Looking for Motherboard/cpu recommendations

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Hi All,

I have a QDI motherboard with a AMD xp 2400 166fsb with 1.5GB of pc2700 ram,
and a 9800pro, it's adequate but with the new games on the horizon like
Doom3 & HL2, I was thinking of upgrading the motherboard and cpu. (I'll be
keeping the graphics card for a bit).

Is there any particular Motherboard/CPU combination which works particularly
well or anyone would recommend?

Thanks in advance )

Jabout

 

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"Jabout" <Jabout@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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" ...AMD xp 2400 166fsb... "


You could get away with saying 133FSB or 266FSB, but not 166FSB. I'm sure
it won't overclock that much.

Seeing as you've already got 1.5GB of PC2700 RAM, then maybe you should opt
for a 333FSB Athlon XP 3000+. If your current mainboard doesn't support it,
then buy one that supports both 333FSB and 400FSB.

However, most gamers might see more benefit in selling your mobo, CPU and
RAM, and aiming for a 400FSB system with 1GB of RAM. The resale prices for
RAM on eBay are pretty close to what they cost new, so it should be easily
affordable.

 

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Thanks for this Cuzman.

Jabout


"Cuzman" <cuzNOSPAM@supanet.com> wrote in message
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> "Jabout" <Jabout@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:caa155$13k$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
>
> " ...AMD xp 2400 166fsb... "
>
>
> You could get away with saying 133FSB or 266FSB, but not 166FSB. I'm sure
> it won't overclock that much.
>
> Seeing as you've already got 1.5GB of PC2700 RAM, then maybe you should
opt
> for a 333FSB Athlon XP 3000+. If your current mainboard doesn't support
it,
> then buy one that supports both 333FSB and 400FSB.
>
> However, most gamers might see more benefit in selling your mobo, CPU and
> RAM, and aiming for a 400FSB system with 1GB of RAM. The resale prices
for
> RAM on eBay are pretty close to what they cost new, so it should be easily
> affordable.
>
>
>