Looking Cheap upgrade.. 2 questions

[m-jeri]

hmm...asus is not tht good now...u might wanna look into tht...go with msi....if u can...

 

[saqib_khan]

oop's , i think i missed that.
Buy Jetway M2A692-GDG if u can, it's a good mobo.

 

[chesss]

turns out the MSI board doesn't have AM2+ afterall... some site said it does butits only limited support (like some guys wrote above). it doesn't have an AM2+ socket

 

[shift]

go for GIGABYTE mobo, very silent, but dont remember the model (will post later), and has ATI Radeon graphics, can even play NFS: ProStreet with onboard graphics, price is not more than 2300, a friend of mine bought it yesterday

 

[m-jeri]

look for abit or so....try others opinion abt asus....here in kerala they have horrible service...

 

[shift]

GIGABYTE S Series, GA MA69VM 52 - very silent

 

[chesss]

^this thing is available for 2300??
It has AMD 690v
Works with ubuntu
Nice reviews
and according to this site. It has am2+ socket as well. :yikes:
THough I doubt if it 'real' am2+ board. More like partially supporting am2+ cpus

But still for 2300 it looks unbeatable. The only issue wld be availability..

@shiftplz tell me u r from delhi

 

[saqib_khan]

So, did u got that for 2300?

 

[chesss]

nah, it has phoenix bios (ewww)

I have decided upon asus m2a-mx (Rs. 2400)
and I can't find the le-1600 cpu in delhi..might go for x2 4000 if budget permits.. or else wait a week or so for le-1600
Nor am I getting any recommendations for an affordable quiet psu...

 

[chesss]

LE AAYA!!
Jumping with joy here!!
This is what I got (very different from what I had planned earlier)

AMD 64 x2 4000+ + ASUS M2a-mx = Rs. 4900 (Computer Infinite 207, Sahyog Building 58,)
corsair 1gb = 1050 (same dealer)
Sahara cabinet = 1100 (computer zone) - initial quote was 1100, so I had to bargain (beg?), as I didn't have any cash left for auto

== Rs 7050

Haven't done any assembling yet. First up is cleaning the computer table(rajors, lighters, radio,knives,wires,pens,batteries,coins, boxes,old sound cards, cdroms etc etc) Then read a few guides and tips for assembling. Don't wanna screw anything.. Now just hoping that it all works and that too silently..

btw the heatsink and fan of the are HUGE as compared to my PIII and the gpu heatsink also kind of big. Just run cool...

 

[saqib_khan]

U got that in nice price.
U were initially thinking of sempron & bought dual core, nice.
So, enjoy.

 

[saqib_khan]

So, r u able to run NFSrostreet, i m just curious to know that will it run on 690v chipset? Therefore.

 

[chesss]

*www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?print=1&article_id=87178&cat_id=616 - it will at medium settings atleast.

 

[shift]

^this thing is available for 2300??
It has AMD 690v
Works with ubuntu
Nice reviews
and according to this site. It has am2+ socket as well. :yikes:
THough I doubt if it 'real' am2+ board. More like partially supporting am2+ cpus

But still for 2300 it looks unbeatable. The only issue wld be availability..

@shiftplz tell me u r from delhi

am from bangalore....
sorry bout the price
not 2300
it has to be 2400+tax

thanks