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04-13-2006, 03:42 AM
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i do play the odd game, but with work, the kids and hobbies, i don't seem to have as much time as before.
once you start looking at a system where you piece it together, how do you decide which motherboard to go with, they literally give you hundreds of choices that do the same thing...... same for the ram, video card....
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04-13-2006, 04:21 AM
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for the computer guys, what's your thoughts on this system from canada computers:
Motherboard Asus A8V Socket 939 with Athlon 64 X2 3800+ RAM KingMax 512MB DDR400 PC3200 Hard Drive WD 80GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache ROM 16X Dual Layer DVD-Writer Case Antec SLK2650BQE Video Card ASUS V9520-X 128MB Sound Card Onboard Sound Keyboard Logitech Office Pro Mouse Logitech Optical Mouse Speakers Logitech S100 Speakers (Black) is this mother board of decent quality? the system seems to be priced right, but is it of low quality? thanks rob
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tanks: 120g w/starphire front, pm bullet 2 skimmer, yellow tang, emperor angel, niger trigger, spotted hawkfish, blue tang, flame angel and 120lbs lr
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04-13-2006, 09:50 PM
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Via chipsets (the V in ths MB name) really suck. They can out perform others by small margins in certain situations but they tend to have odd incompatibilities and the windows drivers are junk. Try and find one with an Nvidia chipset (Asus A8N something).
The chipset is what runs the drives, slots, USB, memory and such. It is the most important component of the system. That video card is pretty meh too. Because you have an AGP style video slot on that board rather than a PCI Express your upgrade options are currently limited and will completely disappear in the next 6 months. Not just a game issue either, the fancy interface in Windows Vista uses the video card a lot. Ask them to change the motherboard to an ASUS A8N5X and get a Nvida GeForce 7300GS based video card. Should add somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 to the system price but will be a bit more future proof. You can balance the cost by dropping the processor down to a 3200+ or so. Chances are you would never notice the processor difference but you would cut $150 of cost. Why they stuck a higher end chip in that junk MB I don't understand. Quote:
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