Im Building A New PC

[Peerzy]

Well that doesnt seem to bad but i just paid out £60 on my new socket A mobo and getting a 64bit is like the ideal thing i would get but if its gonna b another £60 for a new mobo thats suddenly and extra £150 over a 2500XP

[Mad Cat]

Originally posted by peerzyboy@24 March 2004 - 20:07
Well that doesnt seem to bad but i just paid out £60 on my new socket A mobo and getting a 64bit is like the ideal thing i would get but if its gonna b another £60 for a new mobo thats suddenly and extra £150 over a 2500XP

Think about it like this then, get a 2500+, yes fine ok for a year. But then you find its getting outdated etc, and you have to fork out £160 to buy the 64 3000+ you could have bought a year ago had you not got a 2500+.

Your choice though, a 2500+ will probably suit you well, just depends how far you want to go with it.

[tesco]

Originally posted by Mad Cat+24 March 2004 - 15:15--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mad Cat @ 24 March 2004 - 15:15)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-peerzyboy@24 March 2004 - 20:07
Well that doesnt seem to bad but i just paid out £60 on my new socket A mobo and getting a 64bit is like the ideal thing i would get but if its gonna b another £60 for a new mobo thats suddenly and extra £150 over a 2500XP&nbsp;

Think about it like this then, get a 2500+, yes fine ok for a year. But then you find its getting outdated etc, and you have to fork out £160 to buy the 64 3000+ you could have bought a year ago had you not got a 2500+.

Your choice though, a 2500+ will probably suit you well, just depends how far you want to go with it. [/b][/quote]
I think the 2500+ will be just fine to last a few years if he wants it too. the only problem with it will be if he wants to try out the 64-bit windows...he can&#39;t.

btw, does anybody know if longhorn is for both 32bit and 64bit, or if there is going to be two versions of it or something?

[Peerzy]

okay well how much is a 64bit mobo and 3000XP 64bit gonna cost me (cheapest)?

EDIT: and does it mean i need to get new ram as aposed to usin some from my old pc?

[tesco]

Originally posted by peerzyboy@24 March 2004 - 18:35
okay well how much is a 64bit mobo and 3000XP 64bit gonna cost me (cheapest)?

EDIT: and does it mean i need to get new ram as aposed to usin some from my old pc?

motherboard: Gigabyte K8N Pro, nforce 3. &#036;125.99

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ &#036;279.99

Thats pretty expensive, and it&#39;s US prices. I couldn&#39;t find a 64 3000+ so i used 3200+, but you can find one on a website you like, this just gives u a rough idea of the price.

and yeah you will need some better ram, has to be more than pc2100 or it will really bottleneck the system. I didn&#39;t post any because i dont exactly know what kind the 64bit&#39;s need.

[gungrave]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234+24 March 2004 - 01:07--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Virtualbody1234 @ 24 March 2004 - 01:07)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gungrave@23 March 2004 - 19:04
errr whats folding?&nbsp;

Click the link in my sig. [/b][/quote]
still dont under stand

soz if im not talkin about ur pc but i would like to know

[lynx]

Originally posted by gungrave+25 March 2004 - 01:37--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gungrave @ 25 March 2004 - 01:37)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@24 March 2004 - 01:07
<!--QuoteBegin-gungrave

@23 March 2004 - 19:04
errr whats folding?&nbsp;

Click the link in my sig.

still dont under stand

soz if im not talkin about ur pc but i would like to know [/b][/quote]
It is a computer simulation of how proteins fold up into their active state after they have been formed. It is thought that mis-folded proteins may be the cause of many diseases including cancer, alzheimer&#39;s, BSE etc.

Because of the billions of possible combinations it is necesary to get as much computing power as possible to do this simulation - this is called Folding@home. It uses spare cpu cycles on your pc so it doesn&#39;t affect your performance.

By joining up you may help to find cures for some of these diseases.
Click the link in my sig to find more details.

[Peerzy]

....

Back on topic....

Is this mobo any good, and will it work well with this CPU, and is the CPU any good or should i push for a 3200XP:

Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 Sound LAN USB 2.0 FSB800 ATA133 Retail Box

AMD Athlon 64 Bit 3000/512 l2 Cache 754pin CPU OEM

And how much longer is a 64bit CPu gonna last me than the 2500XP?

[Mad Cat]

Well since 64 bit allows for around a 33% improvement, and its also a faster rated CPU.

I&#39;m really not sure, but go for the 64 if you can. Your choice in the end, use us as a guideline.


By the way, your old RAM will work. You only need registered RAM for the 64FX and Opteron series.


EDIT: The 3200XP costs as much as a 3000+ 64, the 64 seems the obvious choice to me.
Maybe keep that motherboard in your current machine and go for both when you get a bit more cash. A 2500XP downloading, and a nice 64 games box

[Peerzy]

Well this is what i would get if i was to get a 64bit AMD.

AMD Athlon 64 Bit 3000/512 l2 Cache 754pin CPU OEM

£157.36

Gigabyte GA-k8vt800 S754 VIA K8T800 Sound LAN USB 2.0 FSB800 ATA133 Retail Box

£62.91

Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB DDR 8x AGP DVi & TV-Out

£169.70

Samsung 512 PC3200 DDR400 184pin Original Memory Module

£88.71

Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive - OEM

£42.62

Anybody have anything to say about any of the parts (good and bad)

Thinking about it, it will proberly be better to get a 64bit its just the having to buy a whole new mobo that pisses me off after just getting a brand new skt A one

All prices from ebuyer.co.uk