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Hi everyone
first time poster so please be gentle.
just thought id ask a newbie question
im thinking of a budget build to get me thro until the nehalem prices drop, in say in a year or so.
i was thinking of an E5200 or E7200 coupled with an ASUS P35 P5Kse motherboard with PCI e v1 (£61.09), or a P45 P5Q board at (£88.11) with PCIe v2.
I would like to purchase in a couple of months a 4870 as well.
My questions are - is it better to go for the PCI e 2.0 board to couple with the 4870 (a PCI e 2 card), or would the performance increase between the PCIe v1 and v2 be negligable.
Also, would the E5200 be a bottleneck in a system with a 4870 or would it be ok (i would like to overclock whichever CPU i purchase to hopefully 3ghz + with something like an arctic freezer pro cooler). I could even push to an E8200/ 8400. I am aware of the quad cores, and without wanting to start another long dual v quad debate, i have read that the Q6600 is being phased out, and i cannot find any information yet about the new 45 nm Q8200, but at £150ish it doesnt seem very good value compared to the Q6600.
So the dual core route to my mind is the better value at present
At present i run a 640 meg 8800gts and an athlon 64 x2 4600 - would i notice a big difference between the old and the new system in the likes of Crysis, clear sky etc.
Any input would be gratefully received
ian
first time poster so please be gentle.
just thought id ask a newbie question
im thinking of a budget build to get me thro until the nehalem prices drop, in say in a year or so.
i was thinking of an E5200 or E7200 coupled with an ASUS P35 P5Kse motherboard with PCI e v1 (£61.09), or a P45 P5Q board at (£88.11) with PCIe v2.
I would like to purchase in a couple of months a 4870 as well.
My questions are - is it better to go for the PCI e 2.0 board to couple with the 4870 (a PCI e 2 card), or would the performance increase between the PCIe v1 and v2 be negligable.
Also, would the E5200 be a bottleneck in a system with a 4870 or would it be ok (i would like to overclock whichever CPU i purchase to hopefully 3ghz + with something like an arctic freezer pro cooler). I could even push to an E8200/ 8400. I am aware of the quad cores, and without wanting to start another long dual v quad debate, i have read that the Q6600 is being phased out, and i cannot find any information yet about the new 45 nm Q8200, but at £150ish it doesnt seem very good value compared to the Q6600.
So the dual core route to my mind is the better value at present
At present i run a 640 meg 8800gts and an athlon 64 x2 4600 - would i notice a big difference between the old and the new system in the likes of Crysis, clear sky etc.
Any input would be gratefully received
ian
