[OT] Computer geeks: Hardware help requested

[Christian]

John Francis wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:15:36AM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
> 
>>Since it's been about 3 years since I bought a new motherboard I'm not 
>>up to speed on the latest computer tech (and 6 months is about enough 
>>to get lost these days).
>>I'm considering one of the AMD Athlon 64 x2 (dual-core) CPU's, probably 
>>the 3500+ or 3800+, and would appreciate any recommendations for 
>>motherboards, etc.
> 
> 
> Nowadays I don't think it's worthwhile putting your own system
> together unless you want something really out of the mainstream.
> Just let HP (or Dell, or ...) build it for you; it comes with
> a warranty, and might even be cheaper than the cost of all the
> individual components (especially if you want a copy of Windows).
> 
> 

Meh, I like the control of components when I build my own systems.  Plus 
I re-use parts from the old system like cd/dvd drives and sometimes 
memory and hard drives.

I bought the latest flight simulator and found it didn't work well (ok 
pretty much not at all) on my previous system, so for ~US$500 I was able 
to get a new board, CPU, 2 more GB RAM and a video card that in a 
"factory" system would have cost well over $1000.

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Christian