Advice for gaming rig. pleeease.

[4DConsumer]

Which is better for the newest games on high settings and higher fps for CS:S ??

AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 3800, or the 4200 ? Not much difference in price, on ebay anyway.

I will be posting more questions in this topic as I learn more about what I'm getting into. Thanks in advance.

 

[The General]

Get the X2 3800+, they are $169 on Newegg, and the 4200+ won't give much of a performance increase in games, as the video card does most of the work.

I wouldn't buy computer parts on eBay either.

 

[Ethereal_Dragon]

Get the X2 3800+, they are $169 on Newegg, and the 4200+ won't give much of a performance increase in games, as the video card does most of the work.

I wouldn't buy computer parts on eBay either.

Agreed... on both fronts... eBay = no, get X2 3800+ and OC it to 4200+ speeds and save the money.

 

[massacreinfallx]

well obviously the 4200+ is going to be better, but not enough better for themoney. get the 3800. or buy the 4400 and get a real performance upgrade with the l2 chache

but guys do youseriously think he can overclock? he dosnt even know wich is the faster cpu betweene the 3800+ and 4200+

 

[4DConsumer]

Yeah, I was reading the customer reviews on newegg.com about both cpus' and alot of people said that the 3800 was nearly just as good as the 4200 for a lower cost. Next question, with the 3800, what motherboard should I go with? I'm currently looking at the ECS K8T890-A. This is it's specs:

CPU Socket Type Socket 939 for Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64/Sempron/Dual Core
FSB 1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s)
North Bridge VIA K8T890
South Bridge VIA VT8237R
4x 184pin DDR PC3200
Maximum Memory Supported 2GB Dual Channel
AGP Express slot (8X)
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
2 PCI Slots
1 x CNR
PATA 2 x ATA100 up to 4 Devices
2 SATA 1.5 Gb/s
SATA RAID 0/1
Realtek ALC655 Audio
6 Channels 24-bit sound
LAN Chipset VIA VT6103 1 GB/s
2 PS/2
1 COM
1 LPT
4x USB 2.0
3 Ports Audio Ports
4x USB 2.0

 

[massacreinfallx]

i suggest you go with a am2 setup

 

[massacreinfallx]

that way you can upgrade in the fture, socket 939 has seen its days. get am2 if you want to be able to upgrade to the am3

 

[4DConsumer]

The main reason for socket 939 is that I want to keep my existing 1 GB ram (184 pin). Socket AM2 is 240 pin. Thanks for the info though.

 

[massacreinfallx]

oh alright, then in that case i like your choices

 

[4DConsumer]

Can somebody recommend a good motherboard that is compatible with the AMD X2 3800 socket 939 ? The one I was looking at isn't compatible with the X2.