noob help.

[waso_dude]

Okey guys, need some help.

Going to build a new computer in the next few weeks.

I was pretty much set on a AMD Athlon 64x 4200+ but now looking on here I'm wondering about the Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E6300

My Budget over all is about 600-700. for the whole comp.

I'm going to be running a single 7900GT looking to upgrade to apair in SLi

Just wondering what will be better, as i will be overclocking and being used for games.

Cheers

 

[wizardmaxx]

Welcome to the forums m8

Go core2. You wont be sorry.

 

[waso_dude]

me seems to be leaning towards that, is it worth it with *** basic one?

 

[wizardmaxx]

Over clocked the E6300 beat most amd's on the market atm

Check some of the benchmarks

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17641214

 

[spb251272]

Definitely core 2 duo - and this from someone who hasn't had an Intel in about 8 years It will definitely feature on my next upgrade list

 

[Devious]

Intel all the wayt.

I just got 3 x 6300 based pcs for work £685 each and they had 76GB raptor hard disks and ATI x1300 gfx cards.

Swap the raptor for a normal HD and you have money for a better gfx card

 

[easyrider]

Okey guys, need some help.

Going to build a new computer in the next few weeks.

I was pretty much set on a AMD Athlon 64x 4200+ but now looking on here I'm wondering about the Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E6300

My Budget over all is about 600-700. for the whole comp.

I'm going to be running a single 7900GT looking to upgrade to apair in SLi

Just wondering what will be better, as i will be overclocking and being used for games.

Cheers

Welcome to the forums,

Ask yourself some questions to help you decide.



Do you want to destroy any AMD currently available?
Do you want amazing FPS in games?
Do you want fantastic video encoding times?
Do you want awsome multi tasking perfromance?
Do you want to overclock?
Do you want to have a cpu faster than AMD's flagship cpu for £130 ?

If the answer to all these questions is yes then go for

CORE 2 DUO

 

[waso_dude]

looks like its sorted then i will be going for one of them what motherboard you recommending for about £130?

 

[Uriel]

New build? Core 2 Duo - no contest.

 

[easyrider]

looks like its sorted then i will be going for one of them what motherboard you recommending for about £130?

ASUS P5B

 

[waso_dude]

Not the Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 that i have heard people raving about?

 

[waso_dude]

forgot to say MUST be SLI compatable.

 

[waso_dude]

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £97.99
GX-042-OK OcUK GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £97.99
HS-015-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler £27.99
CA-015-TT Thermaltake VB1000BWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Black £43.99
MB-174-AS Asus P5N32-SLi SE Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 775) PCI-Express Motherboard £119.99
HD-111-WD Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB 1600YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £39.99
CD-076-SA Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) £23.99
Subtotal £451.93
VAT £79.09
Total £531.02

Seems the best i can do at the moment.Still leaves 70 for RAM i'll have to add 50or so for a psu

I will be getting a Rator 76gb when finances allow and another 7900

Anyone got any recommendations/changes they would make?

 

[Devious]

forgot to say MUST be SLI compatable.

You only have one choice at the moment, the motherboard in your list. Unless you use hacked drivers on the 975 chipset motherboard but the performance isnt as good as it should be.

 

[waso_dude]

sorted then what ram people recommending?