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Technical & Scientific => Hardware => Topic started by: Tman on April 28, 2005, 06:54:36 PM

Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: Tman on April 28, 2005, 06:54:36 PM: I ordered this Tuesday night. It should get here by Monday. World of Warcraft is going to be so fast :devil:

Clicky (http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/WishShareShow.asp?ID=1481565&WishListTitle=Athlon64%20Upgrade)

I think it's a great deal for all that I'm getting, Athlon64, 1GB mem, GeForce 6200 (with turbocache which uses PCIe x16, very fast, have to have a mobo that supports it), and a nice fan that should let me overclock a bit. Hopefully my power supply can take it...

Anyways, what do you think?
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: ober on April 28, 2005, 09:19:45 PM: niiiiice. I wanted to go with an Athlon64 when I upgraded, but got a better deal on a P4.
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: jverkoey on April 28, 2005, 11:33:26 PM: That's the same processor I just bought for my new computer, runs really nicely and VERY cool (cold start it's at about 30, hot running it gets at max 42).
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: sand_man on April 29, 2005, 01:20:33 AM: wow
my athlon xp 3200+ is currently running at 64C. And that is about as cool as it gets without turning it off.
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: jverkoey on April 29, 2005, 12:44:33 PM: The AMD 64 chip has a ton of surface area which would explain why it keeps so cool I believe.

(http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/0924/amd1_03.jpg)
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: joshdick on April 29, 2005, 01:25:36 PM: Wow, you're right. That thing's the size of my palm!
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: ober on April 29, 2005, 01:49:05 PM: LOL
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: Steve on April 30, 2005, 11:02:59 PM: you did good except for a few more bucks you coulda gotten a MSI version of that mobo with alot more options, which is a much better board. Also the ram isnt all that great, but it'll do ya.
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: kermi3 on April 30, 2005, 11:58:30 PM: You have any luck finding drivers for it? Friend of mine just started runing XP64, but he can't use a lot fo his hardware - like his wireless card.
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: Tman on May 01, 2005, 01:11:38 AM: I've never heard of MSI.. and the RAM shouldn't be all that bad. It's certainly better than what I have. And cheap. And I never heard about hardware problems.. I haven't actually gotten it yet so I wouldn't know. It gets here monday...
Title: Athlon64 Upgrade
Post by: Steve on May 02, 2005, 01:23:28 AM: Quote from: kermi3
You have any luck finding drivers for it? Friend of mine just started runing XP64, but he can't use a lot fo his hardware - like his wireless card.

Unless i missed something he never mentioed running windows xp 64bit version....and if he cant find drivers tell him to get ahold of me its easy enough.

On to the ram: The maker isnt THAT bad for most hardware, but they build really shotty, low end quality ram. You could have gone with Infineon ram for the same speed, if not a little higher, around the same price. Its not a well known or even advertised fact, but Infineon is manufactured by kingston and comes with a pretty good warranty (lifetime).

The system will run well, i would just suggest upgrading the ram somewhere down the line before making any other higher end upgrades, its going to be a bottleneck otherwise : )