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Author:  datsylel [ Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:10 pm ]
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I'm saving for a new rig. I've set myself an aproximately 1000 Euro budget. I did some browsing and was thinking of buying something like this:

Chipset: ATI Crossfire XPress 3200 AM2 (+/- 100)
CPU: AMD X2 4600+ Windsor (+/- 200)
GPU: ATI Radeon x1900 XTX (+/- 300)
RAM: 2 GB DDR2 (+/- 200)

(Total: 800)

Wich leaves me with aproximately 200 for a power supply to feed this system (first I'll check if my current one will do too).

I've allready got a fine 120 GB SATA harddrive.

My current system's specs are:

Chipset: ?
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
GPU: NVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200
RAM: 512 MB of god knows what

Why did I post this?

Because I want some comments about the elements of the rig a cobbled together, about if the are compatible (I'm allmost certain they are) and if I can get it for the price I mentioned.
Author:  Bjossi [ Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:12 pm ]
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Can the AMD64 X2 fit into the AM2 socket of the mobo?
Author:  datsylel [ Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:19 pm ]
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It can if it sports a Windsor core:

wikipedia wrote:
Windsor (90 nm SOI)

Dual-core CPU

* CPU-Stepping: F
* L1-Cache: 64 + 64 KiB (Data + Instructions), per core
* L2-Cache: 512 - 1024 KiB fullspeed, per core
* MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, NX Bit
* Socket AM2, HyperTransport (1000 MHz, HT1000)
* VCore: 1.30 V - 1.35 V
* Power Consumption (TDP): 35 Watt (option for 3800+), 65 Watt (option for 3800+ - 4800+) & 89 Watt max (option for all)
* First Release: May 23, 2006
* Clockrate: 2000 MHz - 2600MHz
o 3800+: 2000 MHz (ADA3800IAA5CU)
o 4000+: 2000 MHz (ADA4000IAA6CS)
o 4200+: 2200 MHz (ADA4200IAA5CU)
o 4400+: 2200 MHz (ADA4400IAA6CS)
o 4600+: 2400 MHz (ADA4600IAA5CU)
o 4800+: 2400 MHz (ADA4800IAA6CS)
o 5000+: 2600 MHz (ADA5000IAA5CU)


That's all I know.
Author:  Bjossi [ Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:21 pm ]
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Remember that the AMD64 X2 use socket 939 while AM2 is socket 1207 if I remember correctly.
Or maybe there are AM2 X2s that I missed. :P
Author:  datsylel [ Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:51 pm ]
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Bjossi wrote:
Remember that the AMD64 X2 use socket 939 while AM2 is socket 1207 if I remember correctly.
Or maybe there are AM2 X2s that I missed. :P


Not the ones with a Windsor core. But they're only out since 23 may 2006.
That's the difference between an AMD Athlon X2 4600+ with part number ADA4600DAA5BV and one with part number ADA4600DAA5CD.

-Edit- Question, does anyone know if a crossfire MoBo can accept a single graphics card and work like a normal system too? I don't know shit about crossfire and I don't want to buy two GPU's.
Author:  datsylel [ Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:17 am ]
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Bumpeth.
Author:  Bjossi [ Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:50 am ]
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If you don't want two GPUs, then why buy a mobo that supports it? Just buy a mobo with 1 PCI Express slot, it is just as fast and reliable as mobos with 2 slots, and is cheaper.
Author:  datsylel [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:14 am ]
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K, time to look for another MoBo producer. ATI OR doesn't make single GPU slot MoBo's wich support AMD Athlon x2 AM2 processors, OR their site is just too incomprehensive.
Author:  Bjossi [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:49 am ]
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Asus make kickass mobos, you should look into those. I have A8N-E which is a 1xPCI-Express and costed around $90 if I remember correctly. While A8N SLi costed over $200...
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