Based on the newest AM2 socket of AMD, here is the best price performance Specs for August 2006 :
- AMD Sempron 3000+ AM2 $60
- DFI NF2 M2 Ultra $105
- 512*2 DDR2 PC5300 $100
- FORSA GeForce 7300GT 256Mb $86
- SEAGATE SATA II 80Gb $55
for mainboard a choice goes to DFI Infinity M2 Ultra II featured : Socket AM2, AMD Athlon 64 FX, 2000MT/s, PCI Express x16/x1, Dual-Channel DDR2 667, 8-channel audio, Optical/RCA S/PDIF-out, 4 SATA, RAID 0/1/0+1/JBOD, 1 Gigabit LAN, 2 IEEE 1394 and 10 USB 2.0. and specially OverClocking capabilities to fly up sempron 3000+ (default 200*8=1600) to the bang of Mhz up to 3200mhz (400*8) of course with all risk and lot of cost (water cooling or liquid nitrogen).
why DDR2 667 (PC5300) ?....., the reason for this choice is just to get a maximum memory bandwidth and for compensation using ddr2 timing (did you thing using ddr2 533 PC4200, can make this AM2 produce better performance than s.939 using DDR 400 Pc3200 with thight timing Latencies??? prove it if yu think soo.... ).
Forsa 7300GT is the brand new G73 engine from Nvidia that also used by Geforce 7600 series. for more reviews about this PCI-X you need to browse entire internet.
thats all from me to guide you to choose the right Hardware for your Speciall Computer!!!, remember to save your money by using Best Price Performance stuff.
feel free to contact me for critics, advice or another tuned stuff request.....
