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+---Topic: Another MSI - MSI K8NGM2-FID Socket939/GeForce 615 started by wilder
Posted by: wilder on May 24 2006,19:07
bought this mobo here. Was the cheapest one i can find:
< http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=MB-K8NGM2F&c=pw >
specs:
Mfr Part Number: 7207-040 (K8NGM2-FID)
CPU: Socket 939 Supports 64-bit AMD® Athlon™ 64FX/64 processor upto FX60/4800+, FSB 1000MHz
Chipset: nVidia® C51PV (GeForce6150) & MCP51 (MCP430)
Memory: 4x 184-pin DDR-266/333/400 DIMMs, Dual Channel, Upto 4GB
Slots: 1x PCI Express x16; 1x PCI Express x1; 2x 32-bit Master 3.3v/5v PCI
IDE/SATA: 4x IDE 133/100/66 Devices; 4x Serial ATA II with RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5
Video: Graphic integrated
Audio: RealTek ALC880 7.1 channel audio codec
LAN: VITESSE vsc8201RX Gb LAN
IEEE 1394: VIA VT6307 chipset, Supports two IEEE1394 ports, transfer rate is upto 400Mbps
Ports: 8x USB2.0 ports (4 rear/ 4 front); 2x IEEE1394 (1 rear/ 1 front); 1x VGA; 1x DVI; 1x TV-out header; 1x RJ-45 LAN; 1x Parallel
Form Factor: Micro-ATX, 9.61 x 9.61 inch
Package: Retail
Not bad for a uATX.
Why uATX cus you might need to build a HTPC, and most HTPC cases only take uATX boards.
since I had many MSI boards that seems to out last the rest... I decided to get this one. But i was comparing with DFI, Gigabyte, Asus.
DFI - INFINITY RS482 < here > Looks good, but didnt hear anything good from it, and not sure about the ATI Radeon Xpress 200 RS482 chipset. nVidia has much more mature chipsets: GeForce6150, DFI didnt have any mobo with this.
ASUS - A8N-VM CSM/NBP < here >
Gigabyte - GA-K8N51PVMT-9 < here > for some reason this didnt come with DVI - output like the other 2.
so between ASUS and MSI, i went for MSI.
Posted by: wilder on May 24 2006,19:19
RAM...
this is the ram going into it:
Corsair TWINX2048-3200PT 2GB DDR400 XMS3200 Memory w/Platinum Heat Spreader
cheapest place i could find it:
< http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80097-41 >
Posted by: wilder on May 24 2006,19:42
now the CPU....
AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core. info < here >
ironically the cheapest place i was able to get it was from Amazon.com.
I ended up getting it for $160USD no tax and free shipping too!
Posted by: wilder on May 24 2006,19:58
finally... for PSU and case:
Ultra ULT31841 V-Series 500 Watt Power Supply (Black) Retail
< https://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=373044 >
For case...
silverstone's lc10m:
< http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-lc10m.htm >
this only has picture in black... i got the silver one:
< http://www.sundialmicro.com/silvers....13.html >
Posted by: slatts on May 24 2006,21:23
the PSU i also have Ultra 500W.
crome green...
the corsair i was looking at my self... but i didn't like the latency.
the Ultra's were the fastest for bench mark and i went with those..
why an optron?
i never really looked into those..
Posted by: wilder on May 28 2006,15:49
I took a chance with opteron hoping to get the CCBWE stepping. I've been reading that these are crazily cover-clockable, even more crazy with the right cooling. Thats why I went for it.
I thought about getting more exotic ram, but frankly, this is going to be an HTPC, the most work it will do is live-record 2 tv shows at once into high-def mp2 files. I'm already going to slightly over-clock it, but nothing too crazy.
I even though what I got may be a bit of a over-kill for an HTPC... but i definitely wanted some affordable dual core. As I do not want any slow down or lack of quality when multitasking here. I have an auto-schedule to defrag all partitions at 4am. But just incase, the second core should come in handy when it happens to be defraging and recording at the same time. =/
Besides, I got the 165 opteron for $160USD. Thats almost a steal from amazon.com! Even cheaper than the X2 3800+, with twice the cache. The goes easily for $325 on ebay for oem. I got a retail box. Before anyone ask how, and gets jealous, it did cost $325 on Amazon.com. I had a $175 discount from there due to racking up points from my amazon.com credit card. Hence how I picked this up for less than $160.
I read these cpu's has the potential to clock higher than FX-60s. :X Too bad I'm not going to clock it that high or use it for my gaming system.... or should I????
Posted by: wilder on June 01 2006,18:57
finally got the CPU by mail.
Good news and bad news.
Good news It's absolutely gorgeous! 90% of all things are good.
Bad news, that lat 10% well it's not so bad, but I'm a bit dissappointed, oh well.. anyway, the motherboard, as good as it is, does not allow over-clocking!!!! So I guess, I dont even get to try to see how overclockable the CPU is before putting this into production. Thats pretty much my only peeve now. Just got it assembled, last night, and put in a 500GB Seagate SATAII HD with it last night, with Windows XP MCE 2005.
Picked up the HD from ebay, for $220 back in April. Not bad of a price for April and for a Seagate SATAII.
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