Topic: Little advice, please... (Read 1923 times)

FPF-DrAzteca · « **on:** January 11, 2007, 01:04:40 am »

Im building a new machine, and already have the video card (ATI x1600 pro AGV), so the next thing is the mobo+cpu, and im thinking on Intel, so the question is, wich one is better, the Pentium D945 or the Pentim doble core E6300 (maybe the E6400 if I can afore it) ?

Centurus · « **Reply #1 on:** January 11, 2007, 03:30:05 am »

If you've got the cash, dual core baby.

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2007, 11:36:33 am »

Core Duo, no questions it is a better chip.

Darth Sidious · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2007, 01:31:58 pm »

Quote from: FPF-DieHard on January 11, 2007, 11:36:33 am

Core Duo, no questions it is a better chip.

Not Core Duo; get Core2Duo

FCM_SFHQ_XC · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2007, 01:43:52 pm »

If you dont have the cash for a Intel Core2Duo, then I would at least recommend a P4 2.0+ GHz with HT

Tus-XC · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2007, 04:55:13 pm »

C2D is what you should get, ignore the pentium Ds, they are dead end techs when it comes to upgrade paths.

FPF-DrAzteca · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2007, 08:59:47 pm »

Thx guys

pepperman · « **Reply #7 on:** January 13, 2007, 07:42:17 am »

The ASUS P5W DH DELUXE and the ABIT AB9 PRO would be good choices for a mobo...according to my research.

GermzSlap · « **Reply #8 on:** January 13, 2007, 06:50:36 pm »

Pepperman is right, those 2 are good mobos, however your selection of the of the motherboard should also depend on whther you want to eventually go crossfire. I know that the abovementioned Asus board supports crossfire mode, and it is actually quite pricey. But i'm just not sure if the Abit does. Here's 2 other crossfire supporting mobos that are supposed to be good: MSI 975X platinum and Intel D975XBX2.

Dracho · « **Reply #9 on:** January 14, 2007, 03:56:47 pm »

DFI makes some good Crossfire boards, and their products specialize in stable overclocking.

GermzSlap · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:11:13 pm »

Just a little update regarding ATI crossfire components. There are only 5 motherboards officially certified by ATI for crossfire mode for intel core 2 duo processors: The Asus board mentioned by pepperman, the MSI and Intel boards mentioned by me in the previous post and Gigabyte GA-G1975X and Intel D975XBX.

For a complete list of ATI crossfire certified components visit:

http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/buildyourown.html

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