dual core!! what one...

[gavindo]

just about to place an order in the morning but carnt decide on what cpu.

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)

or

Intel Pentium 4 945 Dual Core "LGA775 Presler" 3.4GHz (800FSB) - Retail (CP-132-IN)

both around same price. what would be the better all round cpu for say-

HD recording / dvd converting / and gaming ( bf2/cod2/wow) also use a lot of photo shop type programs,

at the moment im running a AM2 3800+ single core its great for games but it takes way to long encoding its slower then my old hyper threading p4 3 gig

im gonna give the old pc to the wife as hers is well old now

ive been looking at the 945 Dual Core because it has the 4 mb cache.

what you lot think

thanks gavindo

 

[gavindo]

thanks for the help guys
i was looking at this lot :

Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) or may be the x1900 gt ?? not sure

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit

gavindo

 

[gavindo]

right back home now long day at work.

i ended up ordering :

OCZ ModStream 520w ATX2.2 Power Supply (CA-017-OC)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-

ntel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) -

Sony DWG120A 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) -

CoolerMaster Ammo 533 Aluminum (No PSU) - Silver (CA-089-CM)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel

x 2 - Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6V200E0 SATA-II 8MB

just got to wait for it to come now

 

[gavindo]

thank for the help guys.

i shall do the bios upgrade as u say andy.

and thanks for the info on the overclocking