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AMD AM2 V Intel

In answer to your motherboard question, get the daddy - ASUS P5E-VM (G35 chipset) at £110, or the next best thing, ASUS P5N-EM (NVidia 630i chipset) which has every overclocking option possible and costs £55.
 
cavemanoc said:
:rolleyes:

If you feel his questions are beneath you then unsubscribe from this thread and stop reading/answering them. There are plenty of others here willing to spend the time and effort to help.

That board should fulfil your needs, it may require a bios update for 45nm - so unless someone else has actually used it you'll just have to suck it and see when the time comes.

Should be a nice little combo you've got there - you going Vista 64/32?

And Merry Christmas BTW :D
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Hi

Thanks. Yes, i will be going Vista 32. So, here is the combo i am going to get:


1. Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

2. Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

3. Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)


So guys, the above ok as a combo?

Thanks
 
I am not looking to go Prenryn in a couple of months! Just want a nice system that 'can' be upgraded in the future.

1. Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

2. Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

3. Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)

So guys, the above ok as a combo?
 
If you're goin for a Dual core get something like the E4500 or even 2160, buying a E6750 is just crazy when the Q6600 can be had for very few pennies more!
As for the ram, that geil on this week only is your best bet, good quality ram (and better than that corsair tack you added)

Merry Xmas :)
 
longshanks said:
How is the E4500 or even 2160 better?
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At stock, it's not. It's significantly worse, but you can overclock it to similar levels of performance as the E6750. Basically, all the Intel CPUs will overclock like mad, so the typical thought process is buy a cheap one and overclock the bits off it.

You originally didn't want to overclock, hence the whole debate about stock performance vs. discounted prices and bang for buck. The bang for buck on an E6750 is appallingly bad compared to a 21x0 series chip or even an E4x00 chip.

2180's will generally do 3.0-3.6GHz without a great deal of stress, 4300's are well known for running in excess of 3GHz, and E4500's are easier to get there because of the much higher multiplier. An E6750 on air might do 4GHz, but 3.6Ghz is more realistic, but the low multiplier and high initial FSB means you need a really good motherboard (not mATX) and RAM to get there.

What tatts is trying to say, is what Easyrider and many others have been saying throughout this thread - if you are going Intel - don't get the E6750 as it's poor value. Either go up one and get a Q6600, or go down one or two and get a budget CPU that will clock well and save you some money that you can either put towards a better graphics card or that 45nm CPU everyone seems obsessed with supporting.

Please accept my apologies if I'm sounding slightly narked. I'm actually slightly hung-over and that's not helping my mood;) I do think you should just bite the bullet though. Whatever you do, you're almost certain to get a marked improvement on what you currently have, and that's the whole point, isn't it?

I'd much rather you came back in a week and said - "OK - you recommended this Easyrider, now help me clock it please".
 
The 2180 is pretty good, got one at sitting at 3.0ghz without any problems, with Arctic freezer 7 keeping it cool at 48c - 50c max.

Rob
 
longshanks said:
I am used to low performance with an AMD system, plus i have an mATX case, TJ08.
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I had one of those - it's got a 120mm at the front and a 120mm at the back. It's full width so you can put almost any cooler on the CPU. I really don't see what you're worried about, honestly I don't.
 
With the stock cooler, at stock speeds it will idle at about 40-45C and it will load at 60-65C.

At, say, 3GHz, it will add 10-15C to those with the stock cooler, but I would recommend an aftermarket cooler like an AC Freezer 7 Pro or better, which will keep your temperatures back at those 40-45/60-65C levels.
 
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