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Originally posted by imagine6251
thanks for the quickness of the replies guys.. caps gone Gage!! sorry-- whats the difference between asus and msi products? I noticed that pcworld rates asus products as their top mobos. And when it comes to gpus they rate the evgas as the best value cards. So can u guys specify which am2 mobo and which am2 gpu (sli of course) is a better choice??
plus.. if i get am2 i need to get the athlon x2 4200 right???? is this a good cpu and can i overclock it without knowing much about oc'ing??? If i do so, what kind of heatsink and cooling devices will i need>???
Thanks again all!! |
Asus are good yes, infact I've just ordered my new motherboard from them yesterday, the Asus M2N32-SLi-DLX nForce 590 SLi (Socket AM2), got it for £115 + VAT which is about what... $200?
and yes the 4200 X2 is a very nice cpu. My only problem with AM2 boards is that you only really gain with memory interface of DDR2 if you have a CPU clock of 2.4GHz or over, otherwise there isn't much difference over a skt939 running DDR400. But AM2 is the latest socket, and so it will keep your options open more in the future. (so yeah, you're going to need to get yourself some DDR2 if you go AM2.)
As for overclocking i'm not the guy to ask, i dont usually bother with it. Although I beleive its relatively simple. I presume you just bump up the fsb and let the multiplier do its job.