dual core or not for gaming

[faye]

Hi,

want to build a good performance gaming setup all the time,
will dual core such as AMD X2 3800+ do way better than ordinary AMD athlon 64 3800+

The reason i choose AMD because i don't see anyone using INTEL anymore... and all of my pc at home are INTEL, this time will give AMD a try. I doubt no one is going to argue with me this time...

will play Quake 4 and Fear and these kind of games.
Will get a 7800GT or something around this range. (not going to get anything higher because of budget.)

Ram : Corsair 1gb to 1.5gb
motherobard, don't know which one yet, but may prefer Asus and gigabyte

talking about overclockable,, is corsair good to be oc? or OCZ? but it is a little pricey.

Thank you

 

[DRAGoNX515]

Is this the right forum for this? I though this was the OS forum?

Oh well, a 3800+ X2 would be great for gaming especally if you OC it.

As for the RAM, Corsair and OCZ are good OCers, it basically comes down to brand preference and price. Just make sure that you can get those latencies on the RAM down pretty low. AMD CPU's like low ram latencies.

As for the Motherboard, i would go either DFI or Asus. I don't really like gigabyte's anymore. If you were looking for a good gaming motherboard and don't feel like spending like $250 on the new asus mobo, go for the A8N-SLI-Premium.

Everything comes down to how much money you want to spend on the system. 3800+ X2 is a good choice and will overclock will with a good heatsink for a nice low price.

Hope I helped a little.

-dragonx

 

[faye]

i think i will get the water cool in the future... quiet and cool of course.

for motherboard, i DON'T need SLI.

 

[faye]

yup, wrong click, wrong place.
please delete this , i have made the new one under General Hardware

Sorry
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