My 310 Dollar Computer?

[Kunal]

Originally posted by _John_Lennon_@20 November 2003 - 21:18
Its only about 333Mhz increase, heh, seeing as how it Runs at 1833Mhz.

i was talking about a noticable increase, as the clock speed doesnt really matter on a amd, does it?

[Smurfette]

Originally posted by Kunal+20 November 2003 - 21:12--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Kunal &#064; 20 November 2003 - 21:12)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-Smurfette@20 November 2003 - 20:18
nForce3 board

they&#39;re for amd 64, arent they?[/b][/quote]

TBH I haven&#39;t even looked at the nf3, I just saw a splash on a manufacturer&#39;s site&#33;

[boyzeee]

Originally posted by Smurfette+20 November 2003 - 21:52--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Smurfette @ 20 November 2003 - 21:52)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by Kunal@20 November 2003 - 21:12
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@20 November 2003 - 20:18
nForce3 board

they&#39;re for amd 64, arent they?

TBH I haven&#39;t even looked at the nf3, I just saw a splash on a manufacturer&#39;s site&#33; [/b][/quote]
LOL, I do that.............ooh its new, asus, i&#39;m not sure what it is but i want it&#33;&#33;. to the post... i think someone mentioned epox boards, V good spec under rated boards, ive had a couple in the past, one was the 8kha+ and it was the nuts&#33;, i using an asus a7a266e with an amd xp2400 and 1gb 2700 ddr ram and its plenty fast for me, all cost under £120 new from ebay

[clocker]

If you are planning on clocking your system, plan on spending some money and ALOT of time getting your cooling set up.
Either you spend the time, or you just buy some rounded cables for your drives.
Right now, for an AMD chip, I&#39;m partial to the stock "microfin" AMD cooler with a 80mm fan/adaptor. Figure &#036;20 for the heatsink, &#036;10 for a nice quiet fan and another &#036;5-6 for the adaptor.
Two round cables (HDD, and optical drives) another, say, &#036;30.
Any more fans, add &#036;10 apiece.
Hope you don&#39;t need any fan adaptors.

I can easily see you having to spend an extra &#036;75-100 over and above the costs that you detailed.

And that is assuming that you&#39;ve kept Abu at bay and he hasn&#39;t pimped it out with lights...or plasma balls...or Van der Graaf generators...or, you get the idea.