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Looking for a good AMD Duo Core and small mobo combo
Is there a good recommendation for a AMD cpu (Duo Core pls) with a motherboard that will, oh I suppose, some SATA and USB 2.0 of course. Really the motherboard isn't really (right now) the consideration, I'm just looking to bridge from an old K6-2 setup to something a little more modern w/o needing to be all cutting edge and everything. flame away. Tberk |
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Looking for a good AMD Duo Core and small mobo combo
TBerk writes:
Is there a good recommendation for a AMD cpu (Duo Core pls) with a motherboard that will, oh I suppose, some SATA and USB 2.0 of course. Really the motherboard isn't really (right now) the consideration, I'm just looking to bridge from an old K6-2 setup to something a little more modern w/o needing to be all cutting edge and everything. I personally built my new system with one basic thought: I want to use the AMD 780G chipset. It seems to be a very well-rounded chipset, which among other things has perhaps the first really decent integrated GPU. Supports all the usual stuff well, not too hot, passive cooling, works with most modern AMD processors. I wasn't going for ultimate speed, more just a nice responsive system that wouldn't be too noisy or hot, but with a bit of beef for those times I want to do some number-crunching. I ended up with: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H micro-atx (about $100) CPU: Phenom 9550 (4-core, 2.2 mhz, 95w, about $200) RAM: 4GB of "DDR2-800" memory (about $100) Disk: Western Digital WD6400AAKS (640MB, quite fast, about $100) I put it in a largeish mcro-atx case apparently designed for heavier usage, meaning that for _my_ usual usage, the fans barely turn on, and it's almost inaudible. [Even if I max out all 4 cores, the fan noise is quite muted.] I'm pleased as I can be with this system -- it's very fast, very quiet, and though I don't push the GPU right now, has some decent graphics headroom without buying a separate video card. Anyway, you want an Athlon, which I have no experience with, but I'd still highly recommend the motherboard, it's very nice. -Miles -- Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. |
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Looking for a good AMD Duo Core and small mobo combo
Miles Bader was zeer hard aan het denken :
TBerk writes: Is there a good recommendation for a AMD cpu (Duo Core pls) with a motherboard that will, oh I suppose, some SATA and USB 2.0 of course. Really the motherboard isn't really (right now) the consideration, I'm just looking to bridge from an old K6-2 setup to something a little more modern w/o needing to be all cutting edge and everything. I personally built my new system with one basic thought: I want to use the AMD 780G chipset. It seems to be a very well-rounded chipset, which among other things has perhaps the first really decent integrated GPU. Supports all the usual stuff well, not too hot, passive cooling, works with most modern AMD processors. I wasn't going for ultimate speed, more just a nice responsive system that wouldn't be too noisy or hot, but with a bit of beef for those times I want to do some number-crunching. I ended up with: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H micro-atx (about $100) CPU: Phenom 9550 (4-core, 2.2 mhz, 95w, about $200) RAM: 4GB of "DDR2-800" memory (about $100) Disk: Western Digital WD6400AAKS (640MB, quite fast, about $100) Might be fast, but can't hold Windows XP... You probably meant GB instead of MB?!? I put it in a largeish mcro-atx case apparently designed for heavier usage, meaning that for _my_ usual usage, the fans barely turn on, and it's almost inaudible. [Even if I max out all 4 cores, the fan noise is quite muted.] I'm pleased as I can be with this system -- it's very fast, very quiet, and though I don't push the GPU right now, has some decent graphics headroom without buying a separate video card. Anyway, you want an Athlon, which I have no experience with, but I'd still highly recommend the motherboard, it's very nice. -Miles |
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Looking for a good AMD Duo Core and small mobo combo
"André, PE1PQX" writes:
Disk: Western Digital WD6400AAKS (640MB, quite fast, about $100) Might be fast, but can't hold Windows XP... You probably meant GB instead of MB?!? Ugh, yeah... :-) 640 _GB_... A very nice drive, don't know why they're so cheap; maybe because TB drives are showing up in the marketplace? -Miles -- XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve your problem, you're not using enough of it. |
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