My motherboard recently crapped out so I'm in the market for some hardware. I may need a little technology brainstorm, maybe there's something I'm not thinking of.
I have a working 955 PII now that I don't want to see collect dust. This rig was running 8GB of DDR2 RAM with the motherboard I had. Finding another that will do this with the PII is hard to find, so an easy replacement has me thinking...
There's a real old dell I use for a HTPC that's begging to get upgraded. I'd like to use the parts I have that are still good of course, but to do so just means too much hardware.
The Dell uses DDR1 RAM with an OEM mobo and CPU. To get the DDR2 in there I'd need both a CPU and mobo.
Phoenix (Old xion being reborn) Is in need of a new mobo, and I have a working PII
My wife's computer (Lucent Dreams) has 32GB of DDR3 and I can easily take 16GB out of there for my new setup.
My thought process here is it's unfortunate I'm getting stuck with AMD again because these things just won't die. I was really looking forward to saving towards a 3770k build, but now that I have a decent processor that will collect dust if I don't use it, it's hard to justify spending another 300 dollars or so I don't need to.
I was looking at this motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-128-514 and comparing to the UD5, I don't see much of anything different worth spending the money on...a couple more USB and PCIs I won't use? Same NB and SB, same setup and everything, there's not a huge difference I'm not seeing in these two boards, is there?
So I can get this board, plug in my PII, my wife's RAM, and have some DDR2 lying around...maybe check the market place for a board/cpu combo that will utilize it for cheap to upgrade the Dell? This is where I'm going with this, does anyone have any ideas for a more efficient use of all the hardware?
I know I'm posting in the AMD section and I myself have run AMD since the dark ages, but current times is current times, and let's face it, AMD's beat. My main concern is that if I spend the money for this board, am I wasting money here or will I be able to run some nice chips when I can afford a CPU upgrade later? Is this board going to be sufficient enough to upgrade to some future-coming chips? Are they worth it?
Before making any quick decisions, I always like to check here and get a brainstorm, sometimes there's something I haven't thought of. Just wanted to throw it out there. What would you do in my shoes?
I have a working 955 PII now that I don't want to see collect dust. This rig was running 8GB of DDR2 RAM with the motherboard I had. Finding another that will do this with the PII is hard to find, so an easy replacement has me thinking...
There's a real old dell I use for a HTPC that's begging to get upgraded. I'd like to use the parts I have that are still good of course, but to do so just means too much hardware.
The Dell uses DDR1 RAM with an OEM mobo and CPU. To get the DDR2 in there I'd need both a CPU and mobo.
Phoenix (Old xion being reborn) Is in need of a new mobo, and I have a working PII
My wife's computer (Lucent Dreams) has 32GB of DDR3 and I can easily take 16GB out of there for my new setup.
My thought process here is it's unfortunate I'm getting stuck with AMD again because these things just won't die. I was really looking forward to saving towards a 3770k build, but now that I have a decent processor that will collect dust if I don't use it, it's hard to justify spending another 300 dollars or so I don't need to.
I was looking at this motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-128-514 and comparing to the UD5, I don't see much of anything different worth spending the money on...a couple more USB and PCIs I won't use? Same NB and SB, same setup and everything, there's not a huge difference I'm not seeing in these two boards, is there?
So I can get this board, plug in my PII, my wife's RAM, and have some DDR2 lying around...maybe check the market place for a board/cpu combo that will utilize it for cheap to upgrade the Dell? This is where I'm going with this, does anyone have any ideas for a more efficient use of all the hardware?
I know I'm posting in the AMD section and I myself have run AMD since the dark ages, but current times is current times, and let's face it, AMD's beat. My main concern is that if I spend the money for this board, am I wasting money here or will I be able to run some nice chips when I can afford a CPU upgrade later? Is this board going to be sufficient enough to upgrade to some future-coming chips? Are they worth it?
Before making any quick decisions, I always like to check here and get a brainstorm, sometimes there's something I haven't thought of. Just wanted to throw it out there. What would you do in my shoes?