Making a new gaming pc, Single or Double Core?

TylerB · 22 Nov 2006 at 19:45

Hello there,

My first post so I thought id make it one that I can gain some of your ideas and opinions from.
Here is my predicament; i want to build a new gaming pc, currently have decided for an AMD 4000+ Single Core, and obviously will overclock it and turn it into a beast. Problem is that I have just read some good reviews on the E6300+ series, which as you all know are Dual Core.

Which processor would you all recommend to buy, considering a budget of under £130, i can get both processors for around £100 - £130 so, opinions please!

Thanks,

Tyler

Tetras · 22 Nov 2006 at 19:49

For that money I'd say the E6300 is better, especially with an overclocking rig.

Cob · 22 Nov 2006 at 20:12

E6300. No contest.

TylerB · 22 Nov 2006 at 20:15

Ahh i see we have a one sided debate so far, will the E6300 still perform on CPU dependant games with good power? + can anybody please outline the possible overclocking potential in breif?

Thanks again,

Tyler

Cob · 22 Nov 2006 at 20:23

Put it like this, an e6300 overclocked to 3Ghz (which is easy) will beat an FX62 in most cases.

TylerB · 22 Nov 2006 at 20:28

Im sold. Taking an educated guess that there a good price on here..

Cob · 22 Nov 2006 at 20:32

Yeah they're not bad here. Tho you should always shop around.

You'll be needing some half decent pc6400 to get an e6300 to 3Ghz (430x7). And an aftermarket cooler too. The stock Intel cooler is pretty useless over stock speeds.

TylerB · 22 Nov 2006 at 20:33

Any idea of the price for the cooling + price of about 1gb suitable ram?

Darg · 22 Nov 2006 at 20:37

Go for the cpu only without the stock cooler and get an AF7 or similiar cooler. Also make sure you have a good motherboard for overclocking. Not much use if your board can't go over the stock FSB of the cpu anyway.

Cob · 22 Nov 2006 at 20:38

The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro is £16.44 here, and 1gb of decent pc6400 should be around £90-120. The GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency is £96 here.

Slap those on a Gigabyte DS3 and you should get atleast 3ghz easily.

4p · 22 Nov 2006 at 20:39

TylerB said:
Any idea of the price for the cooling + price of about 1gb suitable ram?

try Geil ram

the fans in your case should keep them cool

unless u want something like these new radical heatsink designs

TylerB · 22 Nov 2006 at 21:21

Realising the fact that im on a tight budget, lets keep this within £650 please

lol.

For £650 u recon i can get a full system with that processor with all thats needed to clock it? + a nice graphics card maybe a x1900+

Cob · 22 Nov 2006 at 21:28

Well that probably depends on what hardware you already have. If it's a clean build then £650 may be tight going. Bear in mind that an x1900 will cost upto £180.

Where as if you've got items from an old build then savings can be made.

TylerB · 22 Nov 2006 at 21:55

i could probably sell my 1gb pc2700 and my old p4 is quite rare ill probably get £100 on ebay for it all.. but its a complete new build, ill get there in the end anyway thanks for all the advice!

Tyler

Devious · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:55

I bought this custom pre built rig for work for £675 with warranty. A good price imo. It has a real nice case too. If i didnt make my own i would deffo shop with them.

Asus P5b
C2D 6300
1 GB DDR2
Ati x1300 GFx
Raptor 76GB
DVD/RW

If you swapped the raptor hard drive for a normal sata you may squeeze a x1900xt in there

oweneades · 23 Nov 2006 at 18:12

Devious said:
I bought this custom pre built rig for work for £675 with warranty. A good price imo. It has a real nice case too. If i didnt make my own i would deffo shop with them.

Asus P5b
C2D 6300
1 GB DDR2
Ati x1300 GFx
Raptor 76GB
DVD/RW

If you swapped the raptor hard drive for a normal sata you may squeeze a x1900xt in there

not bad although a X1950pro would probably be more realistic to fit in that price range.

TylerB · 24 Nov 2006 at 16:06

I have been reading the posts in all of the different sections, I have decided upon a DS3, E6300 and 1gb OCZ or GeIL.

Graphics card looking at the x1650pro with 512mb.. nice card for £120?

opinions please

mikeymike · 24 Nov 2006 at 16:19

spend the extra cash to get to an x1900xt series, the one with 256meg ram will annihilate an x1650pro in absolutely everything and is very much worth the difference

Tetras · 24 Nov 2006 at 16:39

Graphics card looking at the x1650pro with 512mb.. nice card for £120?

Terrible for that money, obliterated by a 7900 GS and X1950 Pro and far out run by a 7600 GT.

Devious · 24 Nov 2006 at 16:43

oweneades said:
not bad although a X1950pro would probably be more realistic to fit in that price range.

forgot to mention winxp pro retail as well.