Eak
Posts: 27
Join date: 2009-07-20
 |  Subject: Re: Build My Computer!  Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:16 pm | |
| I found This combo deal from newegg and I can't pass it up. I have a system very similar to yours. 6000+, HD 4850 (one step lower that your video card). I should be ordering it thursday along with some DDR3 from Amazon. Don't buy RAM from newegg, They'll rip you off. I won't be overclocking or unlocking it until I get a new CPU cooler the following thursday. I'll let you know how it goes. |
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Knifey
Posts: 7
Join date: 2009-07-30
| | Subject: Re: Build My Computer! Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:42 am | |
| How does newegg rip you off on ram?
Lga775 is going to still be updated for a long time coming and id rather have an old intel than a new amd
amd are just trolls |
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Eak
Posts: 27
Join date: 2009-07-20
| | Subject: Re: Build My Computer! Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:52 am | |
| | Knifey wrote: | How does newegg rip you off on ram?
Lga775 is going to still be updated for a long time coming and id rather have an old intel than a new amd
amd are just trolls |
Their DDR3 prices just jacked way up recently . Amazon is cheaper.
LGA 775 is a dying socket, son. Clock for Clock Phenom IIs preform the same, if not better, than Core 2s (Excluding the extreme cores). Plus, AMD is better in a price/performance aspect.
+50 Rape |
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Eak
Posts: 27
Join date: 2009-07-20
| | Subject: Re: Build My Computer! Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:55 am | |
| I lied. Waiting another week to go with an X4 955 and 785G setup. |
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psionicmonkey
Posts: 14
Join date: 2009-07-23
Age: 25
| | Subject: Re: Build My Computer! Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:28 pm | |
| | Eak wrote: | Oh boy, Oh boy, this is my kind of thread.
Phenom II 550
ASUS M4A78T-E MoBo
RAM
Now you must be think "But Eak, that is a dual core and therefore not good at all". First off, I'll rape you if you talk to me like that again. Second, the AMD Phenom II X2 and X3 are actually quad cores with the remaining cores disables. With a lot of motherboards, a simple setting in the BIOS can unlock the dormant cores and the Quad Core magical funtime happens. It's not guaranteed at all but there is a very good chance of it.
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Here's everything you need to know about unlocking your cores
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FAR be it for me to doubt your wisdom in this regard, but one question occurs.
If the processor you recommend stands at 3.1 GHz a core, am I correct in the assumption that, if I successfully unlock the other two cores, those will also be the same speed?
Some are probably going to laugh, but I freely admit I know virtually nothing about that kind of thing. |
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