Yes, I am looking now at an i3.
Thank you for your valued input.

Ok thanks!

While I'm still interested in any comments, I want to say that I did find the bench marking tool per the url. I will look at the comparisons I just printed out.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/675?vs=1282

MB I'm now considering is GA-F2A88X-D3H. Replacing 8 year old one for just general use, no planned gaming or video editing. Newegg has 5 CPU's (APU?) from $89 to $100: A8 -5600K 3.6GHz - $89 A8 -6600K 3.9 - $95 A8 - 7600 3.1 $98 A8 - 5500 3.2 $99 A10 - 5800 3.8 $100 So which is the best value? I gue...

Thanks for the good ideas. Now I'll look at these.

Will be used just for web browsing and email, no gaming or photo.video editing. Prefer ASUS/Gigabyte with integrated graphics and AMD and prefer to buy from Newegg. Replacing 8+ year old A8R-MVP and AMD 64 3200 Venice, 939 socket. Now use suspended laptop HD and thinking about moving to SSD. This is...

I built a quiet system a few years ago and recently needed more storage. I went with the $40 rebate Hitachi (quit laughing) and now I'm not happy with the whine at seek (it is suspended). What should I buy at Newegg? I don't need 500GB just a quiet HHD. Speed is not important either. Thanks,

A laugh for you -- I'm upgrading to GA-MA74GM-S2 and AMD 4850e. My current power supply is PC power and cooling circa 2001. I assume I need a new one with the 12 v plug. Agree? If so, I plan to get a 300 w Seasonic. Thanks

I appreciate the info.

I'll try to find the German Scythe site.

I also plan to get the AMDA 4850e.
I now run just a case fan fan with AMD 64 3200+ and Ninja on A8R-MVP.
I'd be happy with Ninja or Plus or ?? but I can't seem to tell if a Ninja would work with this board. Will it? and any other suggestions?
I don't game or OC.

Thank you

I just built a new pc and am using Fanmate on CPU fan. HS is Ninja with Venice 3200 so I think I'll be running fan at lowest rpm's. The "problem is that at boot up I get an error "CPU Fan" and it tells me to hit F1 to continue which I do and all is well. I disconnected Fanmate and I didn't get the e...

BEXX,
I went into a local PC shop to buy the adapter and was told just what you said - the 20 pin will work fine. (I knew it fit but wasn't sure it was ok.)

Thank you!

thanks for quick reply.
re 2.5 samsung - no, I'm still not sure this hdd is ok. I'm going to put an old 3.5 in this new machine to start and then try the 2.5. thanks for your interest

the PS has only 20 pin (plus 4-pinATX plug) but the mobo has 24 pin connector. The 20 pin fits in the mobo but???

If not, is there an adapter to make the 20 pin a 24 pin??

I have 3200+ Venice CPU, Sapphire x550 GPU, 1 gig ram, 1 dvd and Samung 2.5 40 gig hdd.

thank you, steve

I have the adapter from 3.5 to 2.5 set as per directions and pictures. I'm running XP Pro on TUSL2-C. I booted from XP disk and it won't pick up the new drive which I set as the primary master. that is the only HDD on the machine. I can't set as slave because I can't get the jumper on with the adapt...

I have the adapter set as in the pictures. I'm running XP Pro on TUSL2-C. I booted from XP disk and it won't pick up the new drive which I set as the primary master. that is the only HDD on the machine. I can't set as slave because I can't get the jumper on with the adapter. I also booted from Samsu...

i don't want to return it if there's any easy fix for a non responsive shift key. any ideas?

thank you

I just bought but have not opened Asrock mobo 939Dual and a AMD 3200 Venice cpu with model # ADA3200BPBOX I just read on OCworkbench Asrock forum that some versions of this CPU won't work with mobo's bios 1.2 which is the version shipped with mobo. Yes Asrock says Rev E of AMD 3200+ takes Bios 1.3 (...

I bought the SPHR X550 ADVTG 256M to go with Asrock 939. So I think I have enough "video" power, let's see if I have eough brain power to get the ATI HDTV to work
Thanks again for your input.
(I'm pretty much addicted to this site.)

Building pc for HDTV OTA- no gaming Plan to buy : Antec 3000b Asrock 939 dual Venice 3200+ Sappphire radeonx550 Chaintech AV 710 sound card already have: Seasonic Super Tor 300 Kingston ddr 400 (PC3200) 512 x 2 ATI HDTV wonder ($75 w/ rebate) Samsung 40 gig notebook HDD So which HS for processor? xp...

Thanks for replies. I'm back to Asrock 939.
As for the ATI HDTV card. Yes I know I might be in for a hassle but it was $95 w/tax and I'll get $20 rebate.

I'm building a new PC to use ATI wonder HDTV card. I think it will work well with x300 but not with SE version of x300.

I was going to get Asrock 939Dual and a 550 ati card but now I'm thinking about this MSI.
Thanks,

I'm building a new PC primarily to get HDTV ota via DVICO Fusion card. I was going to get a8n-sli prem but now I'm thinking A8n-vm csm will be ok. What will I miss from the a8n-sli prem? I'm not a gamer and won't need 2 gpu's. I also plan to get antec 150 case and venice 3000. and I'd aslo like to k...

NOAC,
thank you, I think you are saying that ZALman has chipset heatsinks. I'll look into that. As can tell I'm new to all this. I do plan to build a new PC soon. Not a gamer, but I want quiet and plan to (try to) install ATI HDTV.
Steve

NOAC,
which passive MB's are just as good and a lot less $$?

startng from scratch -I want to get HDTV ota on a 19'crt pc monitor I'm looking for recommendations. I want it to be quiet. let's say all I have is a Seasonic Tornado 300 watt power supply and I will get a ASUS mobo.I am 6 and 10 miles away from Hartford CT HDTV towers (Simsbury CT) so: what 19' CRT...

Thanks for input but I have not decided on a monitor. I want a 19" CRT and will pay $200 to 275. Used mostly for TV (not gaming0
Thanks,Steve

Im planning on building a new PC. I will have ATI HDTV card and need to chose a video card and CRT 19" monitor. Seems I need a card like ATI x800xl. Which X800xl card is quietest? And for the CRT monitor I'm thinking something like Samsung 997 DF or viewsonic g90f but I'm open to suggestions. Thanks...

I put the new HD in a laptop and the laptop BIOS did see the new 40gig hd. I next tried the 10GIG hd from the laptop in my PC to no avail. I tried the new hd a number of ways - as the only HD, that is, I used same ribbon as 3.5 drive. I tried it as a slave to the 3.5 HD. I then disocnnected the cdr ...

Yes I have the #1 pin on the HDD connected to the #1 pin on the adapter.
Thanks