I'm grateful for "suggestions" on upgrades, but I am only interested in the processor. No motherboard, no RAM, no video card.
Why?
All of those will be complete unknowns as to the stability. Additionally, AM2 showed little to no real improvement over Socket 939. Considering I have my memory clocked at DDR-500 with 3-3-3-1T timings, DDR2-667 would likely end up being slower due to increased latency. To compensate for that, I wouldn't be looking at "value ram", but more like DDR2-800 kits like G.Skill, Corsair Dominator, or OCZ Reaper...with even the potential of needing to get DDR2-1066...based on AM2 reviews by Anandtech...
I have no intention of replacing a bunch of stuff for the same overall performance with the increased unknown of whether or not the components are stable. When I want to do that, I'll be looking at Core2 or Phenom (if priced competitively)...for a whole new system build...
So, with that, thanks Don for the links...
LOL...
I feel your pain!
I have a matched pair of 270's (Skt 940), but I procrastinated making my move. :-(
Now I can't seem to find my MB choice (a K8N-DL) at anything other than what I will bluntly call extortionately high prices! >:-(
However, I'm a very patient fellow about things like this, and eventually thing will break my way. I'm sure of it! ;-)
How well will it perform though? I know at least some of the agp/pcie boards only ran the AGP slot at PCI (not express) speeds.
If the machine is intended for crunchbox/server use only, a better choice would be aboard with an onboard gpu or to watch deal sites for a $10ish 6100-6200/7100/7300 PCIe card. The power savings of a low end GPU will pay for themselves in a year if you don't need to game on it.
Hi,
this board is a hybrid with an old NForce3 which supports full AGP 8x and an ULI tunnel chip for PCIe. So you have both full AGP and full PCIe 16x. I ran the board first with an AGP-Card (1950pro) and now with an PCIe-Card (8800GT). The performance of both are perfect.
I agree to you, that a computer used as a crunchbox only, has no need for an high performance GPU.
How well will it perform though? I know at least some of the agp/pcie boards only ran the AGP slot at PCI (not express) speeds.
If the machine is intended for crunchbox/server use only, a better choice would be aboard with an onboard gpu or to watch deal sites for a $10ish 6100-6200/7100/7300 PCIe card. The power savings of a low end GPU will pay for themselves in a year if you don't need to game on it.
Hi,
this board is a hybrid with an old NForce3 which supports full AGP 8x and an ULI tunnel chip for PCIe. So you have both full AGP and full PCIe 16x. I ran the board first with an AGP-Card (1950pro) and now with an PCIe-Card (8800GT). The performance of both are perfect.
I agree to you, that a computer used as a crunchbox only, has no need for an high performance GPU.
Unless you have a Science app that crunches WITH the GPU. Unfortunately, E@H doesn't.
RE: @All: I'm grateful for
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LOL...
I feel your pain!
I have a matched pair of 270's (Skt 940), but I procrastinated making my move. :-(
Now I can't seem to find my MB choice (a K8N-DL) at anything other than what I will bluntly call extortionately high prices! >:-(
However, I'm a very patient fellow about things like this, and eventually thing will break my way. I'm sure of it! ;-)
Alinator
RE: How well will it
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Hi,
this board is a hybrid with an old NForce3 which supports full AGP 8x and an ULI tunnel chip for PCIe. So you have both full AGP and full PCIe 16x. I ran the board first with an AGP-Card (1950pro) and now with an PCIe-Card (8800GT). The performance of both are perfect.
I agree to you, that a computer used as a crunchbox only, has no need for an high performance GPU.
RE: RE: How well will
)
Unless you have a Science app that crunches WITH the GPU. Unfortunately, E@H doesn't.
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