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Jul 25th, 2004 at 10:04am

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And just checked the AMD 64 prices......WOW think ill get me one now.
 
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Reply #1 - Jul 25th, 2004 at 3:53pm

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Have the prices dropped already?  I heard not long ago that XP barton prices were going to go up and AMD64 prices were going to come down.  Might be worth holdin off as I am not sure how much they are going to come down.
 
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Reply #2 - Jul 26th, 2004 at 12:00pm

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You will need a hammer or other blunt instrument to install the beast into your Socket A mainboard KDSM..... Wink
 
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Reply #3 - Jul 26th, 2004 at 6:15pm

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You will need a hammer or other blunt instrument to install the beast into your Socket A mainboard KDSM..... Wink


Yup!  Grin

I'm building a beast for a friend - Excuse weird codes, there stock numbers for my rather good local PC store

www.overclockers.co.uk

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Asus K8V (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-060-AS)
£57.50 £57.50
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BDC) (MY-005-GL)
£104.95 £104.95
LG GDR-8163BL 16x DVD-Drive - (Black) OEM (CD-016-LG)
£15.90 £15.90
AOpen GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-001-AO)
£245.00 £245.00
Antec SLK3700BQE Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 350W SmartPower PSU (CA-011-AN)
£53.00 £53.00
OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£6.50 £6.50
Hyundai ImageQuest Q995 19'' Perfectly Flat CRT Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-004-HY)
£121.50 £121.50
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition - OEM (OS-001-MS)
£53.00 £53.00
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop v2.0 - OEM (KB-018-MS)
£27.00 £27.00
Creative Inspire 5.1 P580 Speakers - OEM (SP-026-CL)
£33.50 £33.50
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)
£5.75 £5.75
Vantec SF12025L Stealth 120mm fan - Retail (FG-005-VT)
£8.50 £8.50
Samsung SpinPoint P SP0802N 80GB ATA-133 2MB Cache - OEM (HD-006-SA)
£37.50 £37.50
AMD Athlon 64 3000 (Socket 754) - Retail (CP-070-AM)
£104.95 £104.95
Subtotal £874.55
VAT £153.05
Total £1,027.60
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OMG! I'm building another AMD! - What next  ??? a machine with an ATI card  Shocked  Undecided  Grin
 
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Reply #4 - Jul 27th, 2004 at 5:44am

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for best performance make sure the motherboard has nforce 3 i have heard they work well together
 
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Reply #5 - Jul 27th, 2004 at 3:17pm

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for best performance make sure the motherboard has nforce 3 i have heard they work well together


Hmm ok then, which one would you go for then,  from the Overclockers range?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_AMD_Motherboards_68.html

due to excellent service from their products, I'm likely to choose an Asus board......
 
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Reply #6 - Jul 28th, 2004 at 7:52am

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Asus K8N-E Deluxe nForce3 (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-065-AS)
£99.82 Including VAT at 17.5%

or

MSI K8N Platinum nForce3 250 (Socket 754) Motherboard (MB-022-MS)
£86.36 Including VAT at 17.5%)

The MSI is a bit cheaper though they always get solid reviews. Not always the best but reliable usually  Wink Only gripe I got with my current MSI mobo is functions in BIOS aren't as good as what I would like, i.e. for o-clocking.  The Asus looks good too.  I have heard many good things about Asus and I think I will try one for my next mobo.  Seems to be higher spec than the MSI but as of this is a bot more expensive.
 
AMD64 3500+ @ 2200MHz 400FSB&&MSI K8N Neo 2 mobo nForce3 chipset&&1gig Corsair XMS PC3200 timings @ 10.2.2.2 &&XFX 6800 Ultra @ 450/1200&&80gig HDD&&Loadsa fans!!!
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