Ive been up in the air about going dual core here are some of my concerns:
- Heat, 2 cores = 2 times the heat correct?
- OC, i want to push it to the max if i can, with 2 CPU's i will be limited by the one that OC's less right? i realize i might get a ****** Single core CPU but with 2 the odds are not as good of getting 2 great OCers correct as opposed to only having to worry about 1 core, also the higher heat will limit me unless i make my case sound like a F-16.
- Price/performance, will i notice the differnce? how well do games now days take use of 2 CPU's?
Rig will mostly be used for gaming with some video rendering DivX encodeing etc. Will have a DFI mobo and probably a Geforce 7900GTX. Thanks for any input you can offer, oh and CPU choices are as follows unless you can suggest something better, limit $500 canadian give or take $100
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual Core Processor S939 Toledo 2.2GHZ 1MBX2 90NM Retail Box
AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core Processor S939 Denmark 1.8GHZ 2MB L2 Cache 90NM Retail
Thanks!
- Heat, 2 cores = 2 times the heat correct?
- OC, i want to push it to the max if i can, with 2 CPU's i will be limited by the one that OC's less right? i realize i might get a ****** Single core CPU but with 2 the odds are not as good of getting 2 great OCers correct as opposed to only having to worry about 1 core, also the higher heat will limit me unless i make my case sound like a F-16.
- Price/performance, will i notice the differnce? how well do games now days take use of 2 CPU's?
Rig will mostly be used for gaming with some video rendering DivX encodeing etc. Will have a DFI mobo and probably a Geforce 7900GTX. Thanks for any input you can offer, oh and CPU choices are as follows unless you can suggest something better, limit $500 canadian give or take $100
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual Core Processor S939 Toledo 2.2GHZ 1MBX2 90NM Retail Box
AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core Processor S939 Denmark 1.8GHZ 2MB L2 Cache 90NM Retail
Thanks!
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