What would you choose?
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If I were to build myself a new rig right now for gaming purposes, I would go for:
AMD PhenomII 955 BE (I see a lot of reviews online showing the new Phenoms to have a slight edge in gaming over Intel Core i7 processors)
nVidia GTX295, (I had a bad experience with ATI graphics cards years ago, so I have used nVidia ever since!!!)
and I would choose a good air cooler because I don't know anything about water cooling, and would probably end up ruining my new hardware!!!
AMD PhenomII 955 BE (I see a lot of reviews online showing the new Phenoms to have a slight edge in gaming over Intel Core i7 processors)
nVidia GTX295, (I had a bad experience with ATI graphics cards years ago, so I have used nVidia ever since!!!)
and I would choose a good air cooler because I don't know anything about water cooling, and would probably end up ruining my new hardware!!!
Urm, amd/intel which ever is cheaper for awesomeness (aka bang for buck) so id be on amd this time round.
Nvidia EVERY time now, bad ati linux drivers have ruined things for me many times (and the 9600gt i have now is nearly as awesome as the old gtx280 in my old desktop)
Air cooling all the way too, cant be bothered messing about with water
Nvidia EVERY time now, bad ati linux drivers have ruined things for me many times (and the 9600gt i have now is nearly as awesome as the old gtx280 in my old desktop)
Air cooling all the way too, cant be bothered messing about with water
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For the first two, for me it's ALWAYS down to bang for buck.
Can't say for sure but probably..
Intel, nVidia (purely for a change) and defo air.
Intel most likely since I think you'll get a bit more performance when comparing the affordable lower end parts like Q6600 v AMD equivalent. Nvidia (as above) though I like both as much as the other. Air - well have had a cpu under water before and although it did keep it cool, the main benefit was the lack of noise, other than that fans I was using around the time did the job re : temps just as well.
Intel, nVidia (purely for a change) and defo air.
Intel most likely since I think you'll get a bit more performance when comparing the affordable lower end parts like Q6600 v AMD equivalent. Nvidia (as above) though I like both as much as the other. Air - well have had a cpu under water before and although it did keep it cool, the main benefit was the lack of noise, other than that fans I was using around the time did the job re : temps just as well.
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