My new system

[Geoff]

As some of you may know, i sold my laptop. So now im in need of a desktop, and this is what i've picked out:

AMD Sempron64 2800+ - $73
Gigabyte GA-K8U Socket 754 ATX Motherboard - $43
G.Skill 512MB DDR400 - $34
Maxtor DiamondMax 80GB ATA133 Hard Drive - $50

Total w/Shipping = $216.16

Im going to be playing games such as Halo, CSS, DoDS, NFSMW, ect. But im only using this until the Conroe comes out, then im upgrading.

I already have a Case, Video Card, 256MB RAM, Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, and a few other things.

 

[Geoff]

Im actually not sure what cpu to get. I'm debating between these two:

AMD Sempron64 2800+ (256K L2, 64Bit, 1.6Ghz, S.754) - $73
Intel CeleronD 336 (256K L2, 64Bit, 2.8Ghz, S.775) - $62

 

[DarkJokerX]

I would say get the AMD Sempron64 2800+ CPU but that might just because I like AMD CPUs

 

[Dr Studly]

my bro has a celeron, trust me, you wont want to do even low end gaming on a celeron... he has trouble playing games even with a decent video card and 1gb ram... so i would not do with celeron...

 

[DarkJokerX]

lol yea 2 comps ago I had a celeron and thats when I decided to never use one agian. AMD all the way!!!! lol

 

[MatrixEVO]

Omega, you already know that the Sempron is much better then the Celeron.

 

[Ku-sama]

still not interested in my 3100+???

AMD Sempron 64 3100+ with SSE3....

$85 and ill pay shipping

 

[Geoff]

my bro has a celeron, trust me, you wont want to do even low end gaming on a celeron... he has trouble playing games even with a decent video card and 1gb ram... so i would not do with celeron...

I know, our family comp is a Celeron D 2.4Ghz, and i couldnt play halo even with a 9600XT.

Omega, you already know that the Sempron is much better then the Celeron.

The reason i asked is because this one is faster, it's LGA775, and its 64-bit. I thought it might be a major improvement over the 478 based ones.

still not interested in my 3100+???

AMD Sempron 64 3100+ with SSE3....

$85 and ill pay shipping

I may be interested, if i decide to go with a Sempron based system, most likely i will buy that from you.

 

[Geoff]

I know i change my mind alot, but this is what i want to get now (screw conroe! ):

Intel Pentium D 930 Presler (3.0Ghz / 2x2MB L2 / 65nm / 64Bit) - $196

Abit AW8 Socket LGA775 Intel 955X - $130

1GB (2x512MB) DDR2-800/PC2 6400 Memory - $140

Rosewill ATX 550W +12V @ 35A - $60

Sapphire ATI x1800XT 512MB PCI-E - $299

Tyris Black 17" LCD (8ms / 300 Brightness / 500:1 contrast) - $180 (-$60 mail-in rebate)

Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache HD - $90

Total w/Shipping = $1,136.04

 

[SpeedDevil817]

you dont wanna be one of those people do you??





referring to people who own intel based systems

 

[BigBrains57]

honestly man, i'd go amd, it looks fine, except its intel

 

[Shady]

you dont wanna be one of those people do you??

well there is 2 branches of those people
those who still like it
and those who wish to get an AMD like me

 

[tweaker]

honestly man, i'd go amd, it looks fine, except its intel

Huh, meaning? Name one task you can do with an AMD that you cannot do with an Intel, often at a lower price. Seriously, good luck finding a sub $200 AMD chip capable of competing with the 930, performance & value vise.

Ahh the stupidity cranks me up...

 

[AMD gs player]

actually the amd 3800 + x2 is fastre than the intel extreme editon for gaming there is an artcle about it on czitnet

 

[Dialamo]

actually the amd 3800 + x2 is fastre than the intel extreme editon for gaming there is an artcle about it on czitnet

Really? Thats just sad for Intel. I'm even planning to get the AMD x2 4200+ so if what you said is true I'm saving a lot of money compared to the Intel!

 

[Geoff]

Huh, meaning? Name one task you can do with an AMD that you cannot do with an Intel, often at a lower price. Seriously, good luck finding a sub $200 AMD chip capable of competing with the 930, performance & value vise.

Ahh the stupidity cranks me up...

I really wanted your opinion Tweaker, since everyone else here is AMD fanboys. If you look at tests, the 930 outperforms the X2 3800+ in some tests. It gets a few thousand points higher in 3dmark05, and does better in most of the non-gaming tests. And its not that bad in the gaming tests anyway.

It's $226, but theres a $30 combo deal, so im really only paying $196.

Also, the DDR2-800 really caught my attention.

actually the amd 3800 + x2 is fastre than the intel extreme editon for gaming there is an artcle about it on czitnet

Depends what EE your talking about. The 965 outperforms the X2 4800+ in some tests.

 

[Beyond]

As some of you may know, i sold my laptop.

you already have or you're still working on selling it?

I really wanted your opinion Tweaker, since everyone else here is AMD fanboys.

not picking amd over intel or vice versa (and therefore not being a fanboy), but does the high score you had in super pi with your dell laptop influence you at all in going towards intel? just wondering...

 

[Motoxrdude]

sold is the past tense of sell. So yea, he already did, lol.

 

[Beyond]

sold is the past tense of sell. So yea, he already did, lol.

maybe it's his miscommunication. just wanting to make sure because it was a nice laptop.

 

[ro0kie]

I dont understand why you sold your decent laptop for dirt cheap. It would have been good enough until Conroe or Merom comes out.