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Yewen

Yewen

Yewen

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Asus A8N-VM CSM Micro ATX (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard
£46.95
Corsair 512MB DDR XMS3200C2PT Platinum CAS2
£34.95
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (Socket 939) - OEM
£84.95

Subtotal £166.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.25
VAT £30.65
Total £205.75

The rig is going into a Silverstone Sugo Evolution, be used to replace my current p2 450/450 rig that I use to hold mass hard drives.

Looking at that, it seems the 4000+ is not going to be a San Diego but a Clawhammer, anyone able to tell me what sort of heat they pump out and if they like being undervolted?

Stability is the main thing, I have controller card and hard drives already, just I can max out both processors in the current rig when I do some serious file transfering or its taking copies of the other rigs hard drives.

The 3700+ SD is a nice looking processor aswell, just after the lowest heat output really on a nice solid motherboard with passive NB and onboard graphics.

Open to any suggestions you may have. :)
 
MB-145-AS Asus M2NPV-VM Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-145-AS) 1
£49.95 £49.95
MY-066-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT533D2) (MY-066-CS) 1
£57.95 £57.95
CP-164-AM AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-164-AM) 1
£65.95 £65.95

Subtotal £173.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.25
VAT £31.87
Total £213.97

This probably isnt much better but more future proof, dont really know how AM2 overclocks though.
 
Don't need future proof, never going to upgrade the rig again, well maybe in 7 years time and by then, whats AM2?

Do you have any idea on the reliability and stability of that motherboard?
 
First rig looks fine. I'd just go with a 3700SD - less heat. Do you really need the extra power of the 4000 just for a HDD box?
 
Nope, the 3000+ would be overkill for my needs.

Venice = San Diego.

Which one is the cooler, I have a 3700+ in a rig at the moment but never owned a 3000+ Venice.
 
Yewen said:
Nope, the 3000+ would be overkill for my needs.

Venice = San Diego.

Which one is the cooler, I have a 3700+ in a rig at the moment but never owned a 3000+ Venice.
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who mentioned a 3000+ :confused:
d'you mean a 4000+ ?
 
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