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Old September 27th, 2005, 12:51 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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help with new build

I was going to buy a new cpu for my HTPC server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB
and up grade a old computer so it can connect to the wireless HTPC for movies in the bed room. Needed New mother board and CPU,sence I couldn't sell the AMD64 4000 I'm going to keep it (Great CPU ).Take the A8V and the 4000 and put it in the bed room HTPC,now I need a new mother board to go with the Toledo


EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813123236
AOpen nCK804Ua-LFS Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $114
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813137066
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $129
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136152

Looking for the best OCer,Is it a better MOBO

putting some new RAM with this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227209
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Old September 27th, 2005, 01:15 AM     #2 (permalink)
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maybe I should have put this thread in the OCer forum
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Old September 27th, 2005, 09:35 AM     #3 (permalink)
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uh i heard the DFI was good
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Old September 27th, 2005, 03:53 PM     #4 (permalink)
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Come on guys I have intill monday to shop I get a bonus check my wife don't know about.looking for a NVIDIA north bridge,what would buy if you had a little Mad Money
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Old September 28th, 2005, 01:02 PM     #5 (permalink)
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I think I'm going with this
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard -
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Platinum System Memory - Retail
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Ya, I heard the DFI's are good for OCing...but the new ATI mobos that supprt crossfire are supposed to be much better!
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Old September 28th, 2005, 01:55 PM     #7 (permalink)
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DFI and MSI are the best boards for overclocking. DFI will gives you a wider range of voltage choices and MSI has more features.
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Old September 28th, 2005, 06:54 PM     #8 (permalink)
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I would go DFI, but that's me. Nice system.
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