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Bigpig · 27 Dec 2007 at 09:38

I want to build a faster rig for my GF house

I was thinking of

to go along with a spare raptor 75gb harddrive and apg 7300 gt GFX 512mb

or should i go for a core 2 rig with a (7300LE 128MB DDR2 card) I have both cards. Cant seem to find agp cheap core 2 mobos.

Its mainly for surfing and playing wow

thefishdude · 27 Dec 2007 at 10:36

well if its for surfing and wow i think the gt card would be better for you becaue of wow. allthough it aint the latest graphics when you get in a battle ground with 80 people it really tests a gfx setup.

semi-pro waster · 27 Dec 2007 at 11:04

The cheapest (and only I think) AGP Core2Duo motherboard you can get from here is the ASRock 4CoreDual, some limited overclocking is possible on them but the FSB tends to top out at ~280-290mhz so even with an E2180 you are limited to around 2.85ghz.

It might be worth considering selling off the Raptor to free up a bit of cash to put towards the system overall and just buying another hard drive. I don't know what WoW benefits most from though so maybe the extra speed of the hard drive would help more than an overall faster PC.

Bigpig · 27 Dec 2007 at 12:22

what would be the faster out of the box cpu the E2180 or 5000+?

That mobo with both agp and pci would be prefect

semi-pro waster · 27 Dec 2007 at 13:10

At stock speeds I think the X2 would be a little bit faster although that would be quite easy to overcome with a bit of overclocking. However you should also note that the CPU you have selected there is OEM which means you need to add a heatsink to your order if you don't already have one.

Bigpig · 27 Dec 2007 at 14:24

think i have a zalman flower somewhere. Think I have a wee think about it

TheMorningStar · 27 Dec 2007 at 16:45

Bigpig said:
what would be the faster out of the box cpu the E2180 or 5000+?

That mobo with both agp and pci would be prefect

the 5000+ is faster. i think by a fair bit too.