My new budget system!

cell4me · 04-09-2006, 01:44 PM

Is there any games I will not be able to play? I chose to get the best video card I could but that did not leave me enough money to get a new mother board and cpu that I wanted so I am still using my celeron d 2.93ghz and I dont know how much that will effect my performance when playing the latest games? It over clocks real nice though I am getting 3.4 right now and its stable, I tested it with (cpu burn in) and it passed and if I got water cooling system I bet I could squeeze 3.6 maybe 3.7 out of it! My system specs are in my sig. I use the computer for mostly video editing, photo shop and office work but my kids want to be able to play the latest and greatest games so I tried to build something to please everyone. How do you think this will perform as is for games? And what would you recommend that would perform better for games and still be able to perform as good for what I use it for? I will have about $400 for a mobo cpu upgrade next month. Or should I water cool it and try over clocking alittle more?

m0nk3ys1ms · 04-11-2006, 12:52 AM

seems to me like you should be alright, if you wanted to go hardcore you should get an amd processor. an amd athlon 64 fx would be good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103558

that ones 2.8ghz, so that would be equivilant to 3.8ghz intel and you can overclock this one, so it would be as if you were running at almost 4.5ghz.

the downfall is that it is 800 bucks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103531

^this one here is a cheaper solution only 300 bucks 2.4ghz(3.4 intel) and it could most likley be overclocked to 3ghz(4 intel) very easilly

hope that helps

m0nk3ys1ms · 04-11-2006, 12:56 AM

amd's are excelent for games

Jet · 04-11-2006, 01:12 AM

Go for an AMD X2 3800+; it's are great multitasking processor that can be overclocked easily to 2.4+Ghz

**ceewi1** · 04-11-2006, 08:05 AM

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Or should I water cool it and try over clocking alittle more?

I wouldn't waste the money water cooling a Celeron.

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I will have about $400 for a mobo cpu upgrade next month.

The AMD X2 3800+ with a supporting board such as the Asus A8R-MVP or A8N-E would be a good choice, although things may change between now and then.

AMD gs player · 04-11-2006, 10:11 PM

i am getting an amd 3800 + dual core it is a budget prossesor but is great

[-0MEGA-] · 04-13-2006, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by AMD gs player

i am getting an amd 3800 + dual core it is a budget prossesor but is great

I wouldnt consider it a budget CPU, in fact its one of the top-of-the-line cpu's. It's just a budget processor in the AMD X2 line.

34erd · 04-13-2006, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

I wouldnt consider it a budget CPU, in fact its one of the top-of-the-line cpu's. It's just a budget processor in the AMD X2 line.

There are single core 3800+'s

holyjunk · 04-14-2006, 12:05 AM

i think i might go with the x2 4200 with a motherboard i dont know what u can get for a price though

**tweaker** · 04-14-2006, 12:29 AM

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I dont know how much that will effect my performance when playing the latest games?

Its a budget chip, but you shouldnt have any problems playing the latest games for a while.

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I will have about $400 for a mobo cpu upgrade next month.

Just get a Venice chip, a nice board and some better memory. If nothing dual core fits that is.

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Originally Posted by cell4me

Or should I water cool it and try over clocking alittle more?

No.

04-09-2006, 01:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
cell4me banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,486	My new budget system! Is there any games I will not be able to play? I chose to get the best video card I could but that did not leave me enough money to get a new mother board and cpu that I wanted so I am still using my celeron d 2.93ghz and I dont know how much that will effect my performance when playing the latest games? It over clocks real nice though I am getting 3.4 right now and its stable, I tested it with (cpu burn in) and it passed and if I got water cooling system I bet I could squeeze 3.6 maybe 3.7 out of it! My system specs are in my sig. I use the computer for mostly video editing, photo shop and office work but my kids want to be able to play the latest and greatest games so I tried to build something to please everyone. How do you think this will perform as is for games? And what would you recommend that would perform better for games and still be able to perform as good for what I use it for? I will have about $400 for a mobo cpu upgrade next month. Or should I water cool it and try over clocking alittle more?

04-11-2006, 12:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
m0nk3ys1ms Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hanover, IN Age: 16 Posts: 4,276	seems to me like you should be alright, if you wanted to go hardcore you should get an amd processor. an amd athlon 64 fx would be good. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103558 that ones 2.8ghz, so that would be equivilant to 3.8ghz intel and you can overclock this one, so it would be as if you were running at almost 4.5ghz. the downfall is that it is 800 bucks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103531 ^this one here is a cheaper solution only 300 bucks 2.4ghz(3.4 intel) and it could most likley be overclocked to 3ghz(4 intel) very easilly hope that helps __________________ Soon to be new rig: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 w/ AC Freezer 7 Pro Mobo: DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL GPU: ASUS Radeon HD4850 512MB RAM: 4GB G.SKILL DDR2-800 PSU: Rosewill 550W HDD: 250GB Seagate (16MB Cache) Monitor: 27" LCD Sound: Logitech X-530 (5.1) OS: Vista Ultimate x64 Last edited by m0nk3ys1ms; 04-11-2006 at 12:55 AM.

04-11-2006, 12:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
m0nk3ys1ms Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hanover, IN Age: 16 Posts: 4,276	amd's are excelent for games __________________ Soon to be new rig: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 w/ AC Freezer 7 Pro Mobo: DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL GPU: ASUS Radeon HD4850 512MB RAM: 4GB G.SKILL DDR2-800 PSU: Rosewill 550W HDD: 250GB Seagate (16MB Cache) Monitor: 27" LCD Sound: Logitech X-530 (5.1) OS: Vista Ultimate x64

04-11-2006, 01:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,285	Go for an AMD X2 3800+; it's are great multitasking processor that can be overclocked easily to 2.4+Ghz __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

04-14-2006, 12:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
holyjunk Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 1,622	i think i might go with the x2 4200 with a motherboard i dont know what u can get for a price though __________________ pentium 4 1.5GHz 512mb pc133 19inch crt monitor Radeon 9200se X-Fi Extreme Music LOGITECH Z-5300E!! *family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.

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AMD gs player banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: embrun ontario Age: 18 Posts: 475	i am getting an amd 3800 + dual core it is a budget prossesor but is great

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