is this system ok ?

[Dv8]

[Leone]

[Dv8]

[GURU]

looks good ! 2k seems about right!.

BUT ..... u can get Intel Quad core RIGHT NOW for only $400 and also u would be better off to get a P35 chipset as it will have much better FUTURE upgrade support. or Nvidia 680i or u could wait till...

also in sept 2007 Intel will be releasing their new high performance chipset X38. it is rumoured to be able to SLI and also Xfire. but u will be paying top dollar ! ouch!

points to remember with P35-

they loose pretty much all backwards support,

offer as much future proofing as u can currently get.

seem to be a bit more expensive for the time being .

seem to offer similar performance as P965

and they seem to offer similar overclocking capability as the P965 [and they were fkn good].




of course to round it off u need a kick ass monitor and speakers to go with it! hehe

a few questions? what model is the motherboard?

as stated above what is the power supply?

[Dv8]

just a question , i dont fully understand the dual core thing ,
this cpu is clocked at 2.40 ghz , i currently have a p4 2.53 ghz , whats the diff ?

so its dual cpu,s running @ 2.4 ?

totals ??? ghz ?

from what i could see on the net their was only 2 models of the MB both looked good
but im still waiting for an answer ...

btw im gonna go the P35 S3 Mb

still looking at psu,s ...

[GURU]

dual core cpus and quad core cpus are as they say !

dual cores have 2 cpu cores on the one chip and quad cores have 4 cpu cores on the chip!
basically when u look at them they all look the bloody same ! but hey can do a lot more work if the programs support multiple cores. games are starting to take advantage of dual cores and some more than 2 cores!

as for speed yes the Intel E6600 has 2 x cpu cores on the one chip running at 2.4ghz !
dont think of it as 4.8ghz cos it AINT ! and so on with quad cores .

and the Q6600 is the quad core which has 4 x cpu cores running at 2.4ghz.

the quad core cpu is actually about $360

u have basically 3 choices in cpus

1 - quad core Q6600 2.4ghz = $360 best value for quad core [only one thats cheap enough]
2- dual core E6600 2.4ghz = $300 best value of the 1066fsb cores
3 - dual core E6750 2.66ghz = $250 best value for dual core

as for motherboard i would go the "p35-ds3P" route as long as it aint too expensive!

looking at CPL in melb it is only $10 more than the ds3 . wood b well worth it!

[Dv8]

INTEL CONROE E6600 Dual core duo
Gigabyte GA-P35_S3 Motherboard
4 gigs DDR2 Memory ( 4096 megabytes ) 667 mhz
ATX Case 550 Watt Silent Power
768 megabytes NVidia 8800GTX Video PCI-express (Leadtech)
400 gigabytes SATA2 Hard Disk Drive
Internal Card reader - Multiformat
Pioneer 112D Dual Layer DVD Burner

Plays BF2 all on high with AA on 4 x (doesnt touch the sides ) looks alot better , v , nice ..

Played bioshock demo on vista , all on high looks nice but didnt really think much of it , nice water effects tho , again didnt miss a beat new comp just chews it and spits it out the other end ..

Pretty Happy with it , looking forward to CRYSIS ....

[..ME..]

nice looking pc there dv8, i would happily swap