hamfri
09-11-04, 04:10 PM
looking to buy an athlon64 processor, but I don't want to spend the money to get the 939 chipset because it appears to cost a lot more. I am therefore reduced to a socket 754 chipset and I have to buy a motherboard. Does anyone know what the best socket 754 motherboard is? Preferably I'd like 4 dimm slots, but after reading review after review, athlon64 boards don't appear to have 4 dimm slots on the motherboards. I also have an nVidia graphics card, so I don't know if using the nForce3 chipset is more advantageous to me opposed to another.
The whole process is a mess as I like Pentium processors better, but I understand I'll get more gaming performance out of an athlon64. If I am going to go socket 754 w/ athlon64 proc would it just be more worth my money to go p4 prescott since I am not buying a high end athlon64 processor? In the end I want to spend approx. $200 on a proc, and $200 or less on a motherboard.
The whole process is a mess as I like Pentium processors better, but I understand I'll get more gaming performance out of an athlon64. If I am going to go socket 754 w/ athlon64 proc would it just be more worth my money to go p4 prescott since I am not buying a high end athlon64 processor? In the end I want to spend approx. $200 on a proc, and $200 or less on a motherboard.