BF2S Forums i am thinking about a new comp

HTF can it be that cheap.

i like everythin (for a budget) except the cpu...get the 4400 because of the L2 cache= much faster/easier to oc.

I din't say that card is bad, i just wanted to say that 7900 is better for the future.

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober wrote:

i like everythin (for a budget) except the cpu...get the 4400 because of the L2 cache= much faster/easier to oc.

cant aford the 4400

guys....he is under a budget....not everyone can afford these powerhouse systems like some of you lucky ducks can....unfortunately.  Budgets suck but i feel i got a great computer for my needs for relatively cheap.  When your under a budget, your final outcome is usually pushing it already....let alone tryin to upgrade processors and RAM that much more....

....stop thinkin one track mind and understand the concept of a budget and i bet you will see that his computer will do everything he needs it to do.

Go for it bro.

ps....if i had the money right now i would go for that processor in a heartbeat....lol....birthday is in 1.5 weeks.....maybe...JUST MAYBE...i might get some money i can blow on my computer....who knows.  Goodluck though.

Last edited by siciliano732 (2006-10-04 12:13:15)

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

The only bad thing I see is that you are spending a pretty penny on a dying platform.  The SFF are nice for space and all, but the boards are proprietary.  You will be locked into S939 with no upgrade path.  Not to mention that when you go to upgrade again, you will lose the case, PSU, processor, and RAM.

Unless you are absolutely set on an SFF system, you could build a pretty nice C2D system for about the same money.

...layman's terms?

siciliano732 wrote:

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

The only bad thing I see is that you are spending a pretty penny on a dying platform.  The SFF are nice for space and all, but the boards are proprietary.  You will be locked into S939 with no upgrade path.  Not to mention that when you go to upgrade again, you will lose the case, PSU, processor, and RAM.

Unless you are absolutely set on an SFF system, you could build a pretty nice C2D system for about the same money.

...layman's terms?

AMD is not making any faster versions of the S939.  Everything from here will be AM2 and use DDR2 memory.  That means he buying a platform that is already dead.

The SFF (Small Form Factor) like that shuttle case use proprietary boards to fit those tiny cases.  You can't just throw another board in there, and the same is true of the PSU.

This means upgrading will require that he change the case/PSU/mobo because they are proprietary to the SFF case.  Since S939 and DDR is going away, he will also have to replace the CPU and memory.

Even at 1.86GHz the E6300 is going to be about as fast as a 2.2GHz A64 X2 processor, and is $180, which is $5 cheaper than the a64; not to mention it is an overclocking monster.

Newegg has a budget based Asus board that will support the C2D processors for ~$106, or a bit better board using the P965 chipset for $148.  With the CPU being $5 cheaper, that means the board comes out to being like $143.  That means he has $77 dollars to work with for a case and PSU.  Newegg also has a 2 x 512MB DDR2 667MHz DDR Corsair value kit for the same price as that single 1GB DDR stick he found on ZZF, so RAM is a wash.  All the other parts don't have to change.

Face it, for about the same money he could build a C2D system that is more current, is upgradeable, and he isn't immediately buying into a dying platform.

Last edited by Agent_Dung_Bomb (2006-10-04 12:36:52)

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?? really, cant afford $40 more? its way worth it. go mow your neighbors lawn or something...