Oh, and, I made myself a budget for the making of the PC, so I'd like the processor to be inbetween $100 and $250. A little bit over is accepted, but not too much.
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Anonymous2006-07-14 19:54
Those new C2Ds look pretty slick, particularly the E6600.
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Anonymous2006-07-14 21:23
Just check that it supports AMD's x86-64 extensions for futureproofing. Obviously, AMD's Athlon-64 will satisfy this, and AFAIK (check this yourself) Intels P4 does too.
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Anonymous2006-07-14 21:28
Kind of sorry, but, what do you mean? "Just check that it supports AMD's x86-64 extensions for futureproofing. Obviously, AMD's Athlon-64 will satisfy this, anad AFAIK (check this yourself) Intels P4 does too."
First off, how would I know if it supports it?
Secondly, how does that answer my question?
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Anonymous2006-07-14 23:10
amds implimentation is a little different than intels. It's sort of the difference between 3DNOW! and SSE back in the old Athlon vs. P3. They're different but for similar things.
I don't know which is better though I'm under the impression AMD's is.
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Anonymous2006-07-14 23:46
This still does not answer my question as to what processor to get. As of 5 posts in this topic, no one has informed me as to what processor I should use. All I get is "Use AMD" but no one has told me what AMD processor to use...
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Anonymous2006-07-15 1:03
Now is probably a bad time to buy a desktop processor, since Intel is gearing up to release a new processor that will really hurt AMD. Suffice to say, prices will drop.
Of course, then AMD will probably come out with something, and the cycle will repeat.
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Anonymous2006-07-15 1:14
I know that Intel is gearing up to release the Core 2 line of processors, I know that. But, like I said, I have a budget to work with with this PC, so when they're released, they'll cost too much for me.
That is why I asked for a good processor that would fit my budget, because I wont be able to get any of the Core 2 line of processors, I still need one for the PC I am building.
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Anonymous2006-07-15 7:48
>>8
No, when they release the new processors, the OLD ones that you want will drop down in price. We're not saying that you buy the new ones.
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Anonymous2006-07-15 11:04
The very cheapest of the C2D line are well within your budget, and performance-wise they're close to the top-of-the-line Athlon64's right now.
However, >>9 knows where it's at. It's not just the chips that will drop in price, but supporting mobos as well.
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Anonymous2006-07-15 15:57
Okay, got ya. Anyway, I wasn't going to be building the PC for another 6 months or so. Getting the cash to do so for Christmas.
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Anonymous2006-07-15 16:02
>>8
lol, the cheapest model, the e6300 will cost 200-250 bucks at the release is slighty slower than the 1000 bucks amd fx62.
anyways, if thats still enough for you get an pentium d 805 which costs about 120 bucks and overclock it easily to the speed of an pentium d 840.
I've been doing a little research into the Core 2 chips, and was reading up on their performance (mainly reading ad AnandTech http://www.anandtech.com/ ), and the Core 2 Dueo E6600 caught me eye. It's going to be just a bit over my price range at $316, but be more than worth it as it outperforms AMD's Athlon 64 FX-62 which is over twice the price.
What do you think of my decision?
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Anonymous2006-07-16 5:00
opteron
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Anonymous2006-07-16 11:19
Avoid Intel CPU's, they keep lying on benchmarks :\ Can't trust them at all.
Yes, they do, but Pentium Ds also fail at anything gaming related. Whereas, the Core 2 Duo line is going to be just a bit more (the E6600 is $316, and is way better than AMDs most expensive and best product which is around $1,000) and are the best processors you can get once they'r released.
Then try to tell me to get a Pentium D or Athlon 64 FX-62 or something else. The Core 2 processors beat out any other line of processors to date (well, the higher up Core 2 processors do, the lower ones (such as the E6300) aren't nearly as good, but are cheap).
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Anonymous2006-07-16 21:39
>>25
Avoid Intel CPU's, they keep lying on benchmarks :\ Can't trust them at all.
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Anonymous2006-07-18 9:12
>>25 >>22
I'm and AMD fanboy, but keep reading anyways. AMD will cut their prices when Conroe is released. Unfortunetely, they are taking their sweet time getting 65nm CPUs out, in addition releasing anything at all that isn't just a slight modification of one of their 939 A64s.
While that 165 Opty would mop the floor with a regular Pentium d, and so would a Conroe, the Pentium D's are very cheap, and overclock very well. Even the 920 can go up to nearly 4GHZ on air,and the overclock definetely helps performance. I've seen the benchmarks, I beleive on anandtech. For some benches, it was getting close to FX-60 performance after the overclock.
And while the Pentium Ds aren't the best gaming cpus, they can run games. I know that a system with 1gb ddr533, a $100 mobo, a Presler 920, and a 7600GT can run Quake4 with the latest patch (for multithreading support) @1280x1024 with all settings on high, and be quite playable (40-70 FPS, depending on environment and number of monsters onscreen)
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Anonymous2006-07-19 3:02
Now that I picked out my processor, I need a motherboard that's compatable with it.
Now, I don't know much when it comes to that, so could I get some help finding a good quality, affordable motherboard that's compatable with the Core 2 Duo processors?
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Anonymous2006-07-19 5:47
Nice choice on the Core2 Duo
Motherboards are thin on the ground at the moment, they've only just come out last week, not to mention the price gouging some stores are performing on stock...
Trust me when I say you should not be making your decisions right now. By then all shit will have broke loose and who knows how much anything will cost anymore.