Ok guys here goes:
I’m currently running the following system:
Intel D820 2.8Ghz Dual Core
Intel Desktop D955XBK motherboard
2 x 1Gb of DDR2
X1800 XL
Although this system kicks photoshop & premiere’s ass its not so hot on the gaming front – and although I like to able to work on my home rig I have a laptop for that and games are what’s important at home
A read into this makes it obvious that AMD is the better option for gamers at least at the moment – but Conroe is on the horizon & I have heard that the D955XBK may well support it - can anyone confirm or deny this?
So here in lies the dilemma – do I just sell on the dual core stuff and get a faster (gaming~wise at least) 939 system or wait a little while (how long?) and fingers crossed get an even faster system by just removing the D 820 and dropping in a Conroe..
Right now I should be able to sell my current CPU, MB & DDR2 for around ~£300
So I would then have that much to spend on a similar AMD CPU/MB & DDR setup …
I was thinking the 3700+ San Diego + Arctic Freezer 64
Not sure about motherboards – crossfire might be useful – maybe the Abit AT8
& 1gb or ideally 2gb or DDR2 – Geil Value?
Alternatively I could wait for Conroe and just swap my CPU out (if the board supports it when released).
What would you do?
Any advice, as ever, much appreciated
I’m currently running the following system:
Intel D820 2.8Ghz Dual Core
Intel Desktop D955XBK motherboard
2 x 1Gb of DDR2
X1800 XL
Although this system kicks photoshop & premiere’s ass its not so hot on the gaming front – and although I like to able to work on my home rig I have a laptop for that and games are what’s important at home
A read into this makes it obvious that AMD is the better option for gamers at least at the moment – but Conroe is on the horizon & I have heard that the D955XBK may well support it - can anyone confirm or deny this?
So here in lies the dilemma – do I just sell on the dual core stuff and get a faster (gaming~wise at least) 939 system or wait a little while (how long?) and fingers crossed get an even faster system by just removing the D 820 and dropping in a Conroe..
Right now I should be able to sell my current CPU, MB & DDR2 for around ~£300
So I would then have that much to spend on a similar AMD CPU/MB & DDR setup …
I was thinking the 3700+ San Diego + Arctic Freezer 64
Not sure about motherboards – crossfire might be useful – maybe the Abit AT8
& 1gb or ideally 2gb or DDR2 – Geil Value?
Alternatively I could wait for Conroe and just swap my CPU out (if the board supports it when released).
What would you do?
Any advice, as ever, much appreciated
