Question About Building new System

[joek71]

Hi guys

I am interested in building a new system. I am looking for the best mobo for the claw hammer 64bit system, what is the best mobo,hard drive, video card, ram, I am getting Vapo Chill case, looking to over clock the hammer. I would like to get a mobo with raid. Please provide your comments and suggestions. Money is not an issue.

Thanks,
Joe

[Farabomb]

Wait untill they release it.

[Drake]

Yup, no Athlon 64 yet.

[4.6POWER]

I thought only opteron was out?

[Drake]

Opteron and Athlon 64 are not the same thing. The Athlon 64 is the desktop version.

[notoriousformula]

so when is the Athlon 64 comin out???

notor:P

[Farabomb]

September is the present release date but things can change. :D

[Player0]

Actually Opteron and Athlon64 are quite a bit different, at least...compared to MP/XP.

You can get an Opteron board right now if you look around hard enough. I sure hope money isn't an object because you'll be paying through the nose for one. HardOCP has a couple dually opterons running.

Me, I'm waiting to see Athlon64 before I buy it. You cant beat Intel right now.

[notoriousformula]

so is it worth waiting for Athlon 64, cus i wanna get and AMD system soon, prolly Barton 2500+ and ABIT NFS7-S 2.0 or ASUS A7N8X-DX board.

cus, if that thing is goin to be expensive and the new mobo, i'll just go buy the Barton 2500+ :(

any comments?

notor

[Drake]

I agree with Tom. Athlon 64 is a long way off, and unless you're using server applications, you don't need a server board. If money is not an issue, I'd get an Abit IC7-G, P4C 3.0GHz, 1GB TwinX Corsair PC3500, whatever gfx card suits your needs, 2x WD Raptors in RAID 0, and anything else you can put in the system :)

Unless you're intent on getting an AMD system, Intel is the way to go now. Otherwise, I'd wait for Athlon 64.

[Player0]

Actually, for quite a bit cheaper, you can get a IS7-C, a P4 2.8C, and the rest the same, and youll get the same performance (or better cause the slower P4 will clock with a higher FSB).

There's no way I would buy an AMD system right now. Forget Barton, forget the NFS7. They cant touch the P4 lines. AMD is only a good choice for a budget system, like a KD7 and a XP1700+ or something. AMD's top end stuff well, isnt.

Athlon 64 is likely to be overrated. It may not be worth buying until late next year. There's not even a 64bit version of Windows XP yet. Is Server 2003 even 64 bit?

[Synthohol]

not for AMD..:(

[Nomad64]

Damn MicroShitty and thier support for Intel! :2guns:

Two months ago, I invested in an AMD system (see sig below), but then again, I am a hardcore AMD fan. If it dosen't matter to you, then Intel would be the way to go.