My gaming rig.. HELP ME!

[ppcock]

Here's a screenshot of what im going to purchase.

I need to get some dual channel ram, but i need to be under $900. Please help, the sli secondary vid card will come later
and i already have a 300g barracuda.

[nipvicious]

get an amd =p

[ja_raul]

Originally Posted by nipvicious

get an amd =p

agreed.

[Capt.AA]

Originally Posted by ppcock

Here's a screenshot of what im going to purchase.

I need to get some dual channel ram, but i need to be under $900. Please help, the sli secondary vid card will come later
and i already have a 300g barracuda.

Not a bad little setup. I am an AMD preferred and I'm not too technically sound but from what I've been picking up AMD is on the downturn now. If you are looking for reliability though you can't argue with AMD64 3800+ is a good minimum and very sick if you dual it. SLI of a video card isn't really needed unless you are going to be doing heavy, heavy video so you might want to review things a bit and see if you can spend that money somewhere else.

RAM..Well..depends. Until I get a cooling system in place I'm not going to go nuts on ram. Kingston is good ram because of it's lifetime warranty and it's general reliabililty. If you are looking for something more, OCZ Gold or Platinum I have seen work really well and provided a couple of my friends with no hassles at all. Samsung is also reliable but nothing performance like OCZ.

That's my two cents:)

[nabs]

Get an AMD.

[Diamonite]

Nice setup so far. As for the people shouting AMD. The Intel Core 2 Duo is now the world's best gaming processor so he made a good choice. I would go with the E6600 if they have it though. As for memory, take a look at Corsair's Twinx Matched Memory Pairs (great for dual channel). If you can get them. Or if you want to spend less just look for Corsair value ram. They should still be dual channel.

[ppcock]

my revised edition.

[project.one]

AMD or STFU

[Capt.AA]

Originally Posted by ppcock

my revised edition.

sweet

[b0ld]

fuck that wait until january for intel's quadcore cpu

[Diamonite]

Bad move on the AMD processor but it's your comp!
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2014654,00.asp

If he were to wait for the Intel Quad may as well get the AMD quadcore...AMD has some nice things coming out.

[tiedye]

AMD was underrated when it was superior to Intel.. now it's become overrated and inferior to the Intel Dual Core processors. Ironic.

[Leviathan]

yeah get the core 2 duo, AMD has quite a bit of catching up to do these days.

[FireWire]

Info on Intel Quad-Core CPUs:
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/...re%5Cindex.htm

http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...leid=897&cid=2

Total SICKNESS!



Wait for that. It will be the best thing you could buy on the market and won't regret not buying it later.

[Diamonite]

Originally Posted by tiedye

AMD was underrated when it was superior to Intel.. now it's become overrated and inferior to the Intel Dual Core processors. Ironic.

Not really. How long have the AMD dual cores been on the market? Intel finally beat AMD. So I will give it probably 6 or 7 months before AMD has the quadcore title.

We just bought a Core 2 Duo test machine at work and it's awesome.

Here's an article on tomshardware that might help you with your decision:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/07/...e_2_duo_today/

"Core 2 Duo will unlock the system side of many video games that are performance hindered by current CPUs. This will put the onice back on the graphics cards and I should see better frame rates in the games I play. The ability to get a processor that is as fast as the FX-62 for $300 is exciting, as I can get better performance at a savings of $700. If I was looking to upgrade my platform, now is the time."
Darren does most of the graphics reviews at Tom's Hardware and is an avid enthusiast.