Im Just Wondering if buying A Cpu Motherboard combo is a good idea or should i just buy them seperate. thanks for any help in advance.
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Im Just Wondering if buying A Cpu Motherboard combo is a good idea or should i just buy them seperate. thanks for any help in advance.
whats the mobo and whts the cpu?
how much?
generally (out of personal experience) it is not a good idea, but i need to see the deal first.
the motherboard is a Pc chips 848LU board with an amd Athlon xp 2600+ processor and fan. and its running at about $170. what do you think.
Please Keep In Mind that Im new to this and Im also A complete Idiot.
not recommended, buy them separatelyQuote:
Originally posted by dbs@23 March 2004 - 11:46
the motherboard is a Pc chips 848LU board with an amd Athlon xp 2600+ processor and fan. and its running at about $170. what do you think.
Please Keep In Mind that Im new to this and Im also A complete Idiot.
Choose another motherboard like the Asus A7N8X or Gigabyte GA-7N400-L and get the AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Retail boxed version.
Virtual Are The Boards You Recomended Expensive. And Have You Had Experience With Them. Are they God? sorry for all the Questions.
The CPU is $80 & the mobos ~$100 that VB reco'd. The CPU Ihave is great & ASUS if not the best is rt up there. Much better quality than the pos mobo in that combo.
Yea mate dont get a pcchips board ,,one of the worst boards abt,shit :)
just wanna add, dont buy ECS either...
gigabyte, asus, and abit are good. there are a few other good ones too, but stay away from the cheap ones like ecs and pc chips.
Go for soltek
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Soltek.html
Thanks A lot for the Help guys. it was very helpful. now I know what I should Be looking at. thanks again.
asus and abit and giga are top o line for normal users. get a 2500, and oc to 3200 like so many ppl in this forum
or u can always get a intel :01: :01:
Yes, I have built systems with both those motherboards and they are good quality. The 2500+ can also be run at speeds of the 3200+ on those boards with the provided stock cooler.Quote:
Originally posted by dbs@23 March 2004 - 15:19
Virtual Are The Boards You Recomended Expensive. And Have You Had Experience With Them. Are they God? sorry for all the Questions.
I have done the same thing VB said he has done and you can see I have an Asus A7N8X with a 2500XP
yes and like VB i also have a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 and a barton core AMD XP 2500+ overclocked to 3200+ with stock cooling...
i recommend this combo or get the A7N8X... dont go for that POS combo u posted