Recent content by dulouz

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    New Build, Looking For Some Advice

    Looking at the motherboards, it has become apparent that my current system is actually really old. Gone is the support for PATA in these 1155 boards (both my DVD drive and HD are PATA. Oh well.) and also gone are PS/2 connectors in most instances (my keyboard sucks anyway). DVD drives are...
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    New Build, Looking For Some Advice

    Thanks, everyone, for the tips. I read through anandtech's nice preview of the sandy bridge chips since posting this thread. I'll do a little more research and thinking, but I think I am convinced.
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    New Build, Looking For Some Advice

    And I appreciate it. In my mind, Intel seems to switch sockets so frequently which is one reason why I wanted to stick with AMD. Unfortunately I don't really want to wait until Q2 of 2011, or whenever AMD releases this, because something in my current system is unstable. It freezes pretty...
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    New Build, Looking For Some Advice

    Is that true (do you have an article for me to read)? EDIT: Oh this, from Wikipedia: AM3+ is a modification of the AM3 Socket designed for future "Zambezi" CPUs which use the new "Bulldozer" microarchitecture and will retain compatibility with AM3 processors. Contrary to initial design goals...
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    New Build, Looking For Some Advice

    1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Games (SC2, Dragon Age, and older things like Oblivion), Raytracing (Povray), some modeling with Blender. 2. What YOUR budget is. US$800 absolute top, (including shipping really, so maybe $750 for...