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Title: My workstation died, suggest a MoBo and Proc
Post by: Nick1911 on May 27, 2009, 11:22:37 AM
Title says it all:

My power supply died, and took a disk drive and screwed up the motherboard in the process.

I was hoping it was just a disk issue, so I replaced the raid array (from 2 x 200 gig mirrored to 2 x 1Tb mirrored), but upon trying to reinstall windows, I got random errors/bluescreens/restarts.  =(

So, I'm looking to replace the Motherboard, Processor and probably ram.

Currently, I'm running:

 ASUS A8V DELUXE 939 VIA K8T800 Pro ATX AMD Motherboard  (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131510)
 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester 1.8GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor  (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103501)
ASUS A9550/TD/128 Radeon 9550SE 128MB 64-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121512)

I am not a gamer.  This is a software development/general use workstation.  I'd like to keep the processor + motherboard under $200.

Thoughts?
Title: Re: My workstation died, suggest a MoBo and Proc
Post by: Firethorn on May 27, 2009, 11:35:39 AM
What's your current ram/motherboard/processor type?

Going by the 200GB HDs, it's most likely old enough that buying new ram will be more economical than trying to find a board that's compatible.  $20-40 and double or more your RAM.
Title: Re: My workstation died, suggest a MoBo and Proc
Post by: Nick1911 on May 27, 2009, 11:38:36 AM
Quote from: Firethorn on May 27, 2009, 11:35:39 AM
What's your current ram/motherboard/processor type?

Going by the 200GB HDs, it's most likely old enough that buying new ram will be more economical than trying to find a board that's compatible.  $20-40 and double or more your RAM.

Quote from: Nick1911 on May 27, 2009, 11:22:37 AM
Currently, I'm running:

 ASUS A8V DELUXE 939 VIA K8T800 Pro ATX AMD Motherboard  (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131510)
 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester 1.8GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor  (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103501)
ASUS A9550/TD/128 Radeon 9550SE 128MB 64-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121512)

Ram is:

2x  CORSAIR 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory  (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145505)
Title: Re: My workstation died, suggest a MoBo and Proc
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on May 27, 2009, 11:39:22 AM
http://www.partspc.com/Recommend.asp?ProdID=12356

AMD Athlon X2 dual core 5600, Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P mobo and 2GB PC6400 RAM.  $150 w/ free shipping.

http://pricewatch.com is your friend.
Title: Re: My workstation died, suggest a MoBo and Proc
Post by: Firethorn on May 28, 2009, 09:24:22 AM
Quote from: Nick1911 on May 27, 2009, 11:38:36 AM
Ram is:

Oops, for some reason  I thought that was what you were looking at, not what you had.
Title: Re: My workstation died, suggest a MoBo and Proc
Post by: Waitone on May 28, 2009, 08:47:54 PM
Machspeed has a socket 939 board available I think.  Your rig is similar to mine.  I've decided if I have to change anything I gotta go to multi-core processor units.  AMD says it has a dual core Athalon in socket 939.  I've never seen one in captivity.

TigerDirect has a nice selection.
Title: Re: My workstation died, suggest a MoBo and Proc
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on May 28, 2009, 09:10:09 PM
Quote from: Waitone on May 28, 2009, 08:47:54 PM
Machspeed has a socket 939 board available I think.  Your rig is similar to mine.  I've decided if I have to change anything I gotta go to multi-core processor units.  AMD says it has a dual core Athalon in socket 939.  I've never seen one in captivity.

TigerDirect has a nice selection.

I have an older 939 system running an AMD 3000.  I need this system (due to increased demand I have on it) to multithread more readily.  I've been looking for a 939 compatible dual core CPU... there are 939 dual core CPU's... but they cost about as much as getting a new CPU/MoBo/Ram as a combo.  Pricewatch lists them starting in 939 as a 3800 X2 for $125, and maxing out at 4800 X2 for $514.

Much cheaper just to change chipsets.  Unless you have some old server that HAS to stay online withoutt reloading drivers and such.