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Tormoni

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I am building a system from the ground up and I need a few suggestions.
My budget is fluid, basically I am getting each item as I get the funds.
I currently have about $250 and I want to start with the Motherboard and CPU. I have searched on newegg.com and found this as a mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813186082

And this as a processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537

Any thoughts on this combo? One question I do have is the difference in the FSB numbers. On the Mobo it says "800MHz Hyper Transport (1600MT/s)" and the processor says "FSB 1Ghz" What do these numbers mean exactly and will it be a problem combining these? Should I choose a Mobo that has the same FSB speed as the processor or what?

Thanks,
Tormoni
 
Tormoni said:
I am building a system from the ground up and I need a few suggestions.
My budget is fluid, basically I am getting each item as I get the funds.
I currently have about $250 and I want to start with the Motherboard and CPU. I have searched on newegg.com and found this as a mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813186082

And this as a processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537

Any thoughts on this combo? One question I do have is the difference in the FSB numbers. On the Mobo it says "800MHz Hyper Transport (1600MT/s)" and the processor says "FSB 1Ghz" What do these numbers mean exactly and will it be a problem combining these? Should I choose a Mobo that has the same FSB speed as the processor or what?

Thanks,
Tormoni
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What are you going to be using this computer for? i would recommend a better motherboard like a Asus or MSI. Are you going to be overclocking at all? If not then get the 3200+ processor.
 
Well, I'd like to use it for gaming. I'd like to get a motherboard that I can get a Athlon 64 proc for, but later on upgrade to Athlon 64 X2, I've been told that PCI-E is the way to go for Video. Any suggestions?
 
Tormoni said:
Well, I'd like to use it for gaming. I'd like to get a motherboard that I can get a Athlon 64 proc for, but later on upgrade to Athlon 64 X2, I've been told that PCI-E is the way to go for Video. Any suggestions?
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how much do you want to spend on the motherboard? and yes get PCI-E
 
I'd like to spend about 250 for the motherboard and cpu together. It appears this may not be possible unless I want to settle for the less-than-best. I don't know much about overclocking, so I doubt I would be doing much of that unless it's a simple process. What are the better brands for motherboards and such besides Asus or MSI?
 
Tormoni said:
I'd like to spend about 250 for the motherboard and cpu together. It appears this may not be possible unless I want to settle for the less-than-best. I don't know much about overclocking, so I doubt I would be doing much of that unless it's a simple process. What are the better brands for motherboards and such besides Asus or MSI?
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Heres a good motherboard that has PCI-E? It has everything you need and should work good.

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127221

Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535

it comes to $235 without shipping
 
Awesome, I think I may go with that
For the future, any good suggestions on a cool lookin case and a good pci-e card?
 
Tormoni said:
Awesome, I think I may go with that
For the future, any good suggestions on a cool lookin case and a good pci-e card?
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how much are you looking at to spend for the case and videocard. i would reccomend a 6800 GT or the 7800 GT or 7800 GTX
 
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