Thinking of upgrading my pc to an AMD Athlon 64bit 3200 and using the Asus K8V-SE Deluxe motherboard.

just wondered what everyones opinion is of the 64bit processors?

 

I have just bought an XP64 3200 with a new MSI K8N Neo Platinum nForce3 250 mobo & some Crucial Ballistix PC4000 ram. I have just put the huge Thermalright XP-120 heatsink on it & will finish putting it together later in the week.
I was gonna get a Socket 939 based cpu & mobo but couldn't justify the price vs performance.

 

I'm using the same combo. Both work well - Copes far better with games than my old xp2000

 

got a 64bit laptop, its awesome to be blunt lol

 

Got the same setup, DO NOT buy the MSI if you plan to overclock (a lot) otherwise it's a very good board.
A64 is well worth the $$, well pleased I made the upgrade...

 

got both the amd 64 and the asus mb ---- superb kit m8 awesome performance

Dave.

 

I'm running AMD Athlon FX 53, Asus SK8V mobo, and a gig of PC3200 reg ram
GeForce 6800 GT, a Creative Audigy 2 ZS, with VideoLogic ZXR 750 7.1 speakers, and that little lot rocks and rolls!!!

 

I thought it was pointless buying a 64-bit chip until MS release an operating system to utilise it.

From what (little) i know, the OS has been put back to the 2nd quarter of 2005 now and there is no plan to release a retail version, it's only to be sold with 'systems'

Bang for buck, doesn't the XP3200+ 400FSB Barton represent better value/performance?


Paul

 

I have a Shuttle with AMD 64 - it's fantastic. Everything is so much quicker.

Also, some of the A64's are cheaper than the top end XP chips! Don't worry about no real 64-bit OS from Mirco$oft...normal WinXP is fine on these chips. When the 64-bit version comes out, it will be even faster.

 

All you gotta do now Si is learn how to use!

 

Well I have finally got my PC up & running again. I had to RMA the mobo & when I got a replacement I had to RMA that one too

I asked for refund & ordered a DFI LanParty UT nF3 250Gb which is superb & has a very nice layout.

Darren

 

I've not long had the DFI NF2 ultra b........... and should have waited and got the nf3.......

let us know what it's like!!

I may 'have to' get one!!

 

Is it possible to have too many tweak choices in the BIOS?

 

how about a pentium 4ghz?

 

OK, so I've been reading lost of stuff on this bbs trying to see if I am spending right.... I'm trying to get a machine on a budget for work - so games perfomance not important, I've been looking at the Octan 64 9550 with the 3200processor on an ASUS K8V MB and 512mb ram

http://www.carrerassc.co.uk/carrera_octan.asp

The one thing I really need to know is if the "ATI Radeon 9550 256MB Graphics" will be sufficient for my work us, will it support extended windows on XP at 1280*1024 res?

Anyone know as I'm a completely lost...

Also are Carrera any good? Anyone know... any horror stories?

 

What about it? It's been cancelled. http://news.com.com/Intel+kills+plan...?tag=nefd.lede

 

Si - who made your laptop?

 

they rock!!!!