Abit KV8 K8T800

[WildThing]

Hi all, I am building a new pc, woohoo! However I'm not sure about the mobo. This is what I am thinking of:

Abit KV8 K8T800 (OR) MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 1meg L2 cache
Kingston 1x512 DDR400 PC3200 RAM
Seagate Barracuda 80Gb HD 7200 rpm

I already have a RADEON 9800 PRO 128Mb graphics card, case and PSU.

I realise that this is all socket 754 based but I really cant afford the anything in the socket 939 range, and there isn't much of a selection of mobo's here in the UK yet for S939.
I want to be able to play games like HL2 and Far Cry etc. Can anyone give me some advice? Thanks in advance.


Radeon 9800 Pro IceQ 128MB
AMD Athlon XP 1800
512 SDRAM
Shuttle AK32 Mainboard
Win XP

 

[Crashman]

Foxconn offers an inexpensive SiS755 chipset board, which is a superior chipset. Or if you want a good board, consider MSI's K8N line.

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[Zeekfu]

imho the 3400+ is pretty steeply priced..the 3200+ is about $130 less and comes in a 1mb l2 cache (clawhammer) version if you can still find it. I *believe* it can be overclocked to 3400+ speed with stock cooling. At least that is what I plan to do after I get mine and "break it in" at stock speed during the hot months of summer. I am a noobie so get a second opinion...just a thought.

personally $285 seemed like the absolute max I could comprehend spending on a processor. I mean for that I could buy a decent processor, mobo and memory if I went a less expensive route.

On the other hand if I were going to spend $130 more to get the 3400+ I think I would add another $70 and get the 3500+ for 939. It doesn't perform all that much better than 3400+ but I believe it does generally outperform it.

Only one 939 mobo out around here last time I checked though. Sort of limits the choices.