Processor Choices

Post by **Kills On Site** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:46 pm

What are the best offering for processors these days. I have heard tons of praises for the Core 2 Duo, but what about AMD. I am looking for something in the semi-budget to budget range. Must handle Vista Home Premium well. This rig, if it goes through, would be for a friend and her family. I doubt there would be much gaming, but I think something dual-core would be beneficial. Any suggestions for what processors are worthwhile these days?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:58 pm

The Pent D's are nice and cheap, and OC well..

the core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz is also popular for the same reason.

Amd really dosent have anything that stands out atm ( for me atleast )

Word is that they are working on a new Proc that is going to be something to look out for.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:02 am

Well since this is for a friend I don't want to risk anything with OCing. It needs to be perfectly stable. How do the Athlon X2s compare, price and performance wise.

Post by **Captain** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:15 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:The Pent D's are nice and cheap, and OC well..

Word :icon14:

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:06 am

Which would you guys choose Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz E6400 at $222 or Pentium D 945 3.4 GHz Presler with no "Virtualization Technology Support" at $167 or Pentium D 940 3.2 GHz Presler with "Virtualization Technology Support" at $183.
That VTS is the only difference I could find between the two, other then clock speeds. From what I read on Wikipedia it seems like it would be quite useless to the average user.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:31 am

the Core 2 Duo would be my choice, according to a few people that i spoke to, a "slower" core 2 Duo has no issues raping a P4..

again, this is what i've heard, i have not used a core 2 Duo PC yet, but it is infact my next upgrade.

Post by **Captain** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:11 am

Aye, go with Core 2. Socket type is 775/LGA I presume?

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:41 am

I was thinking this Intel BOXDP965LTCK LGA 775 Intel P965 mobo. Any other mobos with good reliablity and chipset, preferably for less money.

Post by **Captain** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:51 am

Here's a much better mobo for less. $124CDN = $105.71US

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph ... cid=MB.157

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:05 am

That mobo only supports up to DDR2 677, whereas the Intel supports DDR2 800. What exactly are the real world performance differences between the two speeds of RAM?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:03 pm

go with the intel if you dont plan on doing any O/c/sli/etc..

But also, check out asus's line rather then Intel's.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:44 pm

Well I do not know which speed of RAM is best for the money. From what Google showed the DDR2 800 only gives about 3% boost in real world situations. Going with DDR2 667 would cost quite a lot less, I want to start this machine out with 2 GB of RAM since Vista will be the OS. I would go with DDR2 800 but it is quite more expensive then DDR2 667. What would you guys do?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:49 pm

i would spend the little more ( usually within ~$20 ) to get DDR800 man,

it is recommended to run 800 with a Core 2 computer..

but if it does mean that much to you, then get 667, it will work no problem, just slower.