Well, what do you think? I choose these parts with cost in mind but still want fast. Any big flaws? I dont think I care about SLI (I think). I only play games once in a while.
thx.


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MSI K9N Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $98.99

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eVGA 256-P2-N554-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $139.99

11/28/2006 4:22:41 PM

i assume you probably aren't doing anything intense on this machine, including games but "once in a while", so my opinion:

you don't need to 2gb of ram...get a single 1gb stick
i only buy seagate drives...5-year warranty and personal experience are my guidelines
you don't need a dual-core 64-bit processor...go with a core duo instead
sli is retarded and useless...no, you don't care about it

11/30/2006 11:58:18 AM

2gb is worthwhile, but you don't need top of the line stuff, lesser ram is all you need unless you overclock.

11/30/2006 12:17:00 PM

Quote :

"you don't need a dual-core 64-bit processor...go with a core duo instead "

core duo is a dual-core 64-bit processor. Its also a better dual core 64-bit processor

11/30/2006 12:20:41 PM

you mean the Intel Core 2 Duo

11/30/2006 12:23:26 PM

yea, my bad

do they even make desktop versions of the core (1) duos?

11/30/2006 12:27:39 PM

They dont make core duo desktop processors they are laptop only to address the severe deficiencies of the pentium M's. The core 2 duos are the first desktop dual cores with new arcetecture but if your not doing anything extreme go with pentium D they are dual core's but based on pentium 4 archetecture

11/30/2006 1:00:47 PM

Yes, but:

I keep hearing people recommend the Intel Procs. The problem is that I just do not see the performance gain in the c-2-duo. At least according to reviews and even tom's. Tomshardware CPU chart does not list this proc but I assume it is to be pretty close to the 6800/6700 because of the AMD 5200 cache size.

I'd choose intel if there was evidence to convince me that it is *much* faster or there is some other greater benefit.

I hate to start a religious war about this but my (good) experience has always been amd....

11/30/2006 2:09:09 PM

intel chipset > whatever is there for amd
intel procs are faster for number crunching (video encoding)
the core 2's overclock like crazy, but i doubt that interests you.

i've never been a fan of any of the hardware that supports AMD procs. So now that the price/performance difference has been pretty much elminated there's no reason, in my eyes, to go with amd.

11/30/2006 2:32:59 PM

OK, maybe Intel. Lookin at TH again, I dont know if I should pick the 965 or 975 chipset. I am interested in overclocking as much as I can without too much effort. In otherwords if the board has some 'easy' overclocking features I'll choose that. If not then I will go with very typical overclocking techniques. But I am certainly not going to spend days getting the last couple of MHz out of the thing.

So with that said, check this out and tell me what you think. Also if this memory is a good choice for the OCing I plan on doing (or should I stick with something cheaper)?





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11/30/2006 4:43:20 PM

you can overclock the shit out of the Core 2 Duo E6300 / E6400
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/10/10/cheap_thrills/

11/30/2006 5:00:01 PM