64bit builders come in!

[Shibby H22A]

so what 64 bit setup do you have?

i am planning on to upgrade my current setup to a Athlon 64 either between 3000 to 3500 with 1mb cache 90nm process. but im not sure whats a good 64bit board yet.


my current setup is

Athlon XP 3000+ Barton 400mhz fsb
Abit NF7-S V2.0
Corsair XMS extreme PC3200CL 400mhz memory
400w antec ps
ATI Radeon 9500 PRO OC'ed to 9700

I proably should not go more than AMD 64 3200 due to my memory speeds.?

[Da|2kZe|2o]

for now only a few manu makes 64 bit motherboards. Of course athlon makes it for their proccessors

[*Vtec@8000RPM*]

my next setup will include an AMD 64, but im waiting for the PCI express to boom before i upgrade

[Shifty_56]

as far as i know, Asus makes boards for the 64. correct me if im wrong

[Shibby H22A]

there are good numbers of mobos for 64bit system out there on newegg.com

10 choices for 939 sockets

45 choices for 754 sockets.

754 is fading out.

939 is better and growing now.

im debating on if i should get 754 or 939..

939 socket processors with 1mb cache are expensive, thats for AMD line.

[Boosted MR-S]

Not wasting my money on computers because BTX will change everything.

[Shibby H22A]

Originally Posted by Boosted MR-S

Not wasting my money on computers because BTX will change everything.

BTX? clear me up on that one

[Silum]

balanced technology extended... dont worry about it, its a specification/standard, it wont make anything obsolete. Like going from OBD1 to OBD2. The atx form factor is btx

[Dizzon]

last march i built my 64 bit system

3200+ A64
asus k8v
antec 380w psu
ati 9800pro
kingston memory 1gb ddr500

theres not really much i can say about it since theres no 64 bit stuff out there. i tried windows xp 64, but when i tried looking for drivers, i couldn't. i'm thinking by the time the 64 bit stuff becomes the standard, my computer will probably be slow compared to what will be out.

check out reviews on tomshardware.com, hardocp.com, amdmb.com they should give you ideas on whats the best board out for the 64 chips. i'd go with asus though.

[dapimp]

Originally Posted by Dizzon

last march i built my 64 bit system

3200+ A64
asus k8v
antec 380w psu
ati 9800pro
kingston memory 1gb ddr500

theres not really much i can say about it since theres no 64 bit stuff out there. i tried windows xp 64, but when i tried looking for drivers, i couldn't. i'm thinking by the time the 64 bit stuff becomes the standard, my computer will probably be slow compared to what will be out.

check out reviews on tomshardware.com, hardocp.com, amdmb.com they should give you ideas on whats the best board out for the 64 chips. i'd go with asus though.

What I'm wanting to know bro is was it worth the extra for the 64 bit chip?
I've herd they are faster at 32 bit apps. I wanna build something new soon.
Computers are a much cheaper hobby than cars imo.

[Dizzon]

you'll see a noticable difference in games, encoding, and decoding. my upgrade from a 2ghz p4 to this chip was worth it. if you have a cpu thats rated at around 2.8ghz+, you could wait till the 64bit cpus get even more cheaper or the better wave of chips come in.

[Rev ATARI]

Gigabyte K8NS Pro nForce 2
AMD A64 2800+
1 Gig of Corsair
nVidia 6800 GT
Creative Audigy 2
4 120 Gig Maxtor SATA
2 60 Gig Maxtor ATA 133

[Shibby H22A]

Originally Posted by Dizzon

you'll see a noticable difference in games, encoding, and decoding. my upgrade from a 2ghz p4 to this chip was worth it. if you have a cpu thats rated at around 2.8ghz+, you could wait till the 64bit cpus get even more cheaper or the better wave of chips come in.

so what you are saying is that i should wait? because i have 3.0ghz or do you mean by real time? cause im running 2.1ghz real time now.

[Dizzon]

2.8ghz, 2800+.