New CPU time.

Hey Mystif?!?! How's it going bud? Long time no see :).


I see you are looking towards a worthy upgrade... correct me if Im wrong.. but your motherboard is KT400-based isn't there? Therefore... T-bred B's and bartons should have no issues in your board.

However, if you're looking towards a board and cpu upgrade, I would strongly suggest the 2500+ and NF7-s V2.0 Combination :). I couldn't be happier with my current AMD setup... and I got it up to 2.54GHz stable on air :). I had a 2100+ @ 2.62GHz on my 8RDA+... it was good... but I didn't like the board too much. It was a good board, dont get me wrong, but there ARE better out there :). The on-board NIC died on my 8RDA+... dont know when/how, but it did :(. So I used that as an excuse to pick up an NF7-S... and I'll tell ya... the NF7-S Is MUCH better than the 8RDA+. OC'ing wise, and features wise. Even though the only main feature diffrence is on-board SATA... but still. But yeah, I would totally recommend the Abit over the Epox... since I've owned both, and OC'ed both to hell and back :). I would also recommend the 2500+ barton over any of the Tbred-B chips... only because OC'ing potential is just as good, but the 512k of cache is nice to have, and always a plus.

So that's my all-star lineup...

-NF7-S V2.0
-Athlon XP 2500+

:)

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Originally posted by mystifmagic


In conclusion, I am not up to date on anything computer related at this juncture of my life.

I am guessing it would be wise for me to grab an identical stick of Corsair if I buy the 8RDA+?

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I would get another 512mb :). Even though DCDDR isn't that impressive as far as performance on an AMD platform goes, it's still good to have. Not to mention 1024mb's of ram :). I say get it.

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Originally posted by lostlilchild6
Hey Mystif?!?! How's it going bud? Long time no see :).


I see you are looking towards a worthy upgrade... correct me if Im wrong.. but your motherboard is KT400-based isn't there? Therefore... T-bred B's and bartons should have no issues in your board.

However, if you're looking towards a board and cpu upgrade, I would strongly suggest the 2500+ and NF7-s V2.0 Combination :). I couldn't be happier with my current AMD setup... and I got it up to 2.54GHz stable on air :). I had a 2100+ @ 2.62GHz on my 8RDA+... it was good... but I didn't like the board too much. It was a good board, dont get me wrong, but there ARE better out there :). The on-board NIC died on my 8RDA+... dont know when/how, but it did :(. So I used that as an excuse to pick up an NF7-S... and I'll tell ya... the NF7-S Is MUCH better than the 8RDA+. OC'ing wise, and features wise. Even though the only main feature diffrence is on-board SATA... but still. But yeah, I would totally recommend the Abit over the Epox... since I've owned both, and OC'ed both to hell and back :). I would also recommend the 2500+ barton over any of the Tbred-B chips... only because OC'ing potential is just as good, but the 512k of cache is nice to have, and always a plus.

So that's my all-star lineup...

-NF7-S V2.0
-Athlon XP 2500+

:)

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Howdy dude, it has been awhile. I've been doing great, just been busy with getting college plans together since I start in Sept. How's everything been going for you?

I'm probably going to buy the 8RDA+ because I'm a dedicated Epox guy, and secondly (and more importantly) I want to save as much cash as possible, especially since I will probably grab another stick of ram, which gets pricey. I will look into the Abit more, but as of now I would like ot use the $40 I save by getting the Epox on the ram or CPU. :)