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countrycone
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| Okay so i have found good parts to make a computer and the last thing i need help on, is the proccessor, i dont if i shuld pick intel dual core or quad? i heard if u have quad, then ure future proofing it
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Karakawe
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Give us the other specs and what you plan to use the computer for.
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Do u have a budget you have to use?
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Get a quad core.
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countrycone
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| Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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Well karakawe u shuld no the specs, u helped me get them, here they are: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz or quad core, thats what im asking about.
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L
Kingston 4GB
Antec EA650 650w
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB
POWERCOOLER Radeon HD 4850
LG Black 22X (CAV)
Antec Twelve Hundred
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Karakawe
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| countrycone wrote: | Well karakawe u shuld no the specs, u helped me get them, here they are: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz or quad core, thats what im asking about.
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L
Kingston 4GB
Antec EA650 650w
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB
POWERCOOLER Radeon HD 4850
LG Black 22X (CAV)
Antec Twelve Hundred |
I've got an E8400 @ 4.05GHz (just as a normal clock, it goes higher) and it runs (really) cool with a Big Typhoon --you should get an aftermarket cpu cooler, by the way-- and most games out now only use two cores. Multiprocessing aside, you can get better performance out of the E8400 than a quad-core of the same price when gaming (for MOST games).
It's really up to you, is there a budget for the CPU to consider?
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I'd get a Quad, for future proofing and better multitasking...
If you play hardcore games like crysis, yes performance will run a little slower but if you can handle that performance and wait till more games run quad then get a qaud....
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| bioshocked wrote: | I'd get a Quad, for future proofing and better multitasking...
If you play hardcore games like crysis, yes performance will run a little slower but if you can handle that performance and wait till more games run quad then get a qaud.... |
Any 775 quad wont be future proof, I don't know why the fuck all
talk about future proof computers, there is NONE computers
upgrades so fast so if you buy topnotch now, its going to be old in ahalf year, and be middle class once again.
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| Humper wrote: | | bioshocked wrote: | I'd get a Quad, for future proofing and better multitasking...
If you play hardcore games like crysis, yes performance will run a little slower but if you can handle that performance and wait till more games run quad then get a qaud.... |
Any 775 quad wont be future proof, I don't know why the fuck all
talk about future proof computers, there is NONE computers
upgrades so fast so if you buy topnotch now, its going to be old in ahalf year, and be middle class once again.
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That's true but then why the fuck would i spend $3000 on a PC which will get Old in a half a year... The performance difference sin't much anyway between the qaud and the duo...
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And my $600 piece of crap Core 2 Quad-based computer can still max out GTA IV's benchmark (yes maxed out, at my monitor's native resolution hitting 38FPS average). GTA IV is very CPU strenuous, and it takes good advantage of quad core processors. There are a host of games including UT3, Lost Planet, and others that do use the processing capabilities of a quad core CPU.
I'd recommend a quad core with such a high-end build as yours.
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Make a poll.
Superweapon's what's your spec's and CPU cooler...
| superweapons wrote: | CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (G0 stepping/revision, S-Spec: SLACR) @ 3.0GHz, stock voltages, 1333MHz FSB
CPU Cooler: Stock Intel Heatsink and Fan
Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3L
RAM: 4GB (4x 1GB) Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12, 2.2v @ DDR2-667, 3-3-3-9, 2.2v
GPU: EVGA 8800GS 384MB @ 755/1920/1060, 1.1v softmod (to an EVGA 8800GTS 512MB SSC)
GPU Cooler: Accelero S1 Rev 2
Wireless Card: TrendNet 54Mbps 802.11g
Wireless Receiver: 7 dBi Omni-directional
Optical Drive: Memorex Dual Layer DVD Burner
HDD: 2x 200GB Maxtor SATA 3.0Gbit/s, 7200RPM, 8MB cache
Fans: 2x 120MM Antec TriCool
PSU: Ultra XVS 400W
Case: Ultra X-Blaster
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 953BW (19" Wide)
Speakers: Creative 10W 2.1 Surround Sound Speakers
Keyboard: Dell Keyboard
Mouse: Microsoft Wireless Mouse 2000
Mousepad: A generic blue one that I found somewhere in my house
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