help choosing next upgrade!

[cdawall]

i'm trying to choose between these

MSI K8N Neo 4 SLI

X2 3600+/3800+

320GB HDD for raid0

what do all of you think SLi in the future, raid0, or dual core now?

or should i save my money for an overhaul?

current specs

3000+ venice
DFI infinity ultra
2x1gb DDR400
seagate 320gb sata2
XFX 8600GTS XXX
Tt 500w purepower

[erocker]

Save your money. After upgrades and the such my s939 system ended up costing me over $1800 bucks all toghether. It's worth it to save up and buy something really nice! If you are an AMD fan, the new B3 Phenoms should be out soon.

[Cold Storm]

If your going to up-grade I'd go with erocker on it. A duel core looks sweet to get, but Phenoms are getting closer and closer to nice change. If you know what I mean.

But if you don't want to go there, get a black 5000+. I think you'll like that processor for duel core.

[cdawall]

i'm probably going to stick with 939 for a bit seeing how i just got off s754 ;)

[cdawall]

oh and this build was basically free for me thanks to xazax after he bought my s478 system

[Silverel]

Go RAID 0 then, at least you'll be able to carry that over when you do your next major upgrade.

[DaMulta]

Save your money for a cheap AMD QUAD/Motherboard DDR2 upgrade

[Tatty_One]

If you wanna stay S939 I would suggest trying to get your hands on a reasonably priced Opty 165 or 170, even on 939 a dual core that should clock to around 3gig is still very competative.

[cdawall]

sounds like i should just save the cash...

@tatty the 3600/3800s do 3ghz easy thats why i was looking at them esp. since they cost ~$40

[Tatty_One]

sounds like i should just save the cash...

@tatty the 3600/3800s do 3ghz easy thats why i was looking at them esp. since they cost ~$40

I didnt think you could get a S939 3600x2? but yeah, fair play but there is Kudos in an Opty :D

[cdawall]

http://www.google.com/products?q=3600+X2+939&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1

they are hard to find but they do exist

[sneekypeet]

the 3600 is a cache cut 3800...get the 3800 in Toledo if possible. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/print/athlon64-x2-3600.html
I would say Opty FTW in 939...the other X2's werent the same!
I still voted to save the loot and go big!

[zekrahminator]

Save up for a car, or if you already have one, put some gas in the tank ;).

[cdawall]

Save up for a car, or if you already have one, put some gas in the tank ;).

i have a gas sipping 90 civic with the big old 4cyl in it :D $20 a tank once a month for to and from school

[cdawall]

looks like i'm getting a AM2 setup possibly if my 939 sells


about a million thanks to danishdevil