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wixostrix

wixostrix

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I'm looking to build a new comp. Im already used to Intel and ATI but when I think about building a gaming pc I think of AMD and nVidia. so I was wondering if i could get some general information on what would be better as of today. my price range is like no more that $400 each.

also, if any a pretty good motherboard
 
When you say $400 each, do you mean $400 on a CPU and $400 on a GPU?

AMD have held the title of the Gaming Chip for a while, but now Intel have developed a new CPU called Conroe. I would recommend you get an E6600 Conroe.

:)
 
If you are still using AGP you need a motherboard that support PICe, or a new video card will seem moot in a year or so when AGP goes all the way down the toilet.
 
wixostrix said:
i would be building a whole new system i just want a good processor and gpu
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Having a processor and a video card isn't going to do you much good.....a motherboard is rather necessary.
 
sorry for sporadic posts, but you probably would want some new DDR2 memory, so get a little slower vid card and pick up a gig of ddr2 or something...or w/e...
 
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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2183360&CatId=0

vid card

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1221701

processor

total is just under 800 for all including mobo, no tax or shipping but probably 850.00 at most....
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It's incompatible, and the FX-53 is old news anyhow.

An X1900XT would be a great video card, with a little cash left over.

As for the CPU & Mobo, wait for the Core 2 Duos. At the very least the prices of existing equipment will drop considerably.
 
i dont even understand the core duo's, the clock speeds i mean. like how is it equivalent to the p4 or something.
 
The architecture within the processor is the best yet, by the sounds of all the reviews of Conroe/Core 2 Duo. It simply runs better.

Remember, clock speed isn't everything. Clock speed is just frequency, ie, how many times a second the processor DOES something. What matters just as much is how much STUFF it does everytime it does something.

The Athlon 64, for example, does less every second, but does more every time it does something.
 
Exactly that is why everyone used to be so confused over amd and their clock speeds. The frequency of the processor is its cycle time, how often it performs a process. No in one cycle it can only do so much so its just is constantly cycling. Now for p4's the cpu's cycled pretty quickly but were pretty limited to how much it could do. While with the amd's it could do more per cycle on a slower cycle. With the introduction of core 2's by intel they slowed their cycle times down, but with the 65nm process that they are using now, they can literally fit more on a chip thus allowing it to do more. Along with the new wavelength they also completely re-did the way that their chips even process information, but that is a long explanation.

BTW this is officially my 500th post and I am now a platinum member :D
 
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