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• • Looking at getting a new cpu

  • Hmm, You could get a AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ I believe for around that price.

    but the better choice I think for you would be is get a budget LGA775 Motherboard ($70) 1GB DDR2 ($25) and an Intel E2180 ($80) SO thats about $200 for a way better system. And you can Overclock that E2180 to 3.2Ghz easy on stock.

  • Posted: 4/21/08 7:09 PM
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• • What Computer are you guys running on?

  • Originally posted by Varlok91
    

     

    Originally posted by xpyrofuryx
    

    Originally posted by killx
    

    buying a kentsfield would be kinda dumb, from my point of view, since for like 2-300 more I could get the new mobo, and a yorkfield and have better performance especialy since I do have 1066 ram. and with the resolution cranked and the AA on, the second 8800 does make a hell of a difrence so its no matter to me anyways. until I get to the point that I cant play any game on high (short of crysis) then I'll buy more. though hopefully in a week or two I'll be OCing my chip so it wont matter anyways

    I dont think Yorkfield would be much an advantage at all over a kenstfield unless you didnt have to upgrade a motherboard in which case the 10% performance would be worth the little extra cash, but I think you would benefit greatly from a Nehalem. Wrap your mind around that. 4gigs of RAM, SLI 8800GTXs, new chipset mobo, AND now an Octo-Core 45nm CPU. My god thatd be the shit.

    If he chooses to upgrade to Nehalem he will have to buy DDR3 ram, since the new chipsets for Nehalem will all be DDR3. Not to mention, it will probably be another year before we see an affordable Nehalem (maybe a bit less) because the Nehalem CPU coming out in late 2008 is going to be +$1000.

     

    Just saying if he waits, he will be waiting for awhile. He should just try to overclock his current CPU for now.

    Nehalems are not going to be crazy expensive (not all versions anyway)

  • Posted: 4/20/08 5:02 PM
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• • What Computer are you guys running on?

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  • Posted: 4/20/08 10:06 AM
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• • What Computer are you guys running on?

  • Originally posted by RipperLord
    

    Originally posted by xpyrofuryx
    

     

    haha here:

    Kentsfield= 65nm Core 2 Quad, Q6xxx series

    Yorkfield= 45nm Core 2 Quad like Q9xxx series

    Nehalem= Intels new CPU architecture native Dual, Quad, AND Octo Core CPU. Will be awesome.

    lol I know what the codenames are, but I was just trying to say you could just say e.g. "Q6000's" or "Q9000's". So allot more people would know what your talking about . And I cant wait for the Octo-Core also , though it will have nearly the same issues in the future as the quad has now where most apps are only optimized to run a max for 4 cores...

    Well the majority of the programs that are being optimized for quad-cores are actualy just going multi-core usuable. its usually about 8 cores they are going up to now. But even though only a few programs do this the main thing thisll help with, which is teh most important to me is multi-tasking. this octo-core will be a multi-beast!

     

    and @killx

    Nahalem isnt the $1000 chip, dont know what your thinking of, maybe extreme editions? Nahalem isnt out yet but its Intels new architecture, its going to be native Quad cores and native Octo-Cores. Itll be the same price as new chips when they are released. Probably Yorkfield prices right now.

  • Posted: 4/20/08 9:21 AM
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• • What Computer are you guys running on?

  • And Jesus Christ! EVERYONE has a Q6600!

    It is a very nice CPU though. High-end performance for a mid-end price.

  • Posted: 4/20/08 12:00 AM
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