Going over to the Dark Side...ATI and AMD

[JiF]KellysHero · Post by **[JiF]KellysHero** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:22 pm

I'm trying to build either a budget HTPC or a LAN PC as part of a micro ATX case review. I have an 80 gig ATA drive as well as 1 gig of PC 2700 ram, and 2 gigs of PC3200 ram (in my current system). This way I don't have to add a HD and will be using DDR ram.

As a reference, my current system consists of..

2.4 Ghz P4 FSB 533
BFG GeForce 6800 OC, 128 megs of ram.
2gigs of DDR PC2700
Audigy 2
No sata or raid hard drive.

Pretty slow by today's stanards.

Here's the case.
http://www.ultraproducts.com/product_de ... ductID=439

Going for a combo LAN/HTPC system using the ATI All In One card. This should give good

Here's the CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2.2GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103539

GPU/TV Tuner
ATI All-In-Wonder X1900 PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... 54&ps=ho10

MB (Figure the ATI Chipset would be best and have it down to two different boards)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductCo ... 6813136007

[JiF]rIot · Post by **[JiF]rIot** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:10 pm

Id recommend the FX-55, its way cheap now, its the price I payed for my 4000+ a year ago

[JiF]Beezer · Post by **[JiF]Beezer** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:52 pm

I can beat your computer with a low budget comp like mine,
Amd 64 3000+
1 gig Kingstong pc2700
gforce6800 128mb
circut city sound card.

Pretty darn bad

[JiF]KellysHero · Post by **[JiF]KellysHero** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:07 pm

[JiF]Beezer wrote:I can beat your computer with a low budget comp like mine,
Amd 64 3000+
1 gig Kingstong pc2700
gforce6800 128mb
circut city sound card.

Pretty darn bad

That's bad, but while I have the edge on ram, your Amd 64 3000+ crushes my P4 2400 at 533 FSB

[JiF]Lonewolf · Post by **[JiF]Lonewolf** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:00 pm

On the MB I would highly consider the DFI board as I have a lot of good things about from a couple of people. I have also heard good things about the ASUS board. Even tho they have their differences I'm leaning towards the DFI board. For around another $70 you can get the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ retail or the OEM version for $10 less then the retail. The FX-55 is about $120 more then the CPU you have picked out.

What you picked out looks pretty good to me tho. I just provided a couple of suggestions from what I have heard and have used myself but I'm sure someone else here has had some luck with other combinations. Just leave your self some room for upgrades down the road.