RAM.

You might also look into the lower level opterons when you buy the CPU. They are 64 bit, dual core chips, with 1MB of L2 cache on each core. Unlike most of the AMD X2 chips that are only 512kB on each core. The opterons are cheaper too. I've O/c'd my opteron 175 and it's faster than a FX57. It also out performs the X24800 is some tests.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:10 pm

YourGrandpa wrote:I think ASROCK makes a socket 939 board that has an AGP 8x and PCIE 16x slot.

You'll want to go with 2 gigs of RAM. The PC3200 you have is fine but most mother boards only have 3 or 4 slots. So you might want to sell your current system as a mobo/CPU/RAM combo and get yourself (2) 1gig sticks of matched pair RAM.

You might also look into the lower level opterons when you buy the CPU. They are 64 bit, dual core chips, with 1MB of L2 cache on each core. Unlike most of the AMD X2 chips that are only 512kB on each core. The opterons are cheaper too. I've O/c'd my opteron 175 and it's faster than a FX57. It also out performs the X24800 is some tests.

See piddla, HES the one pimping Asrock, not me..

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:57 pm

I'm guessing socket 939 is the best type motherboard to get?
Is that how many pins are on the cpu?

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:00 pm

Well this one has a AGP slot.
http://www.asrock.com/product/939Dual-SATA2.htm

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:41 pm

riddla wrote:correction, I constantly make fun of you Soap for ever being stupid enough to purchase or own an asrock.

also, listening to YGP is a good way to blow alot of money you dont have to.

Find the post where i bought one.. Please..

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:09 pm

riddla wrote:
FragaGeddon wrote:Well if I could find a place to buy a xp 3200+ 400fsb I would.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductLi ... ode=010413

$223

that mobo you already possess is still damn good, all you need is the cpu and ram upgrade

I was looking at that, just not sure about zipzoomfly though.
I'll just throw it on my Visa and I'll be good.

And I'll probably get a gig or 2 of ram.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:23 pm

Zipzoomfly is good..

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:41 pm

whatever you do, don't buy Asrock

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:26 pm

i got an asrock dual939-sata2 and i built it up for a buddy of mine, we loaded one of the ( meny ) Custom Bios's and she is good to go!

waiting for a little break in time before i clock it up.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:58 am

SOAPboy wrote:Zipzoomfly is good..

Fuckers don't ship outside the U.S.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:10 am

Well I guess I'll try from here.

http://www.apc-usa.net/commerce/index.j ... 9551643137

Edit: well their 800 number dosen't work, so I guess I'll keep searching.

Post by **Sanction** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:29 am

http://www.monarchcomputer.com
Go to the combos link

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:40 pm

Well I might be buying a 64bit board and processor.
The only one from ASUS is this one that has an AGP slot:
http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3 ... odelmenu=1

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:47 pm

It seems like the ASrock is a cheap man's motherboard.
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2003/asrock/ ... 7s8x-1.htm

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:05 am

Truthfully, i would NOT tuch ANYTHING By asrock other then the Dual939-sata2.. Seriously.

are you based out of canada? if so:
http://www.ncix.com is where i ordered mine, $13 gives you two day shipping

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:17 am

FragaGeddon wrote:
SOAPboy wrote:Zipzoomfly is good..
Fuckers don't ship outside the U.S.

Wank :-|

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:01 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:Truthfully, i would NOT tuch ANYTHING By asrock other then the Dual939-sata2.. Seriously.

are you based out of canada? if so:
http://www.ncix.com is where i ordered mine, $13 gives you two day shipping

I'm in Canada, but they don't have the processor (AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2.2GHz 400FSB 512KB) I'm looking for.
Might have to go for 64 bit board and processor. Just need a decent board with an AGP slot.
Asus has one, but I'm not sure if it's good for gaming.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:04 am

I usually buy my parts from here:
http://www.pccyber.com/scrMain.asp

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:54 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:Truthfully, i would NOT tuch ANYTHING By asrock other then the Dual939-sata2.. Seriously.

are you based out of canada? if so:
http://www.ncix.com is where i ordered mine, $13 gives you two day shipping

Well I might just have to buy that board.
Now I just have to pick out my processor and ram.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:14 am

Well I guess I might go with these:

Motherboard
CPU

And if someone could help me pick out some ram either from hereor here.

Want at least 1 gig of ram and running at least 200mhz.

And if anyone suggest I use something different, please say so.