New System Builds

EcPercy · Oct 9, 2006, 03:56 PM

I came up with two builds. Please look them over and give any tips and thoughts about the builds. Let me know which one you would go with and why.

I already have the basics like a case, speakers, dvd-rw, cd-rw, keyboard, mouse, and soundcard.

Athlon 64 AM2:
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/...Number=3915027

Intel Core 2 Duo
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/...Number=4281127

PangingJr · Oct 9, 2006, 04:10 PM

Barracuda 7200.10 250GB...
i'd suggest you reconsider having the 320 GB 16MB cache one over the 250GB 8MB cache.

EcPercy · Oct 9, 2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by PangingJr

Barracuda 7200.10 250GB...
i'd suggest you reconsider having the 320 GB 16MB cache one over the 250GB 8MB cache.

Good point. I really wasn't looking at the cache size when I was going over that build. All I know is that I want to have a striped array for the OS (raid 0) and a mirror set for the data drive (raid 1).

The main thing is that I have been an AMD supporter for a long time. I have built and used Intel systems as well, but for several years now I have stuck with AMD. The Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 looks like the best "bang for your buck" processor out there right now. It even bests the Athlon FX-62 in some of the gaming tests.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2014685,00.asp

PangingJr · Oct 9, 2006, 04:51 PM

i personally would choose Intel Core 2 E6600... but since i'll also choose Intel chipset board over the others and since i'm not even close to know any things about AMD, so i hardly want to have to comment...

EcPercy · Oct 9, 2006, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PangingJr

i personally would choose Intel Core 2 E6600... but since i'll also choose Intel chipset board over the others and since i'm not even close to know any things about AMD, so i hardly want to have to comment...

Do any of the Intel chipset boards offer SLI? That's the one reason I selected the Nvidia chipset model. I want to go SLI with this build. Even if I decide to just get one card for now, I want to have the ability to go with SLI at a later date.

PangingJr · Oct 9, 2006, 05:11 PM

i suspected that (since you pick board for SLI's).
i really don't know about the C2D with SLI support boards, so i guess you need to do some research... and more research.

EcPercy · Oct 9, 2006, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PangingJr

i suspected that (since you pick board for SLI's).
i really don't know about the C2D with SLI support boards, so i guess you need to do some research... and more research.

LOL! So true.

I will not be building this machine anytime soon. I will probably start saving after christmas. I do think that I will be going with C2D this time though. Just throwing around some ideas. Maybe by the new year there will be some more SLI based boards out there to choose from. On newegg I only saw a few boards that supported C2D.

PangingJr · Oct 9, 2006, 07:20 PM

here is my C2D E6300 (1.86GHz) @2.52GHz (360x7)

imagine what the E6600 would be getting when it's at 3.24GHz (360x9)
and when it comes to overclocking it, it seemed easy enough. even i can do it.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Oct 10, 2006, 05:47 PM

The only SLI you get for Conroe is select nForce boards for Intel, but I haven't seen too many of those out these days.

I wonder if its possible to run it on the P965's that have 2x x16 PCI-e clots like the other driver that came out that allowed it on some 975X's

F1N3ST · Oct 10, 2006, 08:26 PM

My 965P supports 1 x16 and 1x4

. But, I would HIGHLY suggets waiting for the x1950PRO as it will be sweet, and crossfire it. 7900GTO SLI would also be better.

EcPercy · Oct 15, 2006, 06:40 AM

Thanks for the advice about the SLI portion. I thought that the only route would be to go with an Nvidia chipset.

As for Crossfire. Not gonna happen. I will stick with Nvidia, but the 2 slot versions of their card will not work as I need to be able to use the PCI slots.

Oct 9, 2006, 03:56 PM	#1
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	New System Builds I came up with two builds. Please look them over and give any tips and thoughts about the builds. Let me know which one you would go with and why. I already have the basics like a case, speakers, dvd-rw, cd-rw, keyboard, mouse, and soundcard. Athlon 64 AM2: http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/...Number=3915027 Intel Core 2 Duo http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/...Number=4281127

Oct 9, 2006, 04:10 PM	#2
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	Barracuda 7200.10 250GB... i'd suggest you reconsider having the 320 GB 16MB cache one over the 250GB 8MB cache.

Oct 9, 2006, 04:51 PM	#4
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	i personally would choose Intel Core 2 E6600... but since i'll also choose Intel chipset board over the others and since i'm not even close to know any things about AMD, so i hardly want to have to comment...

Oct 9, 2006, 05:11 PM	#6
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	i suspected that (since you pick board for SLI's). i really don't know about the C2D with SLI support boards, so i guess you need to do some research... and more research.

Oct 9, 2006, 07:20 PM	#8
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	here is my C2D E6300 (1.86GHz) @2.52GHz (360x7) imagine what the E6600 would be getting when it's at 3.24GHz (360x9) and when it comes to overclocking it, it seemed easy enough. even i can do it.

Oct 10, 2006, 05:47 PM	#9
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	The only SLI you get for Conroe is select nForce boards for Intel, but I haven't seen too many of those out these days. I wonder if its possible to run it on the P965's that have 2x x16 PCI-e clots like the other driver that came out that allowed it on some 975X's

Oct 10, 2006, 08:26 PM	#10
F1N3ST DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 123 Rep Power: 0	My 965P supports 1 x16 and 1x4 . But, I would HIGHLY suggets waiting for the x1950PRO as it will be sweet, and crossfire it. 7900GTO SLI would also be better.

Oct 15, 2006, 06:40 AM	Thread Starter #11
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the advice about the SLI portion. I thought that the only route would be to go with an Nvidia chipset. As for Crossfire. Not gonna happen. I will stick with Nvidia, but the 2 slot versions of their card will not work as I need to be able to use the PCI slots.