Need help!

[jefferson goh]

I found out that my motherboard and processor sucks while the rest of my pc components is good so is it worth buying a new case , processor and Motherboard while using the same thing for the other parts like graphic card , Hard disk (example)..


If yes .. recommend me some processsor and motherboard.


Note my current processor is 2.0ghz
Motherboard only support 4x

I use this pc for gaming..


Or should i wait for newer ones

 

[Áļéאָ]

If you buy a new pc you'll need a new gfx card and ram. So basicaly only peripherals can be kept. Optical drive( s ) HDD and sound card (and any othr pci devices) And with new cpu/mobo/ram/agp, you will probably need a new big case (most likely). In the end, all you need is just.. 75% of a new pc.

 

[jefferson goh]

- AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice CPU
- Foxconn WinFast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS Motherboard (nForce 4)
- 2 x 512MB Patriot CL2.5 PC3200 1GB DDR Kit
- Eagle 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600LE PCI Express Graphics Card
- Seagate 80GB 7,200rpm Barracuda Hard Disk
- Samsung 52x CDRW Combo Drive
- TX-350w Power Supply
- Head Way Black ATX Casing
- A4 Tech Black Slim Keyboard
- LeTaec Optical Mouse
- X-Free 2.1 speakers with Sub woofer

is this pc good enough?

 

[Joe Star]

I would go with a DDR2 mobo

 

[Áļéאָ]

meh mem timings are just awfull.., ddr2 sux. And is certainly not successsfull so far. And i dont think there is an AMD CPU that can support DDR2. AMd CPUs have the mem controler integrated, thus its not up to the mobo to give something different from what the CPU can give. Maybe the latest amds do support DDR2, i havent realy looked much into Hardware news as of late tbh, but i realy doubt it there is support yet.

 

[jefferson goh]

Is AMD better than INtel in gaming?

 

[Joe Star]

All I know is that AMD processors give the same performance as Intel one's for a cheaper price

 

[Joe Star]

On a similar vein.....i'm gonna be building a comp soon (for gaming & everyday stuff, plus some video processing) & I need some recommendations on my mobo & CPU. I'm not really inclined to either an AMD or Intel processor. Just want as much bang as possible for my money, which is about US$400. Any recommendations?

 

[Áļéאָ]

the way i see it, a gaming rig costs just about 300+~ just for a graphics card. Then another 200-300 for CPU and a mobo deff from, or above 100. A PC for gaming costs a lot and also to adding vid edit to that... video edit/processing nowdays should requires at least 1gb of ram and lots of HD space. 200gigs should do the trick most of the time. Btw thats if we're talking about a true gaming/vid editing rig

 

[Joe Star]

My CPU & mobo budget is $400 For the graphics card i'm considering a 128MB Geforce 6600GT DDR3 DVI or a 256MB ATI X800GTO. Both fall in my budget range. I'm not exactly going for a cutting-edge gaming machine here. Just something that'll at least last me a couple of years