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[ZombieSupaStar]

Im starting to piece together my new system


(on paper)



I want a 64bit cpu AMD

a pci express board


and new 3d card



which was the socket size to get again i forget?

 

[shoplifter]

939, AMD is (or has) phasing out the 754 chips

 

[Drexon]

939 replaces 754 so....

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

CPU

AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2.2 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Socket 939 Processor - Retail

MB
MSI "K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI" NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL


I need a new PS for the new 24pin powersupply with -5V on Pin 20?



I also have 2 sticks of 512 3200 ddr ram I can still use those fine correct?


and SLI is an option right I dont have to use it at the start? or do I?

 

[DonasaurusRex]

yes

yes

and yes.

 

[AntoneM]

you don't have to use SLI at the start, but if you want SLI so you can run 2 6600GT's your better off getting 1 6800GT, certainly 2 6600GT's do offer some performance gain over 1 6800 GT, but think of it like this:

You could have 1 6800 GT now and have performance almost equal to 2 6600 GT's and then add another 6800 GT later when your system is staring to get slow. Or you can get 2 6600GT's and have a little better performance than 1 6800 GT without an option to upgrade

Also, I'm not sure that you need to have a PSU with a 24 pin connection, it would lioko better, but I think you can use a regular 20-pin PSU. I'd suggest more research on this since I'm not absolutely sure about it.

 

[Phoenix]

you don't have to use SLI at the start, but if you want SLI so you can run 2 6600GT's your better off getting 1 6800GT, certainly 2 6600GT's do offer some performance gain over 1 6800 GT, but think of it like this:

You could have 1 6800 GT now and have performance almost equal to 2 6600 GT's and then add another 6800 GT later when your system is staring to get slow. Or you can get 2 6600GT's and have a little better performance than 1 6800 GT without an option to upgrade

Also, I'm not sure that you need to have a PSU with a 24 pin connection, it would lioko better, but I think you can use a regular 20-pin PSU. I'd suggest more research on this since I'm not absolutely sure about it.

Or you could buy 1 6600GT now and add another 6600GT later or just replace it with two 6800GTs when the prices become more sane.

 

[AntoneM]

Or you could buy 1 6600GT now and add another 6600GT later or just replace it with two 6800GTs when the prices become more sane.

yes I suppose that is an option