Best DDR1+AGP system
Anyone have a good idea what I should look for?
I have a client who wishes to reuse his memory and video card, which are parts he added to a dieing ecrapola computer. I'd like to know what my best options here are, ideally not trashing the remaining good parts, which also includes a good replaced psu and miscellaneous other stock peripherals which may or may not be used and/or replaced.
I kind of need to have a motherboard picked out. That is kind of the biggie. Then, I can go get a cpu. AMD, Intel, doesn't matter, but looking for best performance I can get with something that supports both DDR1 and AGP. I would say price could make a deciding factor, if only comparing to an oc ability, which I'm not too concerned with here. Features are not necessity, maybe on-board raid, but I don't know yet. Micro or full atx boards are fine I believe. Power is not a big issue, but will sway me, which in turn will influence the outcome of this.
My guess is an AMD system, but can't remember if the dual cores could work or if I have to go back to something older. I believe the system originally was an AMD 3400+, but don't quote me on it.
I have a client who wishes to reuse his memory and video card, which are parts he added to a dieing ecrapola computer. I'd like to know what my best options here are, ideally not trashing the remaining good parts, which also includes a good replaced psu and miscellaneous other stock peripherals which may or may not be used and/or replaced.
I kind of need to have a motherboard picked out. That is kind of the biggie. Then, I can go get a cpu. AMD, Intel, doesn't matter, but looking for best performance I can get with something that supports both DDR1 and AGP. I would say price could make a deciding factor, if only comparing to an oc ability, which I'm not too concerned with here. Features are not necessity, maybe on-board raid, but I don't know yet. Micro or full atx boards are fine I believe. Power is not a big issue, but will sway me, which in turn will influence the outcome of this.
My guess is an AMD system, but can't remember if the dual cores could work or if I have to go back to something older. I believe the system originally was an AMD 3400+, but don't quote me on it.
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The current available ones are not that great, unless you like SiS chipsets.
There is an ASRock mobo called 4CoreDual that will run Core2Duo and Core2Quad chips, use either DDR or DR2 memory and has an AGP slot.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157115
yeah, i saw that board, but isn't asrock kind of sorta just one of the worst motherboards around?
Maybe, we'll have to see.
Yes, You won't find something other then garbage or antiques stuff that meets your clients requirements.
edit: DDR has been dead since 2006, And AGP since 2005.
That sounds familiar.
We might have this partly settled. Now I've got him convinced on a q6600. :o Is there a reason I should hold back, considering this is an economical project? Price drop/new releases with similar prices/whatnot? I thought the 45nms were coming shortly, but I'm not sure if that is going to effect prices much on existing tech or be drastically better to wait. To put a question simply: Would you personally buy a Q6600 today?
I would not buy a quad today because I don't benefit from quad, but for someone who's much more general about their work, I would suggest it.
Your customer really makes me nervous. Yesterday he was dead set on a Socket A refresh, now he swings all the way over to Quad. Nothing wrong with Quads - hey, I love them. Unless he multitasks like mad or runs one of those rare applications that can be threaded for a Quad (such as Folding@Home), maybe he would like to spend less money and get a mid-range or even upper mid-range Core 2 Duo. You can put together a very nice motherboard-DRAM-Duo barebones for under $400.
Look, if he wants to spring for a Quad, well, why not? It's just when someone makes a radical change overnight it makes me think they might change their mind again tomorrow.
Pending finish up...