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im looking at getting a desktop comp soonish to replace the laptop. im not an uber l337 gamer so i dont want anything too fancy, just something thats gonna handle online games like runescape in HD.

was thinking something like this with the AMD AM2 Athlon x2 5200+. Thoughts and possible upgrades?

As much as I do like AMD, the Core2Due and Core2Quad cpu platform is superior (the i7 is even better but pricy). The Core2 cpus use a hell of a lot less electricity compared to AMD and therefore don't generate as much heat, which means you dont need to put a shitload of fans in the case to keep it cool (which then means you have a nice quiet system)...

-D

What's you budget Damo?

Yeah, got to agree Intel have the better performing processors atm, and for the next year or two I can't see AMD coming out with anything new to really challenge Intel's tech either.

i don't do enough things to warrant a sweet ass pc, i don't download uber amounts of movies etc, and dont play games that have as many needs as a wife of a rich husband.

Think i might go this combo that Steve did for me:

Intel Daul Core E5200

Gigabyte EP43-DS3L

Western Digital WD640gb

2G-800 Kingston

Ati 512M 4670 Gigabyte

CASE 650w Power Supply Black

Microsoft Windows Vista Business

OEM Logitech Internet Key/Mouse

3.5” Floppy Drive

DVD Pioneer 216 Burner

comes to $820 plus build.

i don't do enough things to warrant a sweet ass pc, i don't download uber amounts of movies etc, and dont play games that have as many needs as a wife of a rich husband.

Think i might go this combo that Steve did for me:

Intel Daul Core E5200

Gigabyte EP43-DS3L

Western Digital WD640gb

2G-800 Kingston

Ati 512M 4670 Gigabyte

CASE 650w Power Supply Black

Microsoft Windows Vista Business

OEM Logitech Internet Key/Mouse

3.5” Floppy Drive

DVD Pioneer 216 Burner

comes to $820 plus build.

If you're going to go for a LGA775 board you might as well go for a Quad core (Q6600/Q9400/Q9550), gives you plenty of grunt and future proofs you for longer than the dual core will.

well there is THIS setup, but about 3-400 more than i wanted to spend.

Intel Quad Core Q8200

Gigabyte EP43-DS3L

Western Digital WD640gb

4GB Kit DDR2 800 Kingston-HyperX

Ati 512M 4850 Gigabyte

CASE 650w Power Supply Black

Microsoft Windows Vista Business

OEM Logitech Internet Key/Mouse

3.5” Floppy Drive

DVD Pioneer 216 Burner

well there is THIS setup, but about 3-400 more than i wanted to spend.

Intel Quad Core Q8200

Gigabyte EP43-DS3L

Western Digital WD640gb

4GB Kit DDR2 800 Kingston-HyperX

Ati 512M 4850 Gigabyte

CASE 650w Power Supply Black

Microsoft Windows Vista Business

OEM Logitech Internet Key/Mouse

3.5” Floppy Drive

DVD Pioneer 216 Burner

That's better

Now ditch the floppy and make sure that 640Gb WD drive is indeed a AAKS model and not the green power shit that MSY are trying to sell. If you can stretch to 2 of these drives, do that and run the in RAID 0

That's better

Now ditch the floppy and make sure that 640Gb WD drive is indeed a AAKS model and not the green power shit that MSY are trying to sell. If you can stretch to 2 of these drives, do that and run the in RAID 0

Whats wrong with WD green hdd's? I got two and they work really well.... less power consumption = less heat output = quieter machine

-D

Whats wrong with WD green hdd's? I got two and they work really well.... less power consumption = less heat output = quieter machine

-D

From my benchmarks they're slower than the black AAKS drives. These days about the only drives that make any noticable noise are the WD 10K Raptor drives

From my benchmarks they're slower than the black AAKS drives. These days about the only drives that make any noticable noise are the WD 10K Raptor drives

the noise that i was referring to is fan noise for the extra cooling... not sure about performance since I use the green drives as data storage only (movies, music, software packages, iso's etc).... tho I do have a wd raptor as my windows/scratch/installed software drive... they flog but they are indeed noisy suckers...

next system i get i'll probably get a second wd raptor, raid0 the two raptors and raid1 two green wd's.... raid0 with raptors should kick arse

-D

the noise that i was referring to is fan noise for the extra cooling... not sure about performance since I use the green drives as data storage only (movies, music, software packages, iso's etc).... tho I do have a wd raptor as my windows/scratch/installed software drive... they flog but they are indeed noisy suckers...

next system i get i'll probably get a second wd raptor, raid0 the two raptors and raid1 two green wd's.... raid0 with raptors should kick arse

-D

The green drives are 5400RPM and you do get a slight performance hit from them. I use my PC and Mac for mainly audio recording so I kinda need all the performance I can get. I have black AAKS 640Gb drives in both my PC and Mac and they're pretty impressive performers

I wanna to get rid of my 74Gb Raptor which is my XP OS drive and get 2 x 300Gb raptors....... that'll f**kin' dominate in RAID 0.

Edited by TALBO
Microsoft Windows Vista Business is a waste of money imo

yeah didnt mean that i wrote it up @ about 11:30pm after doing a week of 12hr shifts

meant Vista Home Premium

im from the old school of 5'25" floppies its habit to just chuck a 3'5" in when there only $15

they were the shiz used to take 2x 10 disc boxes to school and play games @ lunch and have a geeky good time on IBM XT's

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