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[Vimacs]

Most people dont need dualcore, if you do the core-duo(t2500) is the only intel worth considering.
Apart from the very recent core duos you can say that a amd at full load uses less power than a same rated intel at idle.

If you get a amd make sure to get a nforce4 based board.

But right now its a bad time to get a new pc, geforce 7900 is just arround the corner and amd is just about to switch to m2 and ddr2.

 

[sam fisher]

... Look, DualCore is only useful for multitasking and applications which can take real advantage out of it already (like video editing as you mentioned)...

The 3.8GHZ are the most a Prescott is sold at.

P4 Dual: two prescotts at 2.8*2 = 5,6ghz

Yes, true, as I said, you can get an Athlon X2 as well, added up it will for sure have a lower clockspeed, but there are CPU's equivalent to this one sold by AMD.

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What AMD cpus are equivelent?

Most people dont need dualcore, if you do the core-duo(t2500) is the only intel worth considering.
Apart from the very recent core duos you can say that a amd at full load uses less power than a same rated intel at idle.

If you get a amd make sure to get a nforce4 based board.

But right now its a bad time to get a new pc, geforce 7900 is just arround the corner and amd is just about to switch to m2 and ddr2.

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Lol I dont care about ti being that good. If it does its job them IMO its fine. So by your logic it would be better to get a intel as they are not changing over anyhting atm

 

[racoon]

But right now its a bad time to get a new pc, geforce 7900 is just arround the corner and amd is just about to switch to m2 and ddr2.


Well, this is true, but think of it:

The newest M2's will come out in a few month('s) and this will cause a drop in 939 prices...
The GeForce 7900 surely is a nice card but unaffordable right now...

A friend of mine and me recently built a PC for him, it has an Athlon 3200+ and a gForce 6600GT, and, most importantly it has got a nForce4 mainboard, so if he wants more speed in, let's say, 2-3 years, he can add 2 more DDR-RAMs, an Athlon X2 which would cost simply too much right now, and a card like the gForce 7900GTX for a good value .

 

[sam fisher]

so this athalon 3500+ is worth it at £650?

 

[Vimacs]

no, not raely, its like most prebuild systems rather shitty partwise.
A 7300 with 512mb dosnt even exists, its mostl likely a 256mb card wich uses 256mb of the main ram, bad! The 7300 is a pretty shitty low-end card, even a 6600 is faster, dont buy that if you want to play games.

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?...ODUCT&KEY=68586
is the only system with a decent gfx card they have, and its overpriced.

 

[sam fisher]

Most prebuilt are a rip off. Im gonna go with the penium D one and upgrade the gfx card.

 

[iignotus]

Most prebuilt are a rip off. Im gonna go with the penium D one and upgrade the gfx card.

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That's a bad idea, but go nuts. If you want a gaming machine, you should probably just build your own AMD-based computer.

 

[lubidog]

I am going to build my own desktop very soon. I have a lovely shiny new monitor, so just the tower. I want to be able to play WoW.

Unfortunately I am a complete non-nerd. But am determined. So I will be calling on all you sad lonely nerds for help! Has that made your day? Good.

I want to stick my two old hard drives in there, and throw in a third. Get a decent motherboard, AMD 64+ processor. Decent graphics card, nice tower that lets me have usbs on the front. I think I will be able to do it for about £400. A real nice one (no Monitor, remember). Am I crazy???

A (girl) colleague of mine has just built a lovely pc for about £300. It plays WoW very nice...

 

[iignotus]

Am I crazy???

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Yes. However, you could probably get a nice computer for less than 300 pounds.

Do any of you lilies have a place like newegg that ships to the UK?

 

[lubidog]

Am I crazy???

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Yes. However, you could probably get a nice computer for less than 300 pounds.

Do any of you lilies have a place like newegg that ships to the UK?

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IIg, you will soon become my new best friend!

Don't know what a lilly is, but in the UK we have Ebuyer that seems pretty cheap. I live in Germany though. Any of my German Kumpels have a good cheap internet site for me...?

 

[sam fisher]

Most prebuilt are a rip off. Im gonna go with the penium D one and upgrade the gfx card.

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That's a bad idea, but go nuts. If you want a gaming machine, you should probably just build your own AMD-based computer.

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I could build my own but I've never done that before and wont have a 3 year warranty. i have never had anything but good things happen with intel processors so im going for that. As it probably is better than that athlon. I will not be using it mainly for gaming hell this shitty celeron manages to play games but that is at 2.8ghz. SO oyu lot just say to get the athlon. Most important question i still need answered is. DOES WMC HAVE BLOODY NORMAL XP FUNCTIONALITY!

 

[iignotus]

DOES WMC HAVE BLOODY NORMAL XP FUNCTIONALITY!

Of course. What a silly question.

 

[Goity]

Am I crazy???

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Yes. However, you could probably get a nice computer for less than 300 pounds.

Do any of you lilies have a place like newegg that ships to the UK?

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IIg, you will soon become my new best friend!

Don't know what a lilly is, but in the UK we have Ebuyer that seems pretty cheap. I live in Germany though. Any of my German Kumpels have a good cheap internet site for me...?

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He's in denial

 

[sam fisher]

I was told WMC didnt. Now I know it does its a tough decision for me. As the intel ones offers more in the way of future uppgrades and better at video editing etc blah blah blah

 

[Vimacs]

the intel one is even more shitt than the amd, oboard gfx from ati?, sorry, that just sucks.

 

[sam fisher]

who cares im upgrading it

 

[Vimacs]

why not get a better onein the first place? buying a premade one just to upgrade it is a waste of money

 

[sam fisher]

wont i have to plus lots of bits of the motherboard and stuff together? if not then tell me what to buy

 

[Vimacs]

there are many shops who let you choose the parts and build your pc from them, no idear of any in uk through.

 

[Goity]

Most local shops do it for a decent price.