advice on new compy

diroga · 03-16-2005, 08:05 AM

this computer is for the family. no hard core gaming or graphics rendering, mostly internet and word processing.

mobo
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...185-010&depa=1

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...223-002&DEPA=0

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...104-160&depa=1

do all the parts agree wiht each other? what type of heat sink/fan do i need for the cpu? i went with AMD because it is cheaper than intel chips. what type of power will i need to run that plus 1 dvd/cd drive hdd and a floppy? 350W?

mgoldb2 · 03-16-2005, 08:43 AM

What Is your budget?

Becasue for a little extra money you could go with a socket 754 sempron 2600+ which would give you much better performance. I would conisder getting 512 ram because windows xp can quickly use up 256 ram.

I can give better recomendations once I know your budget.

atomic · 03-16-2005, 01:18 PM

you can get a socket A Sempron 2600+

**Praetor** · 03-16-2005, 05:44 PM

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you can get a socket A Sempron 2600+

Yes but if you can get a S754 chip compared to S462 then theres no reason for the S462

diroga · 03-17-2005, 08:55 AM

i'm going to be using win2kpro. A 754 sempron 2600+ is 1.6ghz but the cpu i pick was 1.8ghz. will the sempron run fastere because of the larger cache?

mgoldb2 · 03-17-2005, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by diroga

i'm going to be using win2kpro. A 754 sempron 2600+ is 1.6ghz but the cpu i pick was 1.8ghz. will the sempron run fastere because of the larger cache?

It will run faster but not because of the cache. first of all the 200HTT is better then the 133fsb. The socket 754 chips has a on-die memory controller that gives it a advantage. To put plainly the socket 754 chips is just a better arctecture then the socket A chips.

Anouther reason is it appears that amd is moving away from socket A and trying to replace it with socket 754 being there budget version. I am not certain but I believe that only the socket A semprons are not discontinue from the socket A line.

Again it would be helpful if you said a budget for this computer.

diroga · 03-17-2005, 11:13 PM

below $200 would be nice. i already have the video card and drives. so a 1.6 is faster than a 1.8. how noticable is the differenece? the computer doesnt have to be that great.

mgoldb2 · 03-20-2005, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by diroga

below $200 would be nice. i already have the video card and drives. so a 1.6 is faster than a 1.8. how noticable is the differenece? the computer doesnt have to be that great.

I personally never uses a sempron yet but I would think the difference should be notiable between a socket A and socket 754 cpu. There should especially be a notable difference between a duaron and a sempron.

if you have $200 for motherboard, cpu, ram then I would do something like the following.

cpu sempron 2600+ skt 754 $79
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...104-226&depa=1
motherboard GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS" $73
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...128-259&depa=1
Ram 512mb pc3200 $45
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...150-619&depa=1

Total: $197

If this to much money then I guess you could go down to a socket A board. I still think you should get something better then a duron that is a really old cpu.

diroga · 03-20-2005, 10:14 PM

so for $100 more i could get better preformance? again this computer doesnt have to amzing or anything. it has to be better than a P3 666Mz/133 computer. the computer is for my non computer inclinde parents so with a better system would it be more reliable?

691175002 · 03-20-2005, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by diroga

so for $100 more i could get better preformance?

For more you can almost always get more performence

03-16-2005, 08:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 891	advice on new compy this computer is for the family. no hard core gaming or graphics rendering, mostly internet and word processing. mobo http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...185-010&depa=1 RAM http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...223-002&DEPA=0 CPU http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...104-160&depa=1 do all the parts agree wiht each other? what type of heat sink/fan do i need for the cpu? i went with AMD because it is cheaper than intel chips. what type of power will i need to run that plus 1 dvd/cd drive hdd and a floppy? 350W? Last edited by diroga; 03-16-2005 at 08:13 AM.

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03-16-2005, 01:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
atomic Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 24 Posts: 712	you can get a socket A Sempron 2600+

03-17-2005, 08:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 891	i'm going to be using win2kpro. A 754 sempron 2600+ is 1.6ghz but the cpu i pick was 1.8ghz. will the sempron run fastere because of the larger cache?

03-17-2005, 11:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 891	below $200 would be nice. i already have the video card and drives. so a 1.6 is faster than a 1.8. how noticable is the differenece? the computer doesnt have to be that great.

03-20-2005, 10:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 891	so for $100 more i could get better preformance? again this computer doesnt have to amzing or anything. it has to be better than a P3 666Mz/133 computer. the computer is for my non computer inclinde parents so with a better system would it be more reliable?