What is the best you could build for a budget?

[holyjunk]

My bad your right, sorry about that.



I just alwas thought that Amd was better than intel for gaming and intel was better for multitasking...

That would be a very correct statement until about 6 months ago. Here are some conclusive benchmarks.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/07/14/core2_duo_knocks_out_athlon_64/

 

[diduknowthat]

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6389077-2.html?tag=btn

Try that one on for size...

Well its has intels top Intel Core 2 Extreme and amd still out performs...

Ok let's put it this way. Core 2 Duo E6600 processor beats AMD FX-60's in almost everything out there. By the way, E6600 cost about $330 on newegg.

Try these on for size...

from http://xtreview.com

from http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=794&cid=1

 

[Wired]

Prove it, go away and look at some recent benchmarks, emphasis on the intel core 2 duo (stock) beating an overclocked FX-60. Stop living in the past ya fanboy.

Thats completely circumstancial. What hard drives, what arrangement, prove it, pick out the 4 drives and the 1 drive and physically prove it. It may be the case, but still, that comment meant nothing and wasnt backed up at all.

dragon

*EDIT* - and stop double posting it annoys people such as the admins and mods. theres an big edit button there for a reason

I dont have the reasources to buy hard drives to do a bench test but theoreticly raid should be faster.

 

[diduknowthat]

I dont have the reasources to buy hard drives to do a bench test but theoreticly raid should be faster.

You never said raid did you. 4 harddrives does not equal raid. It could just be four separate sized harddrives sitting there, or just plane old four harddrives.

 

[bigsaucybob]

You never said raid did you. 4 harddrives does not equal raid. It could just be four separate sized harddrives sitting there, or just plane old four harddrives.

No, he did say RAID in his original post.

4 160 gig hitachi sata 300 hard drive raid config

If anything I would get x2 160GB SATAII 16MB and a raptor drive for other files.

 

[Wired]

well what about this,

Asus MB SLI
4600+ AMD athlon x2
4 160 gig hitachi sata 300 hard drive raid config
2x 1024mb ddr2 800 mhz RAM dual channel
650 watt quad rail power supply

can anyone do better?

Yes I did say raid,

 

[Wired]

Average Seek Time: 8.5ms
Cache: 16MB
Features: High interface transfer rates SATA II - 3.0 Gb/s interface Rotational Vibration Safeguard Faster system boot-up 300MB/s burst data rate for faster data access Optimum performance in multi-drive systems
Form Factor: 3.5"


Average Seek Time: 8.5ms
Cache: 8MB
Features: Low power design reduces system costs and drives high reliability in ATA-RAID and other multiple drive systems Quiet operating modes ideal for use in noise-sensitive environments
Form Factor: 3.5"

These hitachi drives have the same seek time what does the cache do?

woops sorry about that double post

 

[diduknowthat]

Ok my bad then, didn't have to time completely read through everything, sorry bout that. Cache is just a small chunk of memory built in your harddrive, generally more the better.

 

[Wired]

so could we make a system with the intel e6600 that will utilize duel channel and mabey SLI capable and a raid config...?

 

[liquidshadow]

If you want SLI, I suggest you wait until the Core 2 Duo nforce 590 boards come out. They're supposed to have X16 SLI, Teaming, and a bunch of other features.

 

[Wired]

does the motherboard have to have raid ports or does is just use sata ports? or is there such thing as a raid port, in other words can someone find a board that has 800 MHz RAM dual channel ddr2 the e6600 cpu and capable of doing a raid with 4 hard drives. furthermore what is sataII? It would be nice if someone could configure a system with all these features, also the videocard could be added later, just the system for now or with a really cheap vid card just to get a picture.

I dont need the SLI I might get it with my next one when its cheaper...

 

[draiken]

That might be out of your budget. You stated $1000-$1500

 

[Jet]

does the motherboard have to have raid ports or does is just use sata ports? or is there such thing as a raid port, in other words can someone find a board that has 800 MHz RAM dual channel ddr2 the e6600 cpu and capable of doing a raid with 4 hard drives. furthermore what is sataII? It would be nice if someone could configure a system with all these features, also the videocard could be added later, just the system for now or with a really cheap vid card just to get a picture.

I dont need the SLI I might get it with my next one when its cheaper...

SATAII = 300MB/s
SATA = 150MB/s

You need to get a motherboard that supports SATA RAID. There are no "RAID ports"