flutterbudget
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I have been wanting to upgrade for a while now and my power supply died and took my mobo with it, so now I have an excuse.
First of all, the PRIMARY use of this machine is not sor gaming. I really mostly use it for mundane web surfing, email, playing music, paying bills, burning cd's, some photoshop stuff, etc. However, I do occasionally use it for games. (Probably will more once it's upgraded.) And the games that I like tend to be fairly high performance. (For example, I have my eye on Doom 3.)
I have already gotten a new case. Yes, it came with a psu. No, I'm not planning on using the stock one. That's not really where I need the advice. I have a hd, optical drives, and peripherals. I also have a Radeon 9600 graphics card that I think will be okay for now.
So, what I'm really shopping for is a cpu and mobo. I am looking at these two cpu's:
here
or
here
And I am wanting suggestions on a good board to go with it. I like Asus. I have looked at a couple:
here
and
here
But they seem to have mixed reviews.
How important is socket 939? And is there really any advantage ATX vs. MicroATX?
Any other thoughts for me?
Thanks
First of all, the PRIMARY use of this machine is not sor gaming. I really mostly use it for mundane web surfing, email, playing music, paying bills, burning cd's, some photoshop stuff, etc. However, I do occasionally use it for games. (Probably will more once it's upgraded.) And the games that I like tend to be fairly high performance. (For example, I have my eye on Doom 3.)
I have already gotten a new case. Yes, it came with a psu. No, I'm not planning on using the stock one. That's not really where I need the advice. I have a hd, optical drives, and peripherals. I also have a Radeon 9600 graphics card that I think will be okay for now.
So, what I'm really shopping for is a cpu and mobo. I am looking at these two cpu's:
here
or
here
And I am wanting suggestions on a good board to go with it. I like Asus. I have looked at a couple:
here
and
here
But they seem to have mixed reviews.
How important is socket 939? And is there really any advantage ATX vs. MicroATX?
Any other thoughts for me?
Thanks