Motherbored Witch one??

[studman_27]

Hey it me again
OK this site has put me on an magical adventure......................making a cheap custom gamming PC ok so i got some sort of idea of what i want at the moment i got:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000 Venice Boxed w/HS and Fan Socket 939 64-bit CPU $218 (AU)

Memory: x2 512Mb DDR400 memory PC3200 $98 for both (AU)

Vidio Card:Asus ATI Radeon X300SE PCI-E 128Mb 16X PCI Express VGA $68 (AU)

Ok so thats all i got so far can peopel direct me to what motherbored i need and im done my dad will get the rest such as DVD Burner and Rom and other stuff that i cant thinkn off

[Photomotoz]

Ow my head. Consider using a spell checker in the future please.

Anyway, that video card is really unfit for gaming. You will not be able to run anything recent at decent framerates. Look for something along the lines of a 6600GT, it is a midrange card and should be around $150ish. Trust me, if you go with the X300 SE you will regret it. And also if you are hell bent on the X300SE get one that is not SE. I am unsure of what "SE" stands for but the joke is that it stands for "Slow Edition", which it is.

Motherboard wise look for anything that meets your standards and make sure that the manufacturer is reputable. One you find a motherboard look around and see what people are saying. The reviews on Newegg should help alot.

Do not forget about that hard drives and power supply. And do not forget the floppy drive. I do not care what anyone says, every computer I build will have a floppy drive. I hate burning CD and then just not having a use for them.

[kakomu]

More like, Warlock one!

[greenbags125]

Hey it me again
OK this site has put me on an magical adventure......................making a cheap custom gamming PC ok so i got some sort of idea of what i want at the moment i got:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000 Venice Boxed w/HS and Fan Socket 939 64-bit CPU $218 (AU)

Memory: x2 512Mb DDR400 memory PC3200 $98 for both (AU)

Vidio Card:Asus ATI Radeon X300SE PCI-E 128Mb 16X PCI Express VGA $68 (AU)

Ok so thats all i got so far can peopel direct me to what motherbored i need and im done my dad will get the rest such as DVD Burner and Rom and other stuff that i cant thinkn off

The Athlon 64 3000+ might not be adequate for gaming purposes. As for the video card, unless you have mucho money, the best card value wise is teh Nvidia Geforce 6600GT. I got it for $100 shipped after rebate and I can run FEAR at max resolution. Call of Duty is a breeze. I really hope you didn't purchase it yet.

[2poor]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128301

do it

[irrossistable]

Floppies aren't necessary when you can buy a cheap thumbdrive or burn a rewritable disc, I do understand why many people like to have them around, it just isn't necessary for most (I use an external between the several machines in my house).

I wouldn't fret if you already got the 3000, it should handle it well enough. My brother has a 2800 and HL2 looks pretty enough.

[kakomu]

Floppies aren't necessary when you can buy a cheap thumbdrive or burn a rewritable disc, I do understand why many people like to have them around, it just isn't necessary for most (I use an external between the several machines in my house).

I wouldn't fret if you already got the 3000, it should handle it well enough. My brother has a 2800 and HL2 looks pretty enough.
Not all mobos can boot from a thumbdrive, and it may be necessary to boot from a floppy at some point in time.

[Photomotoz]

One thing about floppies : they always work. I have had every computer component mess up in some way shape or form but never the floppy drive.

[studman_27]

Ok thanks for the warning u saved my gaming life what about a "Radeon 9800PRO VGA 256MB DDR 8X APG DVI TV Out $158(AU)" cas all the kids at school think and GeForce cards are gay WITCH I COMPLETLEY DISSAGREE since ive allways had a GeForce in my desktops (Ahhhh good old MX440 lol)


PS: should I go for a Pentium 4 insted of a AMD??

[studman_27]

i looked at a "Asus A8V-MX AMD64 MB AIO K8T800 8Xagp Sound USB2 GLAN Video Socket 939" cas its on special at my local shop for $79 any good will it be good or will i regrete

[CYRiX]

I would suggest getting the DFI SL-DR nf4 Mobo but its an ASS to set-up, otherwise after that its the best thing I have ever had.

[Kayden]

OP. Plz dy, kthxbi!

[kakomu]

One thing about floppies : they always work. I have had every computer component mess up in some way shape or form but never the floppy drive.
Floppy drives can go to shit just like anything else. I had one kill itself off a few years back. They're also extraordinarily finnicky, ornery and unreliable. However, in some cases they're a necessary evil, for no other reason than boot sectors on CDs being hard to make.

[irrossistable]

Not all mobos can boot from a thumbdrive, and it may be necessary to boot from a floppy at some point in time.
That's true, but it seems to me that most/all the newer boards are supporting it. I was just thinking it would be more useful to pick up a cheap 128MB flash drive for the same price as a floppy drive and a pack of floppies and you'd be able to use things like DSL and puppy linux and recovery tools that require a bit more room.

[Brak]

I prefer Motherbored Warlocks.

[Kayden]

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

You NEED a floppy drive to install windows XP on raid/SCSI. I wouldn't build a system with out a floppy drive. Sure, they get used about one time a year, but they're fucking invaluable when you do use them.

That's true, but it seems to me that most/all the newer boards are supporting it. I was just thinking it would be more useful to pick up a cheap 128MB flash drive for the same price as a floppy drive and a pack of floppies and you'd be able to use things like DSL and puppy linux and recovery tools that require a bit more room.

[kakomu]

That's true, but it seems to me that most/all the newer boards are supporting it. I was just thinking it would be more useful to pick up a cheap 128MB flash drive for the same price as a floppy drive and a pack of floppies and you'd be able to use things like DSL and puppy linux and recovery tools that require a bit more room.
My mobo is only a year old and has no support for USB drives. I haven't asked a lot of people, but I'm assuming the support isn't too high as of yet.

I prefer Motherbored Warlocks.
I already made that joke!

[Brak]

I already made that joke!

Hasn't this happened before? With a chocolate ice cream joke, or something?

[kakomu]

Hasn't this happened before? With a chocolate ice cream joke, or something?

Beats me, but I feel the need to 1-up! Motherbored Warlocks are fruits! We need fatherbored Warlocks.

As for the OP, just buy a name brand motherboard that comes with all the fixins you want. Do you really need on-board audio? Do you need 17 SATA ports and support for 12 different varieties of RAID? Do you want to pay the extra $5 for spiny LED support?

Just look at some ASUS, Abit, Gigabyte and Chaintech boards, and pick one out that comes with whatever you want. As for chipsets, I think Nforces are superior, but VIA chipsets are more bargainy.

[Kayden]

I'm bored with this board discussion. It was more fun in the shop where I bored holes in a bored boar's board.

[b0bx13]

One thing about floppies : they always work. I have had every computer component mess up in some way shape or form but never the floppy drive.
That's the only part that ever stopped working on my comp :lol: