Finally made decision and ordered all parts...comments and suggestions welcome

Martingale00 · 03-05-2007, 10:57 PM

Hello all...I just bought all of the parts to replace (not upgrade) the AMD rig you see in my sig (home use/moderate gaming) and I am awaiting everything in the mail now. Specs are as follows....

- Intel Pentium 4 650 Prescott (3.4GHz)
- Generic motherboard...nothing special, 2 PCI slots, 1 PCI-Express slot, 4 memory slots...does the trick
- 1 GB (512x2) of DDR2-667, upgrade to 2GB down the road
- 7900GT graphics card
- Antec 500watt PSU
- Turtle Beach 5.1 sound card
- 120 GB hard drive/Dual DVD-ROM/Windows XP

And it's going in the case attached in the file. I've already ordered everything so any advice is appreciated but changing parts is not an option at this point. You guys think this will hang for the remaining days of DX9? And also do you think I need another GB of RAM? When I go dual core/8000 series/DX10 it'll be a different build, this one's staying like this, I don't know if I need 2GB for the games that are out right now. Comments? Thanks guys.

firsttimebuilder · 03-05-2007, 11:06 PM

not much of an upgrade

Laptop · 03-05-2007, 11:08 PM

yeahh. Not bad at all. It is ok. The case is really khool. I wish if i could have one like that

**The_Other_One** · 03-05-2007, 11:13 PM

I hate to burst your bubble, but that's really not an "upgrade". The two processors benchmark at nearly the same levels. And if I'm not mistaken, don't the Prescott have a bit of a heat issue?

Personally, I would of just stuck with the AMD, perhaps upgrade to a dual core...

daisymtc · 03-06-2007, 12:14 AM

Why P4? Why not C2D. Can't understand....

Buy-it PC · 03-06-2007, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by daisymtc

Why P4? Why not C2D. Can't understand....

I agree!!!!

After all the price differences aren't that much!

joeswm8 · 03-06-2007, 12:20 AM

no, that price is actually 100 less then a C2D, as long as he got a C2D capable mobo its good

Buy-it PC · 03-06-2007, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by joeswm8

no, that price is actually 100 less then a C2D, as long as he got a C2D capable mobo its good

Yeah, I know that... but the C2D is a better choice in performance by far, especially when he intends to use VISTA and the speed is incredible.

Makes you want to put your finger down your throat to barf up XP!

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.

Buy-it PC · 03-06-2007, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martingale00

Hold up guys, before anyone blows a fuse I already have a Core 2 Duo rig! I'm going to take the sound and video card out of my AMD machine and put it in there, 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 comes out. 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. And I've used Vista and XP...sticking to XP for sure.

Cool!

No sweat!

So, do you intend to build an C2D rig out of your AMD???

It gets confusing what you intend to do and asking us what you wanted? Because it seems you ordered a P4 650 Prescott cpu, etc. If you want to build a C2D - the board and processor isn't going to work for that... or am I missing something here?

03-05-2007, 10:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Martingale00 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 146	Finally made decision and ordered all parts...comments and suggestions welcome Hello all...I just bought all of the parts to replace (not upgrade) the AMD rig you see in my sig (home use/moderate gaming) and I am awaiting everything in the mail now. Specs are as follows.... - Intel Pentium 4 650 Prescott (3.4GHz) - Generic motherboard...nothing special, 2 PCI slots, 1 PCI-Express slot, 4 memory slots...does the trick - 1 GB (512x2) of DDR2-667, upgrade to 2GB down the road - 7900GT graphics card - Antec 500watt PSU - Turtle Beach 5.1 sound card - 120 GB hard drive/Dual DVD-ROM/Windows XP And it's going in the case attached in the file. I've already ordered everything so any advice is appreciated but changing parts is not an option at this point. You guys think this will hang for the remaining days of DX9? And also do you think I need another GB of RAM? When I go dual core/8000 series/DX10 it'll be a different build, this one's staying like this, I don't know if I need 2GB for the games that are out right now. Comments? Thanks guys. Attached Images __________________ - 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 09:44 AM.

03-05-2007, 11:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
firsttimebuilder Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Canadian Summer Posts: 1,255	not much of an upgrade __________________ FTB pm me for any questions on sub ambient cooling Q6600 X1950XT P5K DLX 2GB Muskin 5-4-5-12 ddr2 1066Free Website Hosting!

03-05-2007, 11:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,307	I hate to burst your bubble, but that's really not an "upgrade". The two processors benchmark at nearly the same levels. And if I'm not mistaken, don't the Prescott have a bit of a heat issue? Personally, I would of just stuck with the AMD, perhaps upgrade to a dual core... __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200

03-06-2007, 12:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
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03-06-2007, 08:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
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.

03-05-2007, 11:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Laptop Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 451	yeahh. Not bad at all. It is ok. The case is really khool. I wish if i could have one like that

03-06-2007, 12:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
daisymtc Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,344	Why P4? Why not C2D. Can't understand....

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