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More like the other way around, but yes, you'll need a graphics card.

Then a system like that will do you fine, although it could be cheaper.

Timna, Banias, Dothan, Yonah, Conroe, Allendale, and Merom are all P6 derivatives and very similar... Not convinced? http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2duo-preview_2.html EDIT: Also read the section titled "The Intel P8": http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2748

Pr0, ya play any games on that rig, or just benchmarks...

The pentium M, core duo, and core 2 duo are all derivatives of the P6 architecture (pentium III), so the architecture is very similar. C2D has some netburst elements in it though.

Actually that would mean raising the clock speed (hertz equals cycles done in a second). The main reason why slower processors can perform better than faster clocked ones is because of a shorter stage pipeline. Honestly they're pretty close to each other in terms of performance... IMO...

By the way... they're not.

Looks okay, the 7300 won't be very good for gaming but you can always upgrade that later down the road if you need to. EDIT: Beat me to it.

Maybe by about 3 seconds... your not going to see much improovement with a raptor in loading times and such.

I agree, temp monitoring software can be way off.

Have you considered building yourself? If not I would stick to a smaller company like ibuypower since your looking for a gaming machine. Either way $4000 can get you a great computer. Actually.. it'll get you a killer computer.

Only he's got an nvidia card...

Yeah, try rolling back drivers. The 9X.XX forceware has been causing some issues.

Rambo's got his to 3.4 Ghz on stock cooling, although those results probably aren't typical... The Thermaltake Big Typhoon, Zlaman CNPS 9500, and Scythe Ninja are all good heatsinks.

Whats your budget? Here's a relatively cheap high-performance RAM set, using micron D9: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065

He knows that... he was just saying that since you said you should go with a 2.4 Ghz E6600 to match the 4600+'s clock speed. Core 2 Duo's match if not beat A 64 clock-per-clock. Yes, but you would have to upgrade your mobo, RAM, and probably video card... possibly even more.

E6300/E6400 are allendale, E6600/E6700/X6800 are conroe. I doubt all of the allendales will be able to clock like this chip (the mobo's also a limiting factor since the multiplier is so low on allendales).

Sh*t... killer chip there... Is it stable prime95/super pi? Speaking of which can you post some results for superpi 1M?

Very, very nice. Looks like your gonna be hitting a wall with the FSB though... I found this FAQ to the DS-3 over at xtreem systems, it's pretty interesting: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110460

You generally won't need active cooling for RAM unless your running excessive voltages, i.e. above 2.4 V. I'd say you could. I think Rambo has the same pair, ask him about them if you want.