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Great White Shark
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?
Last edited by CadetLee; 04-03-2007 at 10:04 PM.
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Sleeps with the Fishes
 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 $$
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Great White Shark
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
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Reef Shark
 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.
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