View Single Post - Finally made decision and ordered all parts...comments and suggestions welcome

Martingale00 · 03-06-2007, 08:26 AM

Hold up guys, before anyone blows a fuse I already have a Core 2 Duo rig! This is to replace the AMD box, not upgrade it, not hang with a dual core rig, just simply replace a 3800+ set up. I'm going to take the sound and video card out of my AMD machine and put it in the C2D so I'll have an E6400/7900GS/2GB rig. The box I'm making now is to replace the AMD rig in my signature, not greatly exceed the expectations of it. This is just for home use and moderate gaming until I build something serious when DX10 becomes relevant to what I do. Plus I want some of the parts from that thing for my C2D machine. I appreciate the comments but wow it's like a Core 2 Duo party around here, lol. I've used Vista and XP...sticking to XP for now.

I was thinking I would parallel the performance of the 3800+ machine with this new rig. The more I am learning about the chip it's probably not going to exceed the performance of the 3800+. At least I'll have some faster memory and a better video card though. It's just temporary.

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Martingale00 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 146	Hold up guys, before anyone blows a fuse I already have a Core 2 Duo rig! This is to replace the AMD box, not upgrade it, not hang with a dual core rig, just simply replace a 3800+ set up. I'm going to take the sound and video card out of my AMD machine and put it in the C2D so I'll have an E6400/7900GS/2GB rig. The box I'm making now is to replace the AMD rig in my signature, not greatly exceed the expectations of it. This is just for home use and moderate gaming until I build something serious when DX10 becomes relevant to what I do. Plus I want some of the parts from that thing for my C2D machine. I appreciate the comments but wow it's like a Core 2 Duo party around here, lol. I've used Vista and XP...sticking to XP for now. I was thinking I would parallel the performance of the 3800+ machine with this new rig. The more I am learning about the chip it's probably not going to exceed the performance of the 3800+. At least I'll have some faster memory and a better video card though. It's just temporary. __________________ - Athlon X2 4600+ (@ 2.77GHz), 2GB DDR2-667, 8800GTS-320 (@ 600MHz/830MHz), Antec 500w PSU, Audigy 4, Logitech Z-5300 5.1, Windows XP - Core 2 Duo E6400, 1GB DDR2-667, X1300 Pro, Windows XP Last edited by Martingale00; 03-06-2007 at 08:39 AM.