Cheap upgrade...need AM2 motherboard recommendations!

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04-03-2007, 08:39 PM
CadetLee

Cheap upgrade...need AM2 motherboard recommendations!

I'm really tempted to pick up one of those 3600+ x2's on Newegg for 65 bucks...just need a motherboard to stick it in. Is it possible to scavenge 1Gb DDR2 from my current system, or will I need something different? I'd like to o/c it to ~2.8Ghz or so...should be a decent jump from what I have now. Soo - any recommendations?

I've been out of the game for a long time now...any advice is greatly appreciated!

Edit: Perhaps I should've posted in general hardware..

I'm looking at the Biostar TForce 550 to go with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane and 2Gb DDR2-667. Total is around $250...going to run it with my X800XL PCIE. How's that look to you all -- should I get a decent overclock? Any recommendations for a CPU cooler?
04-03-2007, 11:14 PM
Almost Famous

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Originally Posted by CadetLee

I'm really tempted to pick up one of those 3600+ x2's on Newegg for 65 bucks...just need a motherboard to stick it in. Is it possible to scavenge 1Gb DDR2 from my current system, or will I need something different? I'd like to o/c it to ~2.8Ghz or so...should be a decent jump from what I have now. Soo - any recommendations?

I've been out of the game for a long time now...any advice is greatly appreciated!

Edit: Perhaps I should've posted in general hardware..

I'm looking at the Biostar TForce 550 to go with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane and 2Gb DDR2-667. Total is around $250...going to run it with my X800XL PCIE. How's that look to you all -- should I get a decent overclock? Any recommendations for a CPU cooler?

I've run that mobo on two differnts X2s in my personal rigs.
It's a great board for the $$ ;)
04-04-2007, 05:45 PM
CadetLee

My power supply was backordered -- so I'm probably going to need one of those too, then. On the cpu, I'm not sure if I should wait a bit and see how the AMD price cuts turn out...$65 for a 3600+ dual-core seems quite reasonable.

Any other recommendations on RAM? There's some inexpensive Crucial available...if I plan on o/c'ing, will that be alright? I'm trying to get the fastest and cheapest system I can...

I'll be doing some more research on my own..but if anyone has any advice to toss my way, I'd greatly appreciate it :)
04-13-2007, 11:51 AM
iL.L0gIc.aL

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Originally Posted by CadetLee

My power supply was backordered -- so I'm probably going to need one of those too, then. On the cpu, I'm not sure if I should wait a bit and see how the AMD price cuts turn out...$65 for a 3600+ dual-core seems quite reasonable.

Any other recommendations on RAM? There's some inexpensive Crucial available...if I plan on o/c'ing, will that be alright? I'm trying to get the fastest and cheapest system I can...

I'll be doing some more research on my own..but if anyone has any advice to toss my way, I'd greatly appreciate it :)

Newegg has Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 DDR2 800 2x1 gig sticks on for $129. Not a bad price for great memory.