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    Can you comment on this core 2 setup?

    I'm planning on upgrading from s939 winchester 3200 to core 2 duo 6600, probably before 1st August. I want to be able to overclock as much as possible. The setup which I could build using currently available products is below. I would really appreciate any comments before jumping in re. these...
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    lets look at the real cost.....820 & 830 vs the 3800+ X2

    Of course the X2 is even more favourable if you already have a 939 M/B, as many here do, whereas the poor Intel users NEED to get a new M/B to use the PD. But anyway, does it really matter? If all we cared about was price we'd be buying 8400's from Dell. What I don't understand is the...
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    Advice needed: Objective is near-silent, high overclocking PC

    I am thinking of moving on up to dual core, and have been considering also trying to silence my PC. Water cooling seems a sensible idea, and a new kit has just come out that looks to be optimal: Swiftech APEX for £175 or around 240 euro. I can get a 3800+ for 364 euro. These two combined...
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    Fans AND water cooling, or just water...

    I am thinking about using water-cooling in my oc'd AMD64 system, and had a couple of questions: i) If I get waterblocks for CPU, Northbridge and GPU will I need any fans any more for cooling HDD's, memory etc? Or I can I just leave them to passively cool? ii) I have an ATI X800XT, is...
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    HELP: X2 3800, 4200 or 4400

    Thanks for the comments. Waiting for the M2 is a bad idea I think, because I will then need to buy a new processor, new M/B and new memory (IIRC M2 needs DDR2?), which will cost a lot more than a 3800+. I guess the fundamental question is whether the 3800+'s all OC well, or if it's hit and...
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    HELP: X2 3800, 4200 or 4400

    I need help in choosing between the X2 3800, 4200 or 4400. I can get hold of these chips in Europe for 378, 511 and 562 euro respectively. My aim is to get the highest possible performance for the lowest possible price. All the other components of my system are well capable of producing a...
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    Upgrading my PSU has really helped...

    When I built my computer 3-4 months ago I got a cheap 500W PSU that seemed to work fine initially, easily oc'd my 3200+ winchester to 2.5GHz. Recently it's been playing up, particularly with rebooting during boot if there is a cd in the drive. I looked at the 12V voltage with smart guardian...
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    Intel sees the light

    My bad, just saw the date, guess you all know already. Sorry.
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    Intel sees the light

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/13/intel_confirms_netburst_end/ (Originally posted by apairoflegsanyone in the 'AMD will have lower priced X2's' thread) Reposting here as I thought it may merit a wider audience...
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    Intel

    I completely agree. Well said.
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    AMD 64? or Intel 32?

    Would you care to expand on the comment 'S939 chipsets as a whole are utter garbage' ? Can you clearly demonstrate that this is the case?
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    ...

    Prices will change quickly in the coming months; one thing is for sure, people who already own a 939 motherboard need only buy a $500 processor to upgrade to AMD X2 in June. The upgrade path for Intel requires a new motherboard, which in June will be more than $200, so the price difference is...
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    AMD X2 REAL release 7th June, Pentium D 22 June

    I'd be very happy to be corrected on this, but from what I have read AMD are at capacity; they could not supply the demand that would exist if they were adopted by Dell and had a strong marketing campaign demonstrating their current technological superiority over Intel. So, they can charge a lot...
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    AMD X2 REAL release 7th June, Pentium D 22 June

    Turning it around, the average consumer who as you say will buy a Dell box, will in the end be the winner. Because notwithstanding the financial success it has there is no question that Intel will be pushed to increase the quality of their product much more than would have been the case if there...
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    AMD X2 REAL release 7th June, Pentium D 22 June

    The X2 appears to be technologically superior to the pentium duallies in almost every area. The X2 appears to be coming out to market before the pentium D. This is what I meant by beaten. It just seems surprising to me that you can have such a big difference in performance when AMD are so much...
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    AMD X2 REAL release 7th June, Pentium D 22 June

    I guess when Intel do finally get around to copying AMD's ideas then they will be able to push it further and faster then AMD. Obviously willing to change tack, given the enormous change from GHz to multiprocessor emphasis. But an oil tanker takes a long time to turn around, and it could be that...
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    AMD X2 REAL release 7th June, Pentium D 22 June

    The Inquirer is saying here that AMD has beaten Intel in the non-paper release of popular (ie not EE) dual core CPU's. This is when Intel have gone out on a leg to win this particular marketing race. Obviously the sheer bulk of manufacturing capacity that Intel possesses compared with AMD...
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    4.4 Ghz - When?

    When and if the 65nm process allows sufficient power-saving that higher clock speeds are attainable. But that might well be late 2006. If the marketing of Intel pushes software makers and game makers to utilise multiprocessors then it would probably be much more efficient to buy a dual-core chip...
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    My first build, A64 3200+ o/c to 2500 MHz

    Hi, About 8 months ago I decided the laptop i used for work was not really up to the job for a lot of games, and so I looked around and bought a Dell 8400 with the new 925X chipset and an ATI X800XT gfx card. At that point there were zero X800XT's in the channel, so it seemed a good deal...
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    Asus A8N SLI vs DFI Lanparty nf4 SLI DR

    I have just received the A8N SLI, still in the box, when I read the glowing review of the DFI on Anandtech. So, I am wondering, I can send back my A8N and replace it with the DFI for a very small difference in money. Is it worth it in the long run? Will I be much much happier overclocking with...
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    Runing pc4000 memory slower

    And may I piggyback that question with: if you do underclock CAS 2.5 PC4000 RAM to PC3200 is it possible to get lower latencies? I have Geil Ultra PC4000. Thanks, z
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    CBBHD 0448 SPAW is best stepping

    I have just received a 3200+ CBBHD 0448 SPAW, and am wondering if there is any significant difference between the 3000+ SPAW's and my 3200... In the page below, only 3000+'s have the SPAW title. http://tuneup.free.fr/AMD64/amd64step.html So the question is, is there something odd about...