Soldato
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Im in the market for a new cpu I recon. I mostly use my pc for general browsing/photoshop/3DS Max and Oblivion(Most of the other games I play would probably manage on a 486 
) So ive decided im probably going to go down the dual core route. Now the question is which one to go for? Im basically after most bang for buck and I will be overclocking whatever chip I end up with. Ive got a MSI K8N neo4 Diamond, which has a stable HTT up to about 310-315ish. Due to this Im guessing im best off with a chip with a multiplier of 10 or over? Am I best going for an Opteron 170 or going the X2 route? I really dont want to spend much over £300, although im hopefully going to try and pick one off the MM.
) So ive decided im probably going to go down the dual core route. Now the question is which one to go for? Im basically after most bang for buck and I will be overclocking whatever chip I end up with. Ive got a MSI K8N neo4 Diamond, which has a stable HTT up to about 310-315ish. Due to this Im guessing im best off with a chip with a multiplier of 10 or over? Am I best going for an Opteron 170 or going the X2 route? I really dont want to spend much over £300, although im hopefully going to try and pick one off the MM.