Please Help me choose A64 MOBO and RAM

[louis2006]

Hi,

I am going to upgarde my A64 now.

I currently have

A64 3200
GIGA K8N-PRO Nforce 150
MUSHKIN LEVEL 2 512MB PC3200
GF 4 MX 440SE (temporary after selling 9800XT)
2x WD36GB Raptor RAID 0

I now want to upgrade to something better.

I am thinking of

SAME PROCESSOR (A64 3200)

MSI K8N NEO PLATINUM (Is it good?)

NEW MEMORY 1GB (NEED ADVICE)

NEW VIDEO CARD (6800gt? evga?)

SAME HD 2 x WD36 RAPTOR

Please give me some good advice for memory and MOBO and VideoCard

Thanks for the help.

[Shade00]

From what I understand, the GB board that you have is a very good one. It was probably one of the best NF3-150 boards. If you must get a new board, wait just a little bit until the DFI board becomes available.

As for RAM, if you really want to get rid of your BH-5, I would suggest OCZ 3700EB. I'd imagine others will as well, as it's second only to BH-5.

Your video card choice is really a question of personal preference. In my opinion, your two best options are the 6800GT or the X800 Pro VIVO - the GT already has as many pipes as the Ultra, but lower clocks, and the X800 Pro VIVO can (in most cases) be flashed to an X800XT.

[louis2006]

Thanks for the help!

I didnt know my board was good!

But the problem is that I cannot overclock due to the PCI/AGP lock.

I am probably going for a 6800GT

The OCZ memory is a good overclocker?

[Shade00]

The 6800GT is a good choice. If you look around these forums, you'll see that just about everyone has had excellent experiences with the OCZ EB series.

I thought that the Gigabyte K8N Pro was one of the NF3-150 boards that actually had a working PCI/AGP lock. Perhaps someone else can help with that.

[louis2006]

any other thoughts?

[G H Z]

No NF3 150 boards lock AGP/PCI, you need an NF3 250 series to get the working lock's. But if you want the best for overclocking, I would wait on the DFI.

The K8NS Pro is a decent board, but if you want a real upgrade I would grab a 3700 and some EB. Some people have problem's with BH-5 on NF3 250?

[louis2006]

YEah I recently read about the BH5 Problem!

I will then get a MSI NEO PLAT

and some OCZ 3700 EB

[louis2006]

Can someone give me the MODEL for OCZ 3700EB?

is it OCZ4661024EBDCPE-K

I only founf it at excaliberpc for U$355 (why it is so expensive?)

Any cheaper models?
It it worth all $$$?

[geoff2k]

Yep, that's what you want:


PC3700EB
(http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/OCZ_DDR_PC-3700_Platinum_Enhanced_Bandwidth_Dual_Channel)

In this case you get what you pay for...