Im building a new pc on a budget and my work horse is going to be The AMD AM2 5000+ Black edition because of its overclockability and Price/Power ratio. I've been eying up the Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe SLI mobo for $131, but sense this is a budget machine would I be able to get the same overclocking bang for my buck with say the Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 which rides in at $80-90? The rest of the build mainly consists of a 9600gt card because of its power/price: which concerns me because its a PCIe 2.0 card, even though its backward compatible with v1.0 should I consider a 790fx or alike chip set because of the performance gain from PCIe 2.0?
I know you can't SLI on the 700 series chip set, but my budget is $500-600 so SLI isn't an option and you can still run a single Nvidia card on the 700 series chip set.
Thank you for your help
Next, if you intend to overclock, dont skimp on the motherboard, its the base for your system, if you skimp there, you wont be able to achieve as high of a stable OC. Check for reviews on both boards and see if there has been success OCing with them.
PCI-E 2.0 vs 1.1: Dont worry about it. There still isn't a video card out there that can fill up the bandwidth from 1.1, so you wont have a problem.
I've had good experience with the motherboard. It's been very reliable and at the moment I'm actually missing a capacitor and it's still running fine! But I can't comment on the OCing side of it as I haven't OCed!
You can actually buy a better system for your money at compusa for what you want to spend.....or get a referbished at compusa.....Your such on a tight budget that is your best bet.....just get a complete tower....Compusa was bought out by tigerdirect.......and it is your best choice due to finances
You can actually buy a better system for your money at compusa for what you want to spend.....or get a referbished at compusa.....Your such on a tight budget that is your best bet.....just get a complete tower....Compusa was bought out by tigerdirect.......and it is your best choice due to finances
Yea, about that...
I wont say its not worth a look, but I kinda doubt you will be getting high quality components. TigerDirect is an OK e-tailer, but they have a real'used car salesman' feel to them. I have ordered from them in the past, and it went well, but I just have one of those feelings like Im gettin ripped off everytime I look at something there.
B-unit makes a good point. Since/if you are going with an AMD platform do get a good motherboard. You will probably want to upgrade someday. Do look at this MB from Asus - http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx? [...] odelmenu=1
I'm not pushing Asus, but this is a mb that will upgrade later if you wanted too. It is around $200. It has a lot of features.
You will be able to get 3.2ghz+ out of that CPU.
You can actually buy a better system for your money at compusa for what you want to spend.....or get a referbished at compusa.....Your such on a tight budget that is your best bet.....just get a complete tower....Compusa was bought out by tigerdirect.......and it is your best choice due to finances
I don't think you can get a better comp at compusa...the cheapest gaming comp they sell is probably at least $900...you get more performance when you do it yourself...non of those comps you'll find at compusa will have a 9600gt under the hood for under $500...
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No I don't...really...They do offer good prices in the store now and you can get a lot of components in the store for the online prices...They do have online combo's with mobo and processor that will suit him.....I still suggest he looks there....Due to his budget this is a good recommendation...trust me....I've looked... And he can save a good amount of money by buying a combo from them for what he is looking for......even with a case......take a look at the combo deals and see what I mean..
Compusa is Tigerdirect now.....so the prices are now good and they do have a lot of parts in store for online prices for any who want's to know. I even bought my system there for a better price than newegg.....yes....I said it...and I walked in the store at the new grand opening and took advantage of a grand opening sale.....so it is possible
B-unit makes a good point. Since/if you are going with an AMD platform do get a good motherboard. You will probably want to upgrade someday. Do look at this MB from Asus - http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx? [...] odelmenu=1
I'm not pushing Asus, but this is a mb that will upgrade later if you wanted too. It is around $200. It has a lot of features.
You will be able to get 3.2ghz+ out of that CPU.
I don't see a double post.
Sense this is a Crossfire Board shoudl I go with a 3870 GPU??
Epic...you need to look at what I posted....its below your budget and forget the 5000...You can use some of your existing parts with new and make a new much better system within your price range...and that mobo that topper posted is way overrated...and too much money...and no you don't have to get a 3870....unless you want 2 to crossfire....just check out what I posted and do the math....its cheaper and better than what you originally wanted and you don't even have to overclock to get what you are looking for
