Looking for a motherboard.
Hello, does anyone know of a motherboard the meets the following requirements?
1.) Compatible with an AMD Athlon 64 socket 754 processor
2.) Compatible with PC2-5300 RAM
3.) Has an AGP 8x slot. But I might be able to swing for a PCI-E.
The reason i'm asking is because, I feel it's time for a slight overhaul (see sig for specs). Thanks in advance, all.
1.) Compatible with an AMD Athlon 64 socket 754 processor
2.) Compatible with PC2-5300 RAM
3.) Has an AGP 8x slot. But I might be able to swing for a PCI-E.
The reason i'm asking is because, I feel it's time for a slight overhaul (see sig for specs). Thanks in advance, all.
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When they went to 939/940 there was no DDR2 fast enough to offer an advantage.
It looks like that story will be different this time around.
For a great AGP socket 754 board, I can't say enough good about the DFI Lanparty UT NF3-250Gb. It's stable, easy to set up, many overclocking options and many features too. You can get them for right around $100 delivered.
probably already taken by CBDroege
See my post above.
You won't see DDR2 support until the next major rework of the proc, when it swaps over to socket M2 at least. That's what I've read and heard about this. The onboard memory controller has to be reworked to support DDR2.
EDIT: Also, can anyone reccomend the best RAM for my system? I was thinking going with PC-4400 RAM.
EDIT: To go socket 939, you will need 2 sticks of ddr anyways to run dual channel. And the 1Gb sticks out there on the market at present can run nowhere near the speed of the 512 Mb sticks of ddr.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231019
Pretty decent timings, signifigantly cheaper (to me). Watcha think?
Pilo says: "If its $189.95, its probably pretty good RAM."
since you are buying new memory, i would go with some cas2 stuff---tccd is still the best. you can still overclock the cpu and keep the latency low on your memory and you will benefit more.
see linky below for more details...
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2469&p=1
maybe some cas2 pc3500 if you really want to smoke the competition.
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pc4400 will run at full speed if both your mobo/cpu can handle it. also need a quality psu, good ventilation, etc... also ymmv on any giving mob/cpu/ram combo.
with a64 you can run different dividers so that your mem/cpu is out of sink. this is good for people with low latency ram so that the cpu is overclocked but not the memory.
anandtech.com is great for reference...look at the bottom for archived reviews. check out the cpu section and the chipset section.
Some examples
Athlon 3800+ (Stock Settings) 12x multi 200mhz (PC3200) = 2.4ghz
OR
Athlon 3800+ (Slightly OC'd) 10x Multi 250mhz (PC4000) = 2.5ghz
OR
Athlon 3800+ (OC'd Memory) 8x Multi 300mhz (PC4800) = 2.4ghz
OR
Athlon 3800+ (OC'd CPU & Memory) 10x Multi 275mhz (PC4400) = 2.75ghz
other combos are possible, it all depends on what your Motherboard, CPU, Memory, PSU and Cooling can do as a unit