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28th Jan 2008, 14:37
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Ok i am looking into building my own computer to be used primarily for gaming...
here is a list of the hardware i am looking to purchase Case Ultra Black Aluminus ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports $70 Power Supply Ultra X2 750-Watt Power Supply $130 ^^^Combo package $150 w/o fans Fans Apevia 120mm UV Blue LED Case Fan $10x2 $20 Motherboard Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe WiFi-AP Motherboard CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400 $190 Memory Corsair TWINX 1024MB PC5400 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 Memory (2 x 512MB) $30x4 $120 Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400GB Hard Drive $90 Video Card EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Video Card - 512MB $250 Sound Card Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit... $50 DVD Burner Lite-On DH-20A4P-04 SuperAllwrite OEM DVD Burner $25 Keyboard Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard $100 Mouse Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse $55 Windows XP professional $140 ________ $1190 Is there anything I might be missing or upgrades that I should look at. Also are there any new parts coming out that I should wait for? Any and all suggestions help...thanks |
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28th Jan 2008, 14:44
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Nice system, but IMO let down by the AMD chip.
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28th Jan 2008, 14:48
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the keyboard is excellent
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28th Jan 2008, 15:00
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I agree. At $220 the E8400 would change that from a nice system to a great one. Changing the mobo as well of course.
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28th Jan 2008, 15:03
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failure.
Independent survey by TDC Say AMD's are better for power gaming, and Intel's are best for extreme overclocking. =P |
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28th Jan 2008, 15:10
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Are they not better for power consumption? ie. they use more.
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28th Jan 2008, 16:43
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gahh ive heard so many good things about the amd chip....can anyone give auctual reasons other than personal opinion of why to choose intel over amd?
also do I really need a sound card...i never use sound anyways and i read somewhere most mobos have some sort of mini sound card that is usable if you dont really want to spend the extra cash on a real card.... |
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28th Jan 2008, 17:03
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Less TDP
Less power needed. More efficient architecture. Better overclocking headroom Better optimisation of pipeline length They're not being bought out anytime soon (which has already started with AMD...) Larger cache for encoding work
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28th Jan 2008, 17:42
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28th Jan 2008, 17:44
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Quote:
Anyone want to buy my 6000x2 ?
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