Is this a good set up for games, first build. oh and will it all work together??

roman1607 · 06-05-2006, 08:23 PM

One more question which RAM is better DDR or DDR2??

Impr3ssiv3 · 06-05-2006, 09:47 PM

DDR2 is faster but does your mobo support it

roman1607 · 06-06-2006, 11:50 AM

Thats the thing, an AMD X2 4200+ motherboard with DDR2 and SLI is about £100 and i cant find anything cheaper that has both of those things, does anyone know any good ones. Because of this im thinking of going back to getting a Intel D 940. Need abit of advice

sambomacho · 06-06-2006, 06:14 PM

hi i had a look at the specs and all is well but as a sugestion you may want to opt for an AMD based system with a 64/64x2 Athlon or if you really wanna super fast system a 64fx.
Personally a fast 64 or mid range 64x2 would suit a gamer perfectly for just about all modern games etc. AMD based systems are often more stable and run at higher clock speeds comparred to equivilant intels from my personal experiance.
P.S. if you do opt for an AMD then a change of motherboard will be inevitable
P.P.S That GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 will make mince meat of anything you can throw at the moment and continue to for 2yrs+

sambomacho · 06-06-2006, 06:16 PM

sorry for my previous thread i have a habbit of reading the question and forgetting to read everyone elses reply's before i post mine lol

roman1607 · 06-06-2006, 07:02 PM

What about CONROE, anyone know much about it, its supposed to be quite good and cheap?

holyjunk · 06-06-2006, 11:35 PM

Conroe supposably right now beats out amd in benchmarks, but for cheap probably not. I highly doubt it will be for the average consumer.

06-06-2006, 06:14 PM	#24 (permalink)
sambomacho New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2	RE:Is this a good set up for games, first build. oh and will it all work together?? hi i had a look at the specs and all is well but as a sugestion you may want to opt for an AMD based system with a 64/64x2 Athlon or if you really wanna super fast system a 64fx. Personally a fast 64 or mid range 64x2 would suit a gamer perfectly for just about all modern games etc. AMD based systems are often more stable and run at higher clock speeds comparred to equivilant intels from my personal experiance. P.S. if you do opt for an AMD then a change of motherboard will be inevitable P.P.S That GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 will make mince meat of anything you can throw at the moment and continue to for 2yrs+

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roman1607 New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11	What about CONROE, anyone know much about it, its supposed to be quite good and cheap? Last edited by roman1607; 06-06-2006 at 07:08 PM.

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holyjunk Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 1,622	Conroe supposably right now beats out amd in benchmarks, but for cheap probably not. I highly doubt it will be for the average consumer. __________________ 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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06-05-2006, 08:23 PM	#21 (permalink)
roman1607 New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11	One more question which RAM is better DDR or DDR2??

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Impr3ssiv3 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,231	DDR2 is faster but does your mobo support it

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roman1607 New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11	Thats the thing, an AMD X2 4200+ motherboard with DDR2 and SLI is about £100 and i cant find anything cheaper that has both of those things, does anyone know any good ones. Because of this im thinking of going back to getting a Intel D 940. Need abit of advice

06-06-2006, 06:16 PM	#25 (permalink)
sambomacho New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2	sorry for my previous thread i have a habbit of reading the question and forgetting to read everyone elses reply's before i post mine lol