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Help with C2D rig

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sagsall4u Original post #1
Apr 17, 2007 at 9:06 PM
hey guys . i've made up a new rig. suggestions are welcome.

Intel C2D E6400 2.13ghz

asus P5N-ESLI

corsair 1GB 667mhz

. do you guys have any other options for me. or is the abv cinfig good.
i will be purchasing it only in the months of august september. what new options can i expect?
gauravakaasid
gauravakaasid #2
Apr 17, 2007 at 9:12 PM
for one thing....u'll b getting more options n cheaper prices

also wats ur budget like??
assasin
assasin #3
Apr 17, 2007 at 11:29 PM
if u wanna buy in August/September then it'll be hard to suggest a good c2d config now cuz many new C2D proccies and new Intel chipset mobos (P35,X38 etc) will be releasing.
deathvirus_me
deathvirus_me #4
Apr 18, 2007 at 2:09 AM
Well , keeping the current AMD CPU prices ... u should easily avoid the C2D for some time ... for the price of the E6400 , u should get a X2 5200+ 65W TDP one easily ... coupled with the low mobo prices and RAM ... u can oc a bit to get performance almost better than E6600 under most circumstances ...
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sagsall4u #5
Apr 18, 2007 at 10:23 AM
ty for all ur inputs.
btw i wud be getting all d abv from the U.S
my budget is arnd $350-400 for the procc+mobo+RAM
I dont know anything bout OC'ing . so plss avoid that.
i will start purchasing by august sept only . so what kind of options can i expect?.
My main use for the rig is gaming and multimedia and i will be buying a gfx card )7900gt at that time).
assasin
assasin #6
Apr 18, 2007 at 8:51 PM
why do u wanna buy a outdated card (7900GT) when u'll get good DX10 gfx cards by that time???
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sagsall4u #7
Apr 19, 2007 at 9:55 PM
totally forgot bout that. my bad.
anyways . will intel amd introduce any more variants of the dual core procc?
assasin
assasin #8
Apr 20, 2007 at 12:38 AM
dont know bout AMD but Intel sure will introduce new C2D proccies
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sagsall4u #9
Apr 20, 2007 at 9:31 AM
assasin said:
dont know bout AMD but Intel sure will introduce new C2D proccies
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gr8 then y d f*** am i wasting time now. delete this thread mods.. or cant u???
darklord
darklord #10
Apr 20, 2007 at 11:03 AM
^ K10 is round the corner,so dont count AMD out yet.Who knows they will be humping C2D :D
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sagsall4u #11
Apr 21, 2007 at 11:17 AM
darklord said:
^ K10 is round the corner,so dont count AMD out yet.Who knows they will be humping C2D :D
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K10? this is news to me . can u tell me more or a link?
darklord
darklord #12
Apr 23, 2007 at 1:22 AM
sagsall4u said:
K10? this is news to me . can u tell me more or a link?
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K10 is a new architecture from AMD.Its basically a heavily reworked K8 to put simply.First Quad Core based on K10 will launch in June and then Dual Core versions will follow. :p
Kniwor
Kniwor #13
Apr 23, 2007 at 1:31 AM
both Intel and AMD are set to release new chips, Barcelona for AMD, Penryn for Intel