My first computer..pls help

[rahul_becks23]

socket 942..................................................whack whack whack................................what the hell.....................................................................r u sure u wrote 942 or was that a typo.

 

[deathvirus_me]

One of my friends has suggested me this...
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939+ ASUS A8-VM-CSM Motherboard
Kingston DDR 400 Mhz Memory 2 x 512mb in dual channel mode
Seagate 80gb SATA Hard Disk Drive
Sony 16x combo drive
Frontech Cabinet with 400w smps
Samsung 17" 793s sync master crt color monitor
Logitech Soill proof Keyboard
Logitech Optical Wired Scroll Mouse
Microtek UPS 600va
D Link Internal PCI Fax Modem-
Creative SBS 240 Simple Stereo Speakers

U can save some money by purchasing Zion RAM ... they're awesome as long as u keep the oc below 10 MHz on them ... use that extra cash to get a 120 GB Hdd.. . u'll need the extra space pretty soon ...

Also ... i hope u can OC with that mobo .. then u should be doing 3800+ speeds in no time , without oc'ing the RAM itself ...

Does amd have a socket 942 platform?

Hmmm .. dont think so .... the only skt. are 939 and 940 (the AM2 are also 940's) ...

 

[rahul_becks23]

yeah,thats what i meant......thers no 942,buddy.

 

[BlueQuill]

okay what about this .....

Socket 939
amd athlon 64 3000+ 500kb l
2 cache

For the mobo which would you suggest
ASUS A8N-E or AS Rock 939 dual-SATA2

ram 2 x 512 mb transcend
hdd 80 gb seagate sata
sony combo drive
15" crt monitor
logitech optical mouse+key board
600va ups
cabinet with 2 fans and 400w power supply.

Am i missing out on anything?

 

[Pathik]

if u r not getting a gc then take a asus a8n vm csm

 

[akshayt]

1) between asrock and asus a8n e choose asus a8n e
2)get asus a8n e and a graphic card

 

[BlueQuill]

add to what i wrote a graphics card nvidia ge force 6600gt.


I read a few reviews on the ASUS A8NE MoBo.. and it seems most of the users have the following issues..
1. No firewire
2. On board LAN non functional
3. The chipset fan mount is flimsy and noisy


IS IT STILL A SAFE BET???

 

[izzikio_rage]

Asus does seem to be having some issues . I have an MSI K8NGM2 motherboard with the 3000+. FEAR, doom 3, Quake 4 and other relatively new games run fine on it (playable with medium settings). So you can get any board based on the Nvidia 6100 or 6150 and have no problems with the games . You can always upgrade later

 

[BlueQuill]

The choice between am2 and 939 is killing me. Given that post 2k6 939 based pc's wont be upgradble, i wonder whether its a safe choice. Also the am2 doesnt have many motherboard choices....buying one would definitely burn a hole in my pocket. Can a socket am2 based rig assembled within 30ks?