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Datamonkey · 1 Apr 2006 at 12:02

Hey up guys,

Right i am looking to build a new base unit this week,

I am not too worried if its amd or intel

Dont need the following,

Keyboard
Mouse
Screen
GFX have an ATI X1900xt
Hdds i have 2 x 250gb and 1 x 120gb sata II
Screen 26" sammy.

So im looking for a decent spec to play all games with nice eye candy, i dont really want cross fire, no point on a 1360x768 screen lol.

So fire away, also whats better an opty or x2??

What gives with the new intel conroes?

Budget is 1k of the sterling veriety.

Cheers lads

Datamonkey · 1 Apr 2006 at 12:06

As a side note, i was thinking the antec p180 case,

unless someone can suggest a better home for it all.

Datamonkey · 1 Apr 2006 at 13:01

cheers for that lad,

Will need to sit down an think about this one then, no one has specc'd nowt yet

Datamonkey · 1 Apr 2006 at 14:47

Hey guys,

That x4400+ looks a good spec,

As for dual core, with amd i consider it a must, i had a 3500+ when they came out on 939, and thought it was very sluggish in windows, good for games maybe but when working in windows it was a dog.

I guess this is now resolved with the dual core aspect.

Also would it be worth going for 4gb, just because i can?

Would the above spec be a good clocking setup?

Also throw this into perspective, I will be upgrading from.

Shuttle SD31P intel 945x based
p4 3.2 running at 3.8ghz
with 2gb of ram.

So would like a nice speed bump, and i know its not all about mhz lol. but would like to overclock and poss reserator cool my nxt rig.

Cheers again.

Cheers

Datamonkey · 1 Apr 2006 at 15:13

cool,

Ok has anyone got any news on the intel front?

Anyone suggest a nice intel dual core setup? i knwo this is almost the amd forums but there may be somone out there lol.

Datamonkey · 1 Apr 2006 at 16:57

ok 4gb would be nice,

Also what ram would you say would be best used with the DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT.

The asus board mentioned above i have been reading up on, and it seems there could still be issues with the ati chipset.

Im not looking to run xfire or sli. But i want to be able to clock the chip to a decent speed.

Would 4gb also hinder the oc? If i remember rightly the older nf chipsets or was it the amd mem controller had issues with 4gb of ram

Datamonkey · 2 Apr 2006 at 00:39

Hey up,

Right as fender has said, i heard issues with amd running with all 4 slots occupied.

So i am thinking intel 975 chipset.

Would anyone like to throw a spec together for me lol.

I will work one out tomorrow, probably on the asus p5wd2-e 975x board, as i have had the 955 version before.

I do like the idea of amd, but i think i prefer what i know, and thats intel lol.

Edit i could live with 2gb if someone could come up with a killer amd spec.

I like feature rich mobo's and run 2 x 250gb sata II's in raid 0 so raid 0 support is a must. i know it will need a re-install

I know what ya mean about holding off on upgrading screwi, but its like meeting a nice lass, you just have to dive in lol

Cheers