- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Xnyl
Thanks, that helped a lot. But that raises another question, "What about the motherboard?" What motherboard is best for AMD, & which is good for P4. And ofcourse it has to have a good RAM & Video Slot (x8).
Well the answer to this question depends a lot on your budget, your needs as a computer user (what you are going to use it for), and how much you trust "new" technology (PCI-Express, 64 bit CPU's). Personally I stick with the major names (links to these brands are listed in the original post). I like warrantees, and if you have a motherboard blow a capacitor or other integral piece of circuitry, then you will too. Also If you are building a whole new system you have to choose your mobo (motherboard) on what kind of other hardware you want to attach to it (i.e. SATA, RAID, PCI-X, DDR2), and if you want things like gigabit LAN, or 8.1 surround-sound. These questions must first be answered by you (and your wallet) before you should choose your mobo. If this is just a replacement of an older mobo/CPU, and you are going to be connecting your current hardware to a newer mobo/CPU; then you have to make sure that the newer mobo is compatible with your older equipment. For a great "new" mobo Asus has the A8V; this mobo is for the new socket 939 64bit athlon/FX chips from AMD it supports 4gb of RAM, has an onboard WIFI-G expansion slot, and gigabit LAN network interface connector. Not bad for a new mobo :)
Still you should shop around and see what other companies are producing before you buy anything. This way you can match a mobo type up with the needs you have as a user.