Buying new CPU
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fade2green514
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yea, thats a good deal for the price... maybe $30-$40 lower than buying new lol... but personally, if you're doing video editing or something i'd go with AMD X2... but sure thats a fine proc for umm... surfing the internet lol...
i'd say hard drive speed would matter more (to the user who notices load times and such) so get a mobo that supports RAID 0 and like sata2 and get 2 Western Digital SE16 hard drives or something, that should be plenty fast (AND LARGE)
i'd say hard drive speed would matter more (to the user who notices load times and such) so get a mobo that supports RAID 0 and like sata2 and get 2 Western Digital SE16 hard drives or something, that should be plenty fast (AND LARGE)
apj101
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for a heck of a lot more than that
they're good but there are better setups if we're talking an ideal world
hdd matters squat in most tasks, and raid 0 is overratted.
if your upgrading your mobo, then dont bother with s478, it's a great platform but is old. Now if you were just getting the cpu on its own as a single component boost, then i'd say go for it, but if your getting a new mobo then you should really be getting s775 (or s939 if you can be tempted by amd, heck even M2 if you wait long enough)
fade2green514
Active Member
actually hdd effects load time alot, it doesn't effect app's that are already in ram obviously, but RAID 0 definitely is not overrated, in fact if you're doing something more than just internet surfing and word documents and excel documents then hard drive speed will cut load time down alot.
as we all know, hard drives are probably the slowest and least efficient parts in a computer, however they do give the advantage of mass storage.
also, are you trying to tell me that an X2 would NOT be better than a p4 2.8ghz w/HT? sorry, but it would.
basically we need to know what you'll be doing with your comp in order to suggest that processor, or a different one.
also i suggest getting DDR2 or two sticks of DDR for dual channel, two 64-bit lanes instead of a single 128-bit... that'll increase performance alot too.
as we all know, hard drives are probably the slowest and least efficient parts in a computer, however they do give the advantage of mass storage.
also, are you trying to tell me that an X2 would NOT be better than a p4 2.8ghz w/HT? sorry, but it would.
basically we need to know what you'll be doing with your comp in order to suggest that processor, or a different one.
also i suggest getting DDR2 or two sticks of DDR for dual channel, two 64-bit lanes instead of a single 128-bit... that'll increase performance alot too.
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apj101
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bo one one saying that nor suggested that you said
i'd i merely pointed out that since your suggestion bore no relevance to the facts at hand, and was therefore pure fantisy, that there are better fantisy options out there
unless your doing some serious mass data moves, or streaming, it has little benefit on a desktop. Anyone saying they got there windows boot time down from XXX to YYY has simply seen the normal effect of a reinstall and a new hdd
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Charles_Lee
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if you are bidding on ebay, make sure you don't get scamed ^^
check the shipping charges also, and may be additional tax
i once bid on opty 165, for $400 can or something;
then the sellor told me the finnal price, additional $70 for tax/ shipping,, whatever.
so, be careful, if i were you i would buy a brand new one... so that you don't have to worry about anything
check the shipping charges also, and may be additional tax
i once bid on opty 165, for $400 can or something;
then the sellor told me the finnal price, additional $70 for tax/ shipping,, whatever.
so, be careful, if i were you i would buy a brand new one... so that you don't have to worry about anything
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2101&p=11
http://www.pcmech.com/show/kudos/898/
http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200406/20040625TCQ_6.html
http://www.computerforum.com/showpost.php?p=70401&postcount=3
Yes because we all will die over the extra 2 seconds... die enough to buy a second harddrive.
Dont be foolish. The X2 isnt being considered here ... unless you're willing to front the cost of the motherboard as well as the cost of the X2-cost of the 2.8C he's considerig. We can always find something better but lets stick to the scope at hand.
because we know that DDR2 works so well with NorthwoodCs and X2s....
Please do some bare minimum research before posting crap like this. Dual channel is 2x64bit (or 72bit in the case of ECC), single channel is 1x64bit (or 1x72bit again). If single channel was 1x128 then that would arguably be superior. Good thing it isnt. Score one for the facts team
@rookie
Granted this requires a new platform, but it's more affordable than the X2 route, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116001
Also, you may find Computer Specs 101 useful
fade2green514
Active Member
ya wanna do me a favor and just ban me ? jeeze i made a mistake u dont gotta be a dick about it, just correct me.
*President goes to make a speech*
President: Today I come to you to order the termination of 100 people...
*President waves off in the distance*
*Marines shoot people*
*A week later*
President: I apologize, what I meant to say 'Today I come to you to order the termination of 100 new projects for improving this country. It was just a mistake'
Ok humor aside, the point is that I dont care whether you make a mistake or not. That's not what's important here cuz yes people do make mistakes. What IS troubling is when people pass false information along as facts especially when it is ever so wrong. If you read over your post #5 ... you should now realize exactly how tragically wrong that is.
Clutch
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I think it would be an excellent deal, espically if that processor has the M0 stepping, which would allow for some pretty good overclocking.ro0kie said:
On the other hand... If you are going to be buying a new motherboard to use that processor, I don't think it would be that worthwhile, due to the lack of mainstream S478 boards (yes, I know that there are a few S478 boards with PCI-E, but they aren't made by the *best* of manufactuers, such as ASUS or ABIT).
But when it comes to the buy, It's your choice. Good luck.