I've been told to get the nforce3 250 chipset so I found a motherboard which I think will be good...

K8NSNXP-939 GIGABYTE SOCKET 939 NFORCE 3 250chipset

The processor choice has come down to 2 of them.

AMD ATHLON64 3200+ 512k BOX
AMD ATHLON64 3500+ 939Pin 512k Box

I am under the impression that the 3200 is 939pin when it has the 512k cache?

There is a $180 dollar price difference between the processors.

As of late I have been told that nvidia has taken the video card market as for performance

Which card would you recommend....I don't want to spend something ridiculous on a card like 700 bucks but I also want to be able to play any game.

I have been told to go with corsair memory....I will be getting pc3200 that is ECC. Does anyone know the quality of kingston or micron?

On a harddrive note would I notice a huge difference in performance from a 7200 sata to a 10k sata raptor?

I've got all my other components figured out already just need assistance on the above....thanks

[ 10-13-2004: Message edited by: god ]

nVidia isn't a clear leader by a longshot. nVidia shines in OpenGL, ATi shines in D3D. HL2 isn't out yet, so there isn't a clear cut path to go.

ATi is doing MUCH better in terms of OpenGL too, their new drivers solved a lot of the rendering issues. Now if they can just keep that up, nVidia MIGHT be forced to actually do some R&D.

Other than that, the Athlon64 3200+ I don't think is 939, I could be mistaken. Remember even the Athlon XP barton core processors have 512k cache. (at least my Barton 2600 does).

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

I've been recommending to everyone (especially gamers) that are looking for new computers to at least get one that support PCI-Ex just so that two years down the road when you are still using it and you feel like upgrading, you have choices. AGP cards will be a thing of the past after next year. Soon to follow after that, the normal PCI Bus.

damn everytime i go to buy a new comp, i always end up waiting and not actually getting one....

I can definately wait because i do have my laptop i purchased for school for general computer use but I have been fiending for games for so long because other then the laptop with the 64 shared memory i bought almost 2 years ago I have a P2 266!!! with powerful tnt 1...good ole quake machine

Anyone know if tomshardware still gets paid off to endorse certain products cause thats where i was recommended to get nforce 3 and a nvidia video card

is pci-E going to change everything because i have heard otherwise....which i could be horrible mistaken on

[ 10-13-2004: Message edited by: god ]

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A Board with 2 PCI-E 16x slots can run two graphics cards linked. Not for dual display, but as an SMP type setup. nVidia already has the technology actually. They've had it for years, ever since they bought 3dfx. They call it SLI.

[ 10-14-2004: Message edited by: AcidWarp ]

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

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[ 10-14-2004: Message edited by: Headstone ]

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”