Spec check!

NightmareXX · 17 Apr 2009 at 22:26

As per title

It's for a friend and he's using a 1680x1050 monitor and wants a decent machine at a reasonable price. This is what I came up with but if there's anything that I could/should change then please enlighten!

It's not likely to be overclocked either. Already have an OS and optical drive.

NightmareXX · 17 Apr 2009 at 23:17

Pretty much 100% for gaming, yea. How much difference are we talking about between the Q6700 and the Phenom 2?

What does the Phenom 2 do better in than the Q6700?

NightmareXX · 17 Apr 2009 at 23:23

Hmm, now why the tri over a quad given that my friend was happy with the original price? And the 4870 over a GTX 260 216?

NightmareXX · 17 Apr 2009 at 23:25

Raikiri said:
Not much, maybe 5% or so at stock settings but clock for clock it is faster. In pretty much everything else they will perform basically the same.

I just thought you could save £50 while getting slightly better performance. Could be put towards a faster graphics card, bigger HD etc.

I like that thinking

I wouldn't get much benefit for an extra £50 on a graphics card, would I?

NightmareXX · 17 Apr 2009 at 23:37

Good point, what about this one instead? Reckon that'd do the job fine?

NightmareXX · 17 Apr 2009 at 23:40

I'm using a freezer on one of my BOINC machines and I've got that set to 60% fan speed and I can't hear it yet it seems to push a decent amount of air through. What sort of temps would I be looking at under full load for the Q6700?