best amd mobo and cpu $350 can buy for gaming? best video for 300?

Mizugori

ok gotta be nf4, amd mobo that will take a SATA hard drive too. and a pci-e of course. processor must be 64 bit.

what do you guys think?

also best video card for gaming for 300?

edcentric

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813153030
mobo, $130

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533
CPU, $219

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121530
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102498
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122209
This last one is a 6800GT, looks good to me. The first two are a800xl and a 850pro.
All are in the $250-300 range.

Omega65

Best Motherboard (Both single PCIe 16x and SLI versions)
1) DFI NF4 series
2) Abit AN8 series
3) Epox 9NPA+ Series
4) Asus A8N Series

Best CPU
1) 3200+ Venice (512K - 2.0ghz stock - Does 2.4-2.8ghz)
2) 3500+ Venice (512K - 2.2ghz stock - Does 2.4-2.8ghz)
3) 3700+ SanDiego (1MB - 2.2ghz stock - Does 2.4-2.8ghz)
4) X2 3800+ Toledo (512K - Dual Core - 2.0ghz stock - Does 2.4-2.8ghz)

Best Video (on average Nvidia is 20% faster/more efficient than ATI Clock for clock)
1) 6800GT (16 pipes 350mhz)
2) X800XL (16 pipes 400mhz)
3) X850 (12 pipes 475mhz)
4) 6800 (12 pipes 325mhz)

For gaming you want a high clock speed (although IMO eveything above 2.4ghz feels fast). However the X2 gives the best overall computing experience as it's essentially a Dual CPU machine

Mizugori

Omega65 wrote:

Best Motherboard (Both single PCIe 16x and SLI versions)
1) DFI NF4 series
2) Abit AN8 series
3) Epox 9NPA+ Series
4) Asus A8N Series

if im not looking to overclock, which of those do you think is best... i'm getting a 3500+ venice... which mobo will give me the least amount of headaches when i go to set it up... i.e. not having to f*ck around with the ram?

thanks!

Omega65

Any of of them would be good choices. The best CPU is the X2 3800+

Mizugori

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813136152
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814122209
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817103924
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220033
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533

look good? any potential conflicts or annoying cold boot issues you could forsee with this setup?

thanks!

Omega65

Mizugori wrote:

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 $119
Leadtek PX6800GT TDH Geforce 6800GT 256MB PCIe $288 with $20 rebate
Antec NeoPower ATX 480W $110
Patriot 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC3200 XBLK $158
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice $219

look good? any potential conflicts or annoying cold boot issues you could forsee with this setup?

thanks!

Everything looks good to me!
Total $894 + S/H

Mizugori

nah, already own the ram and i bought the cpu and this SOB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157081 because its a truly hybrid AGP/PCI-E mobo so i wouldnt need to get a new video card or psu right away; but the motherboard is giving me a billion headaches i think i have to rma it. so f*ck it im just going to go all the way i think

*EDIT* nope i checked with newegg and they're letting me return both, and buy totally new stuff stay tuned

Mizugori

ok i think im going for:

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817103924
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220033

one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136152
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131524

and

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122228
http://xoxide.com/thermaltake-soprano-case-black.html

plus my trusty seagate 200gb sata, and dvd/cd drives naturally

Mizugori

alrighty it's done

Lian-Li pc-60
Asus A8N-Sli Nf4
EVGA 7800gt (the one that comes with bf2 naturally)
Antec NeoPower 480watts
AMD 64 3700+ San Diego

+ already owned

2 x 512mb Patriot xbl PC3200
Seagate 200gb SATA
Lite-on 8x dvd-rw
Sony CD-RW