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crackheadtim
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Joined: 29 Dec 2007
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 Posted: 12/29/07 - 20:17 Post subject:
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Right now i have my own custom comp i made about 4 years ago, and its rocking a pentium 4 3.0 GHz.
Within the last 3 months i got a new power supply and video card and ram.
So im going to buy a new motherboard and processor.
For processors i was looking at the Intel Quad Core 2.4 GHz, and the Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz.
They are both the same price at microcenter where i live so what do you guys suggest i should do?
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Tumbler
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Joined: 06 Dec 2007
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Posted: 12/30/07 - 06:59 Post subject: NEW PC OR JUST SIMPLE UPGRADE
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I'm assuming you mean the Q6600 and the E6850.
It all comes to what you use your computer for. If its just for gaming, most games can only use one core and so will benefit most from a faster CPU speed - ie E6850
The reverse of that is true if you are likely to be multitasking CPU intensive programs alot, since most programs cant take advantage of multiple cores by themselves.
The Quad is also availiable in a low voltage edition, and so could be overclocked to well above 3.0ghz
Personally, I'd get the Quad Core.
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huntboy
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Joined: 01 Jan 2008
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Posted: 01/01/08 - 00:43 Post subject:
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i personaly would go with the new pc its worth it trust me
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Def66
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Joined: 01 Jan 2008
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Posted: 01/01/08 - 21:07 Post subject:
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For gaming I'd go with the E6850 and a decent mobo that leaves room for upgrade in the future.
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touchthis
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Joined: 02 Jan 2008
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Posted: 01/02/08 - 10:00 Post subject:
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I think its too old to upgrade it, the best way is to buy new one
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memenow
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Joined: 02 Jan 2008
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Posted: 01/02/08 - 23:02 Post subject:
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What kind of gaming do you do?
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Death1942
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Joined: 02 Jan 2008
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Posted: 01/03/08 - 05:16 Post subject:
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quad for future proofing (dual cores are better atm but quads (and maybe hexcores 0_0) will replace the dual cores.
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drshmoo11
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Joined: 22 Jan 2008
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Posted: 01/22/08 - 22:57 Post subject:
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How much money do you have hehe
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Jack.Bilder
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Joined: 23 Jan 2008
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Posted: 01/23/08 - 20:30 Post subject:
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Well a budget would be nice but i would go Quad Core on a nice P35, 780I or X38 board.
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Versuz
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Joined: 22 Jan 2008
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Posted: 01/24/08 - 12:39 Post subject:
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I'd recommend a new processor, I have the same processor and I'm having a poor performance on some games, like TF2
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t6druid
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Joined: 25 Jan 2008
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Posted: 01/26/08 - 00:32 Post subject:
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Quad cores are too expensive for the very little performance boost they give over dual cores at the moment, a year or so down the road things might change though.
While Intel may clock at higher speeds for the most part, AMD has ten times the stability and their multi-core architecture is way more stable right now.
I would suggest going with a nice ASUS Crosshair mobo, toss in an athlon 6200+ (3.2G Dual Core) brisbane core, SLI up a couple 8800 GT Overclocked cards and you got yourself a kickass system.
i run with the same mobo, a 6000+ (3.0GHz dual core) and 2 8600GTS's and im running very smooth on any game i play.
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Tksowns
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Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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Posted: 02/01/08 - 22:36 Post subject:
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it's alot cheaper to built computer yourself over pre-built hp one and you get alot more quality of out custom made
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Spazzme
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Joined: 05 Feb 2008
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Posted: 02/05/08 - 10:14 Post subject:
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Just uppgrade a littel at a time?
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