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[Darken Sun]

nForce3 (your board + my board) > VIA K8T800 Pro (that other one that no one cares about). It definitely explains a lot .

[FragTek]

nForce3 (your board + my board) > VIA K8T800 Pro (that other one that no one cares about). It definitely explains a lot .

your board + my board > than anything

[Darken Sun]

your board + my board > than anything

I concur.

[Blazestorm]

Not exactly sure if brandon is into overclocking as much. I didn't realize how fast the 939 sockets came around. When I bought my 754, the 939's or whatever they were, at the time were only for FX Procs...

But I do agree, now that I see how available 939's are, to get one... 754's are still around 200, with the motherboard around 120-130.

Honestly, I don't think brandon cares as much for overclocking as he does raw stock performance. He's not really too computer inclined

[RetroEclipseMan]

Hahah, that's right, I'm not that computer inclined yet. Trying to learn though. And that's why you're helping me buddy.

[xmetal2001]

Go for a bigger hard drive, you won't regret it and it won't cost too much more.

[RetroEclipseMan]

Yeah, now that I'm saving money with going with the 3000+ I'll probably get a bigger HD to go with my 80g portable.

I know you guys recomended a Thermalright Heatsink for the CPU but which one actually goes with the AMD 3000+ or will any of the ones that say "up to 3200+ or 3500+" work?

[RetroEclipseMan]

[Darken Sun]

Thermalright XP-90s are really nice. An XP-120 would be better if it fits your board.

[Potatoboy]

You can build an awesome machine on a budget as well:

2500+ Athlon XP Mobile
DFI NF2 Ultra Infinity
2x 512MB Corsair Platinum
Antec P160 Case
Ultra X-Connect 500w PSU
ATI 9800 Pro with ATI Silencer
Samsung 160G SATA 7200 RPM Disk Drive
Thermaltake Silentboost HSF (New Vantec Tornado fan on it's way)

[RetroEclipseMan]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll check out those heatsinks. That's pretty impressive Tato.