Many people are crying after a 64-bit system, but simply do not have the money for it. After a night of checking all offers I came up with a way to have a 64-bit CPU, hopefully at a lower price.
For the first part you can buy:
-nForce 3 mobo w/ Socket 939 and PCI-E
-the cheapest S939 CPU
-the cheapest PCI-E video card
-resonable 512MB or 1GB RAM DDR400
-Rapor HDD
This is all for the first part, because after you will financially recover you will upgrade the system as following:
-change the CPU to a reasonable A64FX
-change the video card to a med to high end one
-add another mem module to take advantage Dual Channel(If you haven't allredy bought a 2*256MB or 2*512MB kit)
The overall price may be smaller then buying it @ upgrade performance, if you resell the components you change. I do not guarantee the full succes of this, mainly because I have no idea on how prices will be. I estimate the initial system at about $1000 and the upgrade at about $400-$500, or $200-$300 if you resell the changed components.
I hope this path will help many of those with limited cash in having a fast PC.
Any observation or improvemnt to this post is welcome.
For the first part you can buy:
-nForce 3 mobo w/ Socket 939 and PCI-E
-the cheapest S939 CPU
-the cheapest PCI-E video card
-resonable 512MB or 1GB RAM DDR400
-Rapor HDD
This is all for the first part, because after you will financially recover you will upgrade the system as following:
-change the CPU to a reasonable A64FX
-change the video card to a med to high end one
-add another mem module to take advantage Dual Channel(If you haven't allredy bought a 2*256MB or 2*512MB kit)
The overall price may be smaller then buying it @ upgrade performance, if you resell the components you change. I do not guarantee the full succes of this, mainly because I have no idea on how prices will be. I estimate the initial system at about $1000 and the upgrade at about $400-$500, or $200-$300 if you resell the changed components.
I hope this path will help many of those with limited cash in having a fast PC.
Any observation or improvemnt to this post is welcome.