MSI K8N Neo-V Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard
with a AMD Athlon 64 2800 retail box
I notice some Athlons show as Clawhammer.... what is the difference?
I can do this combo for $170.00 ... I have been doing Xeon dual setups and high end P4 for the last two years so this seems like nothing! :) Oddly enough selling off the compents of my Dual PIII = Crucial ECC RAM and the two matching PIIIs I will probably make money on the deal!
If you buy a board like this with onboard NIC and sound can you be assured of 64bit drivers? The only thing I wish the board had was a GB NIC.
At 06:02 AM 12/14/2005, you wrote:
I'm not an AMD guru, but I had a nearly identical setup to you! Old dual
P3-933 on Tyan Thunder workstation. I ran into some odd problems with it so
I finally decided to upgrade to AMD (I haven't used AMD since the K6-200
days).
I went with the MSI NF4 K8N 7125 NEO4-F and 3000+ ATHLON 64 939P. It's
probably a touch bit more expensive than your choice but you can always drop
the clock down. I'm always worried about the chipsets myself, but I think
the latest 64 bit offerings from AMD seem more stable than the Socket A
selection (which wasn't that horrible either if you knew how to get around
the weirdness).
- Carroll Kong
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [H] AMD board and CPU
>
> I have a old,k dual 1GB Tyan 250 setup that is used for
> storage with my old PATA collection, as well as Video
> recording with a AIW 9600 PRO. The board is giving me
> problems, so I am thinking of upgrading to a AMD setup. I
> haven't worked with AMD since the K62 days.
>
> I don't want to spend any real money for this, it is just my
> third computer that I rarely turn on, but it is useful to have it
>
> ....Newegg has these for around $150, but I have no idea
> what it is! I know the Sempron isn't their fastest chip, but
> this a 64 bit setup isn't it? How does this chip compare to a
> P4 ... is it suppose to be equal to a 3100
>
> MSI K8T Neo-V Socket 754 VIA K8T800 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $55
>
> AMD Sempron 64 3100+ Palermo 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Processor
> Model SDA3100BXBOX - Retail $100
>
> I need the AGP slot and I don't need anything on board... I
> have a SMC GB NIC PCI card and a PCI SB Live Value and a
> Antec 550 True Value Xeon PS with a 20 pin ATX adaptor. I
> just need the board and the CPU. And I want no problems ...
> just reliable computing.
>
> Could a AMD guru let me know if this sound like a good value?
>
