im ready to purchase... any final notes

JoeCooper · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:38

ok guys im gonna put this though the checkout in a few mins. any last issues you can see with the following hardware. I DO NOT WISH TO CHANGE TO INTEL

LG L226WTQ 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £164.99
(£193.86) £164.99
(£193.86)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Asrock ALiveSATA2-GLAN (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
BFG GeForce 8500 GT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 2.80GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £81.99
(£96.34) £81.99
(£96.34)
Sub Total : £581.91
Total : £701.31

do not need mouse, keyboard, or HHD

1337z0r · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:40

Not really it will work fine, but your making a mistake not going to intel it will not cost that much more than AMD.

JoeCooper · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:41

i plan to upgrade the cpu next month when i get loads of money (3/4k). so i guess if i have any issues with the AMD, i will change to intel and give you a cookie. but for now, AMD will do me the trick

james.miller · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:44

if your getting loads of money next month, the smart thing to do would be not upgrade anything and just wait. amd''s are so far behind what intel has to offer right now that honestly only a fool would choose a current amd pc. £170 for a quad core core2? amd has nothing.

dont say we didnt warn you.

Deleted member 58846 · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:45

JoeCooper said:
i plan to upgrade the cpu next month when i get loads of money (3/4k). so i guess if i have any issues with the AMD, i will change to intel and give you a cookie. but for now, AMD will do me the trick

why not wait and go intel? your making a mistake and will kick yourself afterwards. IF your hitting that much money in a month why go AMD?

stickroad · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:46

Ignore.

JoeCooper · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:47

if i have any problems, ill sell the AMD with the MB, and buy the best intel i can afford with 1k.. but till then, thanks for your help.

1337z0r · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:47

I would wait till you get more cash and then buy a intel machine.

JoeCooper · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:48

i tell you what, if i have any problems, ill place an order on OcUK for an intel, and ill buy you all a 250GB harddrive if your right.

if not, then stickroad is on the list for the HD

stickroad · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:52

JoeCooper said:
i tell you what, if i have any problems, ill place an order on OcUK for an intel, and ill buy you all a 250GB harddrive if your right.

if not, then stickroad is on the list for the HD

Whats all this about? :eek:

If you have a small budget and your not overclocking go for AMD. Though if you have quite a bit of money like you said you will in a few months, even if your not overclocking go for Intel, since Intel have released chips like the E6850 that at stock they are 3GHZ so plenty fast enough.

james.miller · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:52

JoeCooper said:
i tell you what, if i have any problems, ill place an order on OcUK for an intel, and ill buy you all a 250GB harddrive if your right.

if not, then stickroad is on the list for the HD

we didnt say you'd have problems

but i tell you what, when your pc is up and running you should come back here and throw up some benchmarks. people will show you just how much quicker their c2d's are. how much faith do you really have in amd?

JoeCooper · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:54

order placed. will have it by tuesday, will be ready and (hopefully) running tuesday night, ill let you know how it goes.

JoeCooper · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:56

stickroad said:
Whats all this about?

If you have a small budget and your not overclocking go for AMD. Though if you have quite a bit of money like you said you will in a few months, even if your not overclocking go for Intel, since Intel have released chips like the E6850 that at stock they are 3GHZ so plenty fast enough.

the AMD core duo 6000+ is 3GHZ and only £100. would have gone for it if i could find a MB to support it

1337z0r · 22 Jul 2007 at 14:57

Amd and intel measure clock speeds diffrently. I remember when a 1.8Ghz AMD would beat a 3GHz Intel P4 :rolleyes:

.

thecremeegg · 22 Jul 2007 at 15:28

Big mistake not going for intel, thats all im saying

stickroad · 22 Jul 2007 at 15:33

thecremeegg said:
Big mistake not going for intel, thats all im saying

These comments just dont help. Its not just as simple as Go Intel end of story, ditch AMD. It all depends on various things.

If your on a low budget and wont be overclocking, AMD will give you better performance for the price over Intel.

If your overclocking, what ever the budget you have go Intel, thats providing you can get a decent enough Motherboard and some Memory so you can actually overclock the chip.

If you have quite a bit of money to burn and your not overclocking, Go Intel, as Intel offers chips that are 3GHZ at stock that would kick any AMD CPU to the ground.

Finally if you have money to burn and you will be overclocking, Go Intel.

james.miller · 22 Jul 2007 at 15:36

stickroad said:
These comments just dont help. Its not just as simple as Go Intel end of story, ditch AMD. It all depends on various things.

like what? he's buying new ram, and new cpu and a new motherboard. what stops him from choosing intel instead? its not like the only thing he's upgrading is the cpu.

i like that fact that he ignored (sound) advice

stickroad · 22 Jul 2007 at 15:36

james.miller said:
like what? he's buying new ram, and new cpu and a new motherboard. what stops him from choosing intel instead? its not like the only thing he's upgrading is the cpu.

Money for a start and weather he will be overclocking or not.

Tell me if you have a low budget and wont be overclocking you would spec a Intel system when you can quite clearly get a faster AMD system for the same price?

Its all Intel, Intel, Intel, Intel around here. No one takes into consideration other things.

Its just like, Spec Thread, 300 pound, i wont be overclocking and bang you all spec a Intel system.

Deleted member 58846 · 22 Jul 2007 at 15:45

don't get me wrong its a nice system, alough I think I would have budgeted for a 6000 core.

james.miller · 22 Jul 2007 at 15:48

stickroad said:
Money for a start and weather he will be overclocking or not.

Tell me if you have a low budget and wont be overclocking you would spec a Intel system when you can quite clearly get a faster AMD system for the same price?

Its all Intel, Intel, Intel, Intel around here. No one takes into consideration other things.

Its just like, Spec Thread, 300 pound, i wont be overclocking and bang you all spec a Intel system.

3/4k to spend next month. ie: 14 days or so. you missed that part?

james.miller said:
if your getting loads of money next month, the smart thing to do would be not upgrade anything and just wait.

no actually we gave him advice on the best way to spend his money. god forbid us doing that

im ready to purchase... any final notes

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