Heya folks.

Ived been looking to upgrade my pc abit, heres my current specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon%u2122 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, 2000 MHz 2x2000 Mhz

GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT PCI Express x16 / 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM

RAM: Kingston HyperX 2 x 1 GB DUAL RAM / DDR SDRAM / PC3200 / 400 MHz

Motherboard: Asrock 939 Dual-SATA2
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview. [...] Dual-SATA2

Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional

Harddrive: Western Digital 500 GB / 7200 rpm / 16 MB / Serial ATA-300 / 8.9 ms (Running SATA)

Im looking to upgrade my motherboard and CPU and maybe RAM how does this look :

Motherboards:
http://dk.asus.com/products.aspx?l [...] odelmenu=1

http://dk.asus.com/products.aspx?l [...] odelmenu=1 (Not cheap)

http://dk.asus.com/products.aspx?l [...] odelmenu=1

CPU:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2 GHz

RAM:

Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Performance TwinX Matched / 2 x 1 GB (2 GB) / DUAL RAM / DDR II SDRAM / PC2-6400CL5 / 800 MHz /

GeIL Ultra Series DDR2 Dual Channel Kit / 2 x 1 GB (2 GB) / DUAL RAM / DDR II SDRAM / PC2-6400CL4 / 800 MHz /

Kingston HyperX / 2 x 1 GB (2 GB) / DUAL RAM / DDR II SDRAM / PC2-6400CL3 / 800 MHz /

What u guys think? whats the difference between PC2-6400CL3-CL4 and CL5??

Thx, Shogun Out

Can you wait one more month? RD790 boards are coming next month. They'll be expensive, but overclock better than 590 SLI. They're tri-Crossfire & AM2+(backward-compatible with AM2). & most importantly, Phenom AM2+ are going to be out.

If you can't, M2N32 SLI WIFI DELUXE. Or EVGA 590 SLI.

For ram:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146565

Cas latency doesn't matter if you don't overclock. If you do, it can make a difference.

thx, but im not much for overclocking, never really done it, and dont know much about it, since it dosent interst me ok if overclicking isnt important, then whats the verdict?

think ill go for this one http://www.edbpriser.dk/Products/L [...] ?ID=209025

The thing is the current AM2 boards don't support everything in AM2+. Sure you can put an AM2+ CPU in an AM2 board, but a few features will be missing. If you plan to stick with the 6400+, AM2 board is ok.

It depends on your plans for cpu upgrades.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM2%2B
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM2

If you're gonna run Vista, forget that GeForce 7900...get a GeForce 8-series...

not gonna run vista, just XP for now, any AMD faster than the other one?

Well for ram i could recommend these, OCZ is great and they overclock well. There covered up to 2.2V under warrenty.
I just ordered them myself for my new build tonight.
There 56$ after rebates and shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227198

well, i dont really wanna overclock anything, maybe fiddle with the RAM timings, but thats it, dont wanna OC the cpu and stuff, dont know enough to start experimenting with it, and yes, i wanna stick with the 6400 for now, unless theres a better alternativ? (still AMD) lemme hear it

AM2+ is not just for overclocking. Just like AM3, is it for overclocking only? It's advancement. Would you buy s939 now? Why not? Exactly, it's old. You want new, don't you?

IMO, now is a bad time to go AMD or for that matter go 8800GTS (8800GT comes out next week for less & beats out GTS). Phenom is coming out next month.

I'm trying to tell you to hold off on your purchase. You might regret buying AM2 now cuz AM2+ & Phenom are out next month. If you regret it, then you have no one but yourself to blame. Then around this time next year, you come back & ask the same question, "do I buy AM2+ now or wait for AM3 (out in late 2008)?" You're catching on old technology.

BTW, M2N32-SLI is a WASTE if you don't overclock. Get a cheaper board if you want to buy it now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenom_%28processor%29

Agreed. Make sure you get a system that will last you a while, and if you're dead set on AMD, wait till the new CPU comes out, cuz when it does, all those other AMD chips are goin' straight to the dump...