Upgrading and lost

[kabooka]

Here's what I am upgrading.

EVGA 131-K8-NF44-AX 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 2.4GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA4000BNBOX

Patriot Extreme Performance 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC1G3200LLK

Patriot 1GB (2 x 1024MB)184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model PEP1G3200LL

I was going to buy the AMD 6400+ because it was cheap but I can't find a Micro ATX mobo that will work for it. The case I have has a 500W PSU in it and is uATX. Here's my budget/parameters: I want to buy from Newegg, Multi-core proc, 3-4 GB RAM, faster overall than what I have, I really want to stay under $300-350 but I'm open to reality. I only play CoX, everything else I do is lightweight. Thanks in advance!

 

[nhobo]

Gigabyte DS3L $95 (Newegg)
2GB SuperTalent PC6400 $52 (eWiz)
E6750 $195 (Newegg)

- or -

Gigabyte DS3L $95 (Newegg)
E4600 $150 (Newegg)
4GB SuperTalent PC6400 $103 (eWiz)

around $350 before shipping.

An Intel platform gives you a couple of years CPU upgradability. There is no future with AMD ...

 

[einstein4pres]

I assume he wants another μATX board, which the DS3L is not. Further, it is public knowledge that the Nehalem series will introduce a new socket in around a year. Finally, compatibility with processors in the future will probably be severely limited by the maximum FSB and BIOS updates of any current chipset offering.

 

[nhobo]

Penryns will run socket 775, Nehalems will require a new board. The P35 series BIOS will no doubt be updated to run Penryns (if necesasry) as they roll out, especially since the Nehalems are a year away if on schedule.

 

[Wolfshadw]

I guess my question is what is so hard about finding a micro-ATX AM2 motherboard... especially on Newegg?

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128065
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103191

Total in cart: $344.97

-Wolf sends

 

[kabooka]

Thanks for the feedback, yes I'm staying uATX, no I'm not AMD loyal or anything, its just the price I guess. It looks like the AMD path is 350 and the Q6600 would be 450. To be completely honest, I'm not sure I even need a Q6600, but I would buy it if the longevity is better. I REALLY don't want to upgrade again at least until 2009. If it's not to much trouble, I'd love to see an intel choices (CPU, RAM, mobo (uATX)

 

[nhobo]

Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R $130

1333 FSB, supports upcoming 45nm processors

 

[Wolfshadw]

Motherboard - ECS G33: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135050
CPU - E6750: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115029
RAM - A-DATA 2x1024MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066

Total in cart: $322.97

-Wolf sends

 

[kabooka]

Going Intel then, can't use that board because I need the PATA so I'm looking at these 3...I will be disabling the onboard video

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135066
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188022
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128072

 

[tlmck]

Going Nvidia chipset(7100), you will not have an upgrade path to the next generation 45nm Penryn chips. The Intel G33 chip set allows a drop in upgrade for this. A version without onboard video would have the P35 chipset.

 

[kabooka]

OK, so this puts me around $420 with future savings because I can drop in another cpu then..I'm sure I'll like the sata dvd burner too. Thanks for all your help, gonna order on Thursday.

ECS G33 $90 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813135050
E6750 $190 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115029
mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) $100 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820146692
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA $40 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827135156

 

[tlmck]

I have had very good luck with this burner if you wanted to save a few more bucks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118002