help. buying a cpu

karma charger

karma charger

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hey, just recently i wanted to get rid of my single core so i can actually play bfbc2. i have a low budget right now, i cant go over 300w and $150.
here are a few exaples of what im looking at.

http://www.outletpc.com/comb5.html

http://www.outletpc.com/comb1.html

http://www.directron.com/holidaycombo5.html

http://www.directron.com/holidaycombo4.html

if you have any intel core duo cheap mobo and cpu comos under $150. please tell me, and please tell me which is the best cpu out of the 4 i showed you. thanks!:):):)
 
well, im not sure about the AMD, but i wouldn't get the celeron, core 2 duo or pentium then yes, but not celeron
 
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well, im not sure about the AMD, but i wouldn't get the celeron, core 2 duo or pentium then yes, but not celeron
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celeron will not be powerfull enough so a gaming rig ive got it on my latop and it runs great my dell vostro witch ive had for years but you cant really compare computers and laptops. gotfor a amd 2 x3
 
okay, so celerons out. narrowed down to amd x3 and x2 250. i thought that triple cores were dominated by duals though?

i have a 300w psu, but i can reach for a 550w if a NEED to. i got hd radeon 4670. works pretty good.
 
Nope, BFBC2 likes cores. X3 > X2

300W is cutting it fine for a HD4670, especially considering its probably a crap generic brand. What RAM do you have, it may not be compatible with the newer AM3 platform.
 
i've been running the 4670 for bout 2 years on the same psu with no problems. i got 2 gigs and im thinking ddr2

also, im not really looking to play bc2 ONLY. i do like to play it, but i also play mw2 sometimes and tf2 and black ops, and coming this fall, mw3 XD lol.
 
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karma charger said:
i've been running the 4670 for bout 2 years on the same psu with no problems. i got 2 gigs and im thinking ddr2

also, im not really looking to play bc2 ONLY. i do like to play it, but i also play mw2 sometimes and tf2 and black ops, and coming this fall, mw3 XD lol.
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dd2 is the speed off the ram wat is the acual ram brand ? k
 
here's the latest thing that i found and i probably will buy

http://cgi.ebay.com/MSI-G31TM-P21-G...ultDomain_0&hash=item335acc10d7#ht_5698wt_754

gotta love intel, especially at 2.93Ghz with dual core hyper threading.

and also, i just remembered something REALLY IMPORTANT!!!! the computer that im trying to boost rright now is an HP factory pc with the all the original parts, including mobo and hardrive. would i have to buy windows XP again to get a new mobo?
 
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The Athlon II 445 Triple-Core Processor is more powerful than the Core 2 Duo E7500 because it has one extra core.

According to Intel's website the E7500 Processor does not have HyperThreading.
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=36503

You would have also have to buy Windows again if you were getting a new motherboard and do not have a Windows installation disk. I would go with Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium over Windows XP.
 
ya i would get windows 7 but like i said on my first post, my budget is tight. i'll probably end up downloading one. but ill stay with xp, and maybe add vista or 7. i wanna play halo 2 lol
 
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