Sir_Siddy Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Im planning on upgrading my PC soon. Iv picked out a board and possible CPU. My board will be a DFI Lanparty nF4My CPU will be a AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+I havnt picked out a Video card as of yet but I think I will be using a nvidia card. I plan on going SLI in the future as well. My only problem is with my powersupply. I need to buy a new one but I dont know much about them brand type or anything. It needs to be 24 pin but I think most new ones are. What are some good models to look at. Im guessing the it may need to be a 550 Watt PS because of the video cards and also my CD drives and harddrives. The only PS I have been looking at has been this onehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103931I dont know if its good or how antec products work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Im planning on upgrading my PC soon. Iv picked out a board and possible CPU. My board will be a DFI Lanparty nF4My CPU will be a AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+I havnt picked out a Video card as of yet but I think I will be using a nvidia card. I plan on going SLI in the future as well. My only problem is with my powersupply. I need to buy a new one but I dont know much about them brand type or anything. It needs to be 24 pin but I think most new ones are. What are some good models to look at. Im guessing the it may need to be a 550 Watt PS because of the video cards and also my CD drives and harddrives. The only PS I have been looking at has been this onehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103931I dont know if its good or how antec products work.I've never heard anybody complain about antect - but I'd look for something around $60 (unless you can really afford to pay for that specific PSU)When I was picking out my system (same CPU) I read a lot about the DFI board needing to be tweeked alot which is a big turn off for most PC users. Also, it doesn't read cheap memory, so you would have to invest more money into higher quality memory. I've heard great reviews on the high quality MSI socket 939 board, and I personally like my ASUS a8n-sli board Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimras Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 I'm running an Antec PS and I like it---never had any problems with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted April 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 I like DFI alot. I plan on building a high performance system. Ill look around for a slightly cheaper PS though. I dont know if I want to use Asus again. The last board I got from them absoulutely killed me. Their tech support did not help at all either. What RAM would you reccomend for my board? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 (edited) Recommended Memory for overclocking Edited April 2, 2006 by TheTerrorist_75 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted April 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 The RAM I currently use is this KINGMAX SuperRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System MemoryIt was 80 bucks when I got it last year. I dont know weather or not to buy some new RAM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davisbaumung Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Y not find a board that will work with the ram you all ready have!!Saves money and headache Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Im also looking for a high performance board. I think though that I will wait one more year before upgrading. AMD is supposed to come out with a new socket next year and is going to drop the 939. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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