Help a fool out

**Gumby** · 05-08-08, 11:21 PM

That Abit is a MicroATX and does not have SLI support in its future due to there being only one 16x slot.
The Asus is BIOS-flashable to support Phenom, but you would be better served by a more modern chipset.

If I was buying one right now, I would wait just a bit for the Nvidia 750a chipsets to be common enough for there to be several board choices in the $100-$150 range.

**yungryder** · 05-08-08, 11:22 PM

You should wait till you can afford to go Intel...fuck wasting money on AMD....

**BigHub** · 05-08-08, 11:35 PM

Dude, its ok.. My AMD is just fine. Stock @ 2.5 is plenty. I have it OC'd at 2.75. Nothing wrong with my processor. Even then, once the bios updates for that Asus come out, I can save up for a Phenom Quad-Core. Then do the step up program thingy with EVGA and get another card and SLI it out.

**~~Syrringe~~** · 05-09-08, 04:00 PM

Hub..save a lil more...get this mobo:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131022

get the 8800gt 512 for 169.....you'll be fine...TRUST ME. Dont let anyone tell you different. This is a biased forum, so accept every piece of advice you want...but if you already have some DDR2 800 ram...this mobo plus the 8800 will rock it out for you.

guys...hubs a broke college kid....he wont ever go sli. If he can manage with agp all this time...he doesnt need sli.

**BigHub** · 05-10-08, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Syrringe

Hub..save a lil more...get this mobo:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131022

get the 8800gt 512 for 169.....you'll be fine...TRUST ME. Dont let anyone tell you different. This is a biased forum, so accept every piece of advice you want...but if you already have some DDR2 800 ram...this mobo plus the 8800 will rock it out for you.

guys...hubs a broke college kid....he wont ever go sli. If he can manage with agp all this time...he doesnt need sli.

couldn't of been said more perfectly.

**MaKe_OuT_33** · 05-11-08, 01:47 AM

I like the idea of going with the card that syrr pointed out---> 8800GTS 512. I would like to suggest getting an AM2/AM2+ socket if you wanna go with a phenom later. Here is a nice board that aint too expensive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131289

yea the phenoms are backwards compatible but wouldn't you rather run it on an am2+?

**BigHub** · 05-13-08, 11:47 AM

I really can't wait to order this stuff... I'm getting all antsy in my pantsy.

I won't get to order until Sunday the 18th, because by then... my paycheck should be into my account. Gayness.

**...bigdog...** · 05-13-08, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by BigH?b

roger...

I think I'm gunna go with this motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131246

And this graphics card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130318

the Asus M2N is a good board. If you're keepingyour AM2, then I'd go with that.

And these clowns with the "omg get a 775".......shit......get a phenom for that AM2 socket, and start smoking 775's.

**Hocus Pocus** · 05-13-08, 01:07 PM

Just remember you wont be oc'ing the phenom, its not made to go much farther than its original settings

**BigHub** · 05-13-08, 01:35 PM

Who cares... thats 4 cores. That's like saying your stock Ford GT500 doesn't haul ass.

A stock Quad-Core Phenom @ 2.5GHz will shit on my OC'd Dual-Core Brisbane @ 2.75GHz