£1200 to spend, need a decision !

[curvey]

Hi,

Theres a lot out there, and its hard to decide upon what you want.

Atm im running an intel 3.2EE on a ic7 max3 mobo with a 6600gt card, and some 1gb memory.

Going by my specs i definatly need a new build.

I'd prefer to go AMD (dunno why) maybe because there cheaper and seem to aim more towards the desktop home users?

So i was thinking:
- A8N32 SLI Deluxe NForce 4 x16
- XFX 7900 GTX (Single for now)
- 4800+ 64 x2 cpu

Is it important to buy a crossfire gfx when buying a crossfire mobo?

Could you recommend me to a better 3-way build ?

I'd like to avoid intel if possible. I play a lot of gaming and a lot of music and video encoding.

Cheers

 

[curvey]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies, and im glad to be here

I will definatly be overclocking my system without a doubt. The mobo and cpu must be a good OC with its multipliers unlocked. My intel atm i cant unlock but can only up the fsb

Is it really worth saving money and to go for a 4400+ ? and then buying the A8N32 SLI board ? Ive heard that SLI is a better system over the Crossfire (software vs Hardwre) so id prefer SLI once i have my 2 cards

Also, about the Opterons arnt they more server and business based processors ? How much of a significant impact do they have over the 4400 or 4800+ amd's, for gaming and oc ?

Thanks.

 

[curvey]

Therefore, if i was to go for:

AMD Opteron UP 175 Dual Core San Diego 2.2GHz 2MB Cache -£387

over an:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ £458

I will have an extra 1mb of L2 cache (better overclock), i will also be saving myself an extra £70.

However, the 4800+ has an extra 0.2ghz but im assuming i can make up for that loss when overclocking the Opteron to a high protetial. And the end Ghz will be roughly the same?


IMO, the Opteron above is a better cpu then the 4400+ but compariable with the 4800+

What do u guys think ?

Cheers

p.s AMX: i believe the 4400 and 4800 both have 1mb in L2 cache.