amd motherboards

[c44151]

so I was planning on using intel but I thought I would try AMD.
Now how good are they at gaming will the 3200+ be able to handle half life 2. The computer is going to be a gaming machine whitch chipset will probaly be the best since I read up on intel and know nothing at all about AMD. is most hardware compadable with the amd motherboards. thanks for any help

[Urban_Squrill]

I would go with what I have.
ASUS A7n8x-deluxe

[Darthgary]

AMD is great, but dont buy the 3200+ over the P4 3.2C. The 3200+ is slower and its also more expensive, only go with AMD if your getting anything lower then a Athlon XP 2800+.

If you go with a Athlon, get a Nforce 2 board. I reccomend a Asus A7N2 or a MSI K7N2.

If you go with Intel, get the MSI 875P NEO or the Asus P4C800.

[Darthgary]

As far as Compatibility, hardware usually never has CPU compatibility issues.

[islandguy999]

I was thinking of buying the 2500+ barton, it seems cheap for the time. How would that be for gaming? and how hard is it for a newbie to OC?

[Urban_Squrill]

Well the 2600+ has an unlocked multiplyer.

[Darthgary]

The Barton 2500 overclocks very well, I am not sure if its multiplyers are unlocked or not but it will do you fine.

[Vickip]

Hey darth or squirrel....what is the difference between the a7n8x and the deluxe version?

[Urban_Squrill]

Well the deluxe versons have cool stuff like serial ata raid duel lan cool extras. Alsot the a7n8x-x is the ghetto one of the group. Not even dual channel.

[Urban_Squrill]

The 2600+ and the 1700+ I think are the only amd CPU with that unlocked.