My first attempt at building a computer

[unicknn]

ok any suggestions on a good 939 board?

 

[Static_11]

DFI, MSI, Gigabyte are all good ones.. but im too busy to put up links so someone else can do thwat

 

[unicknn]

ok heres a 939 thats about what im planning on spending

MSI K8NNeo4 Platinum SLI Socket 939 ATX Motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Processor

is that a good set?

 

[003]

Look into the DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR motherboard. It's a lot better.

 

[PZEROFGH]

why do you shove DFI in his face, is he going to OC maybe MSI K8N NEO4-F is a very good mild Ocer board and beginner board

 

[unicknn]

How are AMD cpus so much better but they run slower then intel ones?

 

[PZEROFGH]

THEY MHZ WAR IS OVER!!

 

[Static_11]

alright
AMD is a fat big guy
Intel is a tall skinny guy
They are both in a brick carrying competition
AMD can carry more bricks than the intel guy but is slowly just a little
Intel cant carry as many bricks but is faster


AMD has a better way of "talking" to the other parts of your comp than Intel does. Intel Hyperthreading p4's are the only good cpu i can think of by them and thats for multitasking not gaming..
AMD dual cores are AMD's multitasking cpu's becasue games only use one core, not two

 

[unicknn]

Ahh ok thanx for dumbing it down for me. I need that from time to time lol

Ok heres the updated one changed some things to drop the price from adding the AMD setup

Thermaltake Shark Silver Aluminum Full-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Friewire and Audio Ports


Lite-on / 16x4x16x DVD+RW / 12x4x16x DVD-RW / 4x DVD+R DL / 48x24x48x CD-RW / Black-Beige / Internal / DVD Writer

Thermaltake Tribe External Liquid Cooling Cooling Kit

ThermalTake Aquarius VGA Water Block

Thermaltake Flow Indicator for Liquid Cooling Systems

Seagate / 300GB / 7200 / 8MB / SATA-150 / OEM / Hard Drive

2 Ultra 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz CL3 Memory

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition with Remote

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer PCI Sound Card

ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X800XT / 256MB GDDR3 / AGP 8x / TV-Tuner / Video Card

Ultra Commander 7-Channel Fan Controller Plus 3 Titanium Finish 80mm Fans

ThermalTake TrueLight Aluminum Memory Heat Spreader (0.5 lbs)

ThermalTake / Silent PurePower / 560-Watt / ATX / Duall 80mm Fan / 24-Pin / SATA-Ready / Active PFC / Power Supply

MSI K8NNeo4 Platinum SLI Socket 939 ATX Motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Processor with FREE copies of FarCry and Bet On Soldier: Blood Sport PC GamesYE Data USB 2.0 All-In-One Internal Floppy Drive


1 more question with the liquid cooling which would be better an internal or external setup? I figured external since u can get it away from the hot computer parts but i dont know much.

 

[PZEROFGH]

X800XT dont sound good cause the X8** series sucked so go with a 6800GT or 7800GT depends on whats your budget :O