Forced to Upgrade, any suggestions?

I was planning to upgrade my computer in anticipation of the launch of HL2,
but I don't think my desktop is going to live that long.

I plan to get a 2500 Barton and twin sticks of 400mhz ddr ram.

Any suggestions on which mobo I should consider?

abit nf7-s. Get PC3500 btw, only a few $ more. The real question is what
vidcard will you get.

rms

Pham wrote:
I was planning to upgrade my computer in anticipation of the launch
of HL2, but I don't think my desktop is going to live that long.

I plan to get a 2500 Barton and twin sticks of 400mhz ddr ram.

Any suggestions on which mobo I should consider?

Abit NF7-S; very stable, loaded with features and overclocks very well.

At the moment i think the 2 most popular boards for stability and
overclocking on the amd are Abit NF7-S or the Asus A7N8X deluxe. Wait them
both up and choose which has the best features for your needs.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:01:21 -0800, "Pham" . wrote:

:I was planning to upgrade my computer in anticipation of the launch of HL2,
:but I don't think my desktop is going to live that long.
:
:I plan to get a 2500 Barton and twin sticks of 400mhz ddr ram.
:
:Any suggestions on which mobo I should consider?
:

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Lee.

Lee wrote:
At the moment i think the 2 most popular boards for stability and
overclocking on the amd are Abit NF7-S or the Asus A7N8X deluxe. Wait
them both up and choose which has the best features for your needs.

Agreed. nForce2 is the way to go.

There are a number of nForce2 boards out there, but Asus and Abit seem to
make the best.

I have the A7N8X Deluxe and am very impressed... I chose this over the Abit
on the features onboard.

Ben
--
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...

What Graphics Card are you putting in the system? Its gunna make a big
difference!


doughnut


"Ben Pope" wrote in message
...
Lee wrote:
At the moment i think the 2 most popular boards for stability and
overclocking on the amd are Abit NF7-S or the Asus A7N8X deluxe. Wait
them both up and choose which has the best features for your needs.

Agreed. nForce2 is the way to go.

There are a number of nForce2 boards out there, but Asus and Abit seem to
make the best.

I have the A7N8X Deluxe and am very impressed... I chose this over the
Abit
on the features onboard.

Ben
--
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...

Doughnut wrote:
What Graphics Card are you putting in the system? Its gunna make a big
difference!

Big difference to what? Motherboard choice?

Ben
--
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...

"Pham" . wrote in message ...
I was planning to upgrade my computer in anticipation of the launch of
HL2,
but I don't think my desktop is going to live that long.

I plan to get a 2500 Barton and twin sticks of 400mhz ddr ram.

Any suggestions on which mobo I should consider?




NF7-S v2.0
PC3200/3500

What graphics card do you have now? Because when HL2 launches sometime in
early 2004, graphic card prices will be coming down and you could get
yourself a nice 9800 Pro or 9800 XT.

Abit's NF7 series are pretty good.

I went with the NF7-M (good, but not great, onboard video) and now I'm
sorting out my next video card.

E

"Pham" . wrote in message ...
I was planning to upgrade my computer in anticipation of the launch of
HL2,
but I don't think my desktop is going to live that long.

I plan to get a 2500 Barton and twin sticks of 400mhz ddr ram.

Any suggestions on which mobo I should consider?

Got my eye on at least a 9800pro. But I'm going to wait till the verrry last
second before I buy it.


"Doughnut" wrote in message
...
What Graphics Card are you putting in the system? Its gunna make a big
difference!


doughnut


"Ben Pope" wrote in message
...
Lee wrote:
At the moment i think the 2 most popular boards for stability and
overclocking on the amd are Abit NF7-S or the Asus A7N8X deluxe. Wait
them both up and choose which has the best features for your needs.

Agreed. nForce2 is the way to go.

There are a number of nForce2 boards out there, but Asus and Abit seem
to
make the best.

I have the A7N8X Deluxe and am very impressed... I chose this over the
Abit
on the features onboard.

Ben
--
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...