is this all compatible with each other?

xe-cute · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:43

This is what i am buying:

MoBo - MSI RD480 Neo2 Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-066-MS)

GFX - PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)

PSU - Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue (CA-006-HP)

Is the above compatible with each other and what i already have and planning to use inside below:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (s939)
GeIL 2GB (4x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5
creative soundblaster audigy 2 soundcard

If all the above is compatible i'll put the order in tonight for the new stuff.

P.S. If you have any suggestions for a different MoBo and why then please add any info as it is the only thing i aint too clued up about. It is to replace my dead MSI Neo2 Platinum and to upgrade to PCI-e (i hope it is my mobo thats dead and not the CPU anyway, computer kept freezing then started to not boot up fully, then started to not even get to POST or BIOS).

Monstermunch · 20 Apr 2006 at 21:54

Yes, it's all compatible but I would personally choose a different motherboard. The crossfire motherboards are quite buggy and a lot of people have been having problems with them.

If you're not planning on a dual gfx card setup then I would go for the MSI Neo4 nForce4 Ultra Motherboard.

xe-cute · 20 Apr 2006 at 22:09

Next year i am planning on getting another GFX card (master card)to run in dual mode and also to upgrade my CPU to a AMD 64 x2 4?00+ (s939).

Then again i could buy the MSI Neo4 nForce4 Ultra Motherboard. instead and next year get a new motherboard and one of them new AMD CPU's that will be out by then. Maybe X-fire will of settled down and i could get the new socket type MoBo and CPU, hoping X-fire is then still going and on the new boards and no longer buggy for the new master card i will also be buying then?

BigDom · 20 Apr 2006 at 22:25

Get 2x1GB NOT 4x512

Monstermunch · 20 Apr 2006 at 22:29

Yea I forgot the Ram, as BigDom says sell your 4 x 512mb and get a 2gb dual channel kit!

xe-cute · 20 Apr 2006 at 22:32

Monstermunch said:
Yea I forgot the Ram, as BigDom says sell your 4 x 512mb and get a 2gb dual channel kit!

I will do that when i can afford it but what i have (the 4x512) will it work or not?

I really can't afford to buy new ram too.

Monstermunch · 20 Apr 2006 at 22:33

xe-cute said:
Next year i am planning on getting another GFX card (master card)to run in dual mode

IMO dual gfx cards are a waste of money. It seems that these days gfx cards are updated every 6-12 months so when the time comes I would just sell the x1800 and get a current series card.

As a comparison 2x6800gt's SLI'd are slower than a 7800gtx or 7900gt. So you're just better off upgrading rather than adding!

BigDom · 20 Apr 2006 at 23:38

xe-cute said:
I will do that when i can afford it but what i have (the 4x512) will it work or not?

I really can't afford to buy new ram too.

Works better with just two sticks.

Monstermunch · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:38

xe-cute said:
I will do that when i can afford it but what i have (the 4x512) will it work or not?

I really can't afford to buy new ram too.

It will work but as I understand it, the Ram will default to 2gb Generic Ram instead of dual channel. So technically, it will be about the same performance wise as a 1gb dual kit.

Having 4x512 is slower access/write than 2x512 (Dual Chan) but being twice as large will make up for the shortfall in access and write speeds, having more space to write to.