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I have to choose a mobo.. Help me.

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Should I buy:

a 780G mobo (to play a little) or

a 790FX mobo (an maybe a HD 3450),

until I can buy a HD4850?

I won´t Crossfire or Sli.

I don´t have a computer, so i´ll have to buy everything.

I like games but i´m on a budget. So, right now, I´ll be using this machine to minor stuff (Word, Excel, etc.) and a little gaming. But I want´t it to be upgradable and become a gaming machine in the future.

Why I won´t buy a 4850 right now?

HD 4850: U$ 436,00
HD 3450: U$ 120,00

(These are the prices in my country)


Mobo prices:

DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX-M2RS Socket AM2+/AM2 Chipset AMD 790FX P/ Phenom / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64, DDR2-800, SATA 3Gb/s, Raid, PCI-E = U$ 349,00

MSI K9A2 Platinum Socket AM2+/AM2 Chipset AMD 790FX P/ Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2, DDR2-1066, SATA 3Gb/s, Raid, PCI-E CrossFire = U$ 347,00

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Socket AM2 Chipset AMD 780G P/ Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon X2 64 / , DDR2, SATA 3Gb/s, Raid, PCI-E + on board ATI Radeon HD3200 DirectX10 support = U$ 217,00

Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI Socket AM2 Chipset AMD 780G P/ Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2, DDR2-1066, SATA 3Gb/s, Raid, PCI-E = U$ 269,00

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I'd pick the K9A2 Platinum. 790FX is your best choice for upgradability, I don't know that DFI, and I know the K9A2 Platinum is very good.
Just don't expect much from the HD 3450. That's a card meant for playing HD videos, not for games. You'll get 1 fps in Crysis, I guess.

Don't buy a 780G if you're a gamer. Same thing, 780G is great for HTPCs (i.e. watching high-def movies) but it stinks for recent games.

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georgy said:
4850 436$ ?!? what's the price of a 8800gt ?



Sorry,

The prices went down a little this weak (as saw it 10 minutes ago):

4850: U$ 333,33

8800gt (512Mb): U$ 326,00

8800gts (G80)(320Mb): U$ 293,00
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What country are you in? Those prices are terrible compared to US domestic prices - must be a whopping high tariff, little competition, or graft.

In the US, for $1,000 I would recommend an Intel system. The most effective purchase on the low end would be AMD still but $1,000 does not put you on the low end here.

With your AMD prices it may put you on the low end. How do Intel based core 2 duo system prices compare? Any chance they are cheaper than AMD over there?

That´s about it.

I think that, in the end, my question is:

Will the 790FX (SB600) motherbords + HD3450 (or 3650), do the same job (playing HD videos, a little gaming and minor stuff) as the 780G (SB700) motherboards?
Remember that I will hold to that system for a year until I get the money (or the prices get lower) to buy a decent video card.

HD 3450 and 780G have 40 stream processors each, so expect similar results indeed.

Just to get some idea of what that means:
HD 3650 has 120 processors
HD 3850 has 320
HD 4850 has 800
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How do your "$U" prices compare with what is in the catalog you linked above?

For instance - a good basic mobo is the GA-EP35-DS3R (DS3L is cheaper but not listed). The price is listed as:

R$488,00
ou 4x de R$ 155,57.

What do the two separate lines mean and how do I translate that to U$? By U$ do you mean US$?
So R$488/1.65 = US$295? For a board that sells for $84 on newegg.
I must be figuring something wrong.
Have you considered smuggling as an occupation?

rockyjohn said:
How do your "$U" prices compare with what is in the catalog you linked above?

For instance - a good basic mobo is the GA-EP35-DS3R (DS3L is cheaper but not listed). The price is listed as:

R$488,00
ou 4x de R$ 155,57.

What do the two separate lines mean and how do I translate that to U$? By U$ do you mean US$?
So R$488/1.65 = US$295? For a board that sells for $84 on newegg.
I must be figuring something wrong.
Have you considered smuggling as an occupation?



Yes, by U$ I meant American Dollars.

And you were figuring it right:
* a US$84 mobo on newegg = US$ 295 in Brazil.

The second line means that you can "divide" in 4 payements of R$ 155,57 (or 4x US$ 94,28) = US$ 377,12 !!
In 4 months you´ll be paying 27,8% more.

Smuggling is an option if you don´t mind spending 2 years in jail :ouch: 

aevm said:
HD 3450 and 780G have 40 stream processors each, so expect similar results indeed.

Just to get some idea of what that means:
HD 3650 has 120 processors
HD 3850 has 320
HD 4850 has 800



Thanks...

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keep it real said:
Smuggling is an option if you don´t mind spending 2 years in jail :ouch: 


I thought that was were the graft and corruption came in - a huge smuggling margin allows plenty to go around to all.

But seriously, it seems your government has not considered the enormous indirect cost of its technology tariff and the short and long term impact it has on productivity, competitiveness, innovation, and an educated workforce.


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