So I Need a New Processor/MOBO

Animalmother · 12-02-2006, 12:22 AM

Well I used to kinda know this but I forgot everything. How hard is it to buy a new processor? As in, what is compatible with what? Do I just have to match the compatibility between the processor and the motherboard? Or is everything pretty much universal? (besides the processor)(and besides AGP and PCI-E) For example, I wouldn't have to buy a specific motherboard to match my hard drive right?

I need the mobo for the PCI-E and the new processor for kicks. And everything is for armed assault

~~Crawley~~ · 12-02-2006, 01:03 AM

Ill tell you this.

ASUS and Intel

RikiRude · 12-02-2006, 03:19 AM

I think you are on the right track.

And crawley is right, though I'm using an AMD at the moment. I think I'm going to change to Nvidea video card and intel in 2 years.

Downtown_two · 12-02-2006, 08:59 AM

If you can afford to go Conroe then Intel is the way to go but if not, stick with AMD. Nvidia card's have better driver's (in my opinion) but ATI will give you better image quality and generally better performance depending on the card.

Yes, I have two system's, one on Nvidia, one on ATI....not bias!

If your not certain on compatability, you could always pick up a motheboard/memory/CPU bundle. I think alot of places do something similar. Alternatively, you could post a budget and we could all go looking for you and bring back a spec.

Animalmother · 12-02-2006, 02:25 PM

Well, I'll say probly about $800 for ram, card, mobo, and processor. I made a shopping cart with an AMD X2 3800, nvidia 8800 gs, 2 g-unit (or something lol) 1 gig ram sticks, and a $90 ASUS mobo.

RikiRude · 12-02-2006, 02:43 PM

Yeah my ATI has some driver problems right now, i had to roll back, i THINK it's working better now.

Animalmother · 12-02-2006, 02:47 PM

Does ATI have a competitor to the 8800 yet?

{GD}StevenGarcia · 12-02-2006, 02:55 PM

They should be rolling out the r600 chipset in the near future.

RikiRude · 12-02-2006, 02:59 PM

And animalmother just be patient and wait for those 1 grand quad core chips to come out

~~Crawley~~ · 12-02-2006, 03:21 PM

Quote:

I made a shopping cart with an AMD X2 3800, nvidia 8800 gs, 2 g-unit (or something lol) 1 gig ram sticks, and a $90 ASUS mobo.

Disagree with your decision

12-02-2006, 08:59 AM	#4
Downtown_two Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,291	If you can afford to go Conroe then Intel is the way to go but if not, stick with AMD. Nvidia card's have better driver's (in my opinion) but ATI will give you better image quality and generally better performance depending on the card. Yes, I have two system's, one on Nvidia, one on ATI....not bias! If your not certain on compatability, you could always pick up a motheboard/memory/CPU bundle. I think alot of places do something similar. Alternatively, you could post a budget and we could all go looking for you and bring back a spec.
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12-02-2006, 01:03 AM	#2
~~Crawley~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WI, United States of America Posts: 1,361	Ill tell you this. ASUS and Intel

12-02-2006, 02:55 PM	#8
{GD}StevenGarcia Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Big Sky Country Posts: 378	They should be rolling out the r600 chipset in the near future.

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