New Motherboard and CPU

[Terrific Nasty]

what kind of motherboard and cpu should i get.. i want something equivalant to a P4 2.5
and cheap

[Swordsman]

Whats cheap to you?

$300.00
$400.00
$500.00

S!

[Slacker]

At newegg:

Abit NF7-S $118
Barton 2500+ $90

total $208

throw in 2 stick of HyperX and you have yourself a system that will hold its own against any P4 machine. :D

[Terrific Nasty]

i want something a bit more that 1.83 Ghz
im upgrading in preperation for Half-Life 2
i have a P4 1.8Ghz right now

[Drisler]

If you buy the 2500+ you are in effect getting a 3200+ cpu. ($450)

The new steppings of the 2500+ are able to easily get 200 x 11, with no increase in temps or vcore.

Even at default. That 1.83Ghz will murder your current P4 at any task.


With the 2500+, you should either get

the Abit NF7-S or EpoX 8rda3+ (both rev 2's)

TwinMos memory or Buffalo (both using winbond chips)

[Terrific Nasty]

thanks, i know nothing about cpu's or motherboards.. any suggestions on a good video card. i got a GeForce 4 Ti4200 64MB i imagine that i should get a 128 of something or other

[Slacker]

How much do you want to spend for a video card? The Radeon 9700 and up & the GeForce FX 5800 and up are excellent cards.. if you have the $$$ that is.