Hi.
Background-
First of all I'd like to state that I realise that AMD's may out perform the Intels at the mo but for my budget, Intel offers more bang for the buck.
Gonna OC? -
No.
Main areas of use?-
Using programmes such as Matlab, CAD/CAE programmes and heavy number crunching programmes. Gaming of lesser importance but still would like to have a system to easily run MS Flight Sim X when it comes out!
Budget - ~1000
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What I'm contemplating-
Case
Antec P180
Power Supply
Seasonic S12 430W
CPU
Intel Pentium D940
Mobo
ABIT AW8, I955X
Memory
Corsair Value S. PC5300 DDR2 2048MB
Graphics
Point of View GeForce 7900GT 256MB
HDD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB
Any recommendations and thoughts appreciated.
I have just read GamingDaemon's post and he said he has learned some hard lessons from previously building a dual core pentium machine. Just a little worried hearing that!
Sorry for another one of these info leeching posts but im sure that most people can understand people's apprehensions when they are about to spend $1000+ on a pc.
Thanks.
Background-
First of all I'd like to state that I realise that AMD's may out perform the Intels at the mo but for my budget, Intel offers more bang for the buck.
Gonna OC? -
No.
Main areas of use?-
Using programmes such as Matlab, CAD/CAE programmes and heavy number crunching programmes. Gaming of lesser importance but still would like to have a system to easily run MS Flight Sim X when it comes out!
Budget - ~1000
------
What I'm contemplating-
Case
Antec P180
Power Supply
Seasonic S12 430W
CPU
Intel Pentium D940
Mobo
ABIT AW8, I955X
Memory
Corsair Value S. PC5300 DDR2 2048MB
Graphics
Point of View GeForce 7900GT 256MB
HDD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB
Any recommendations and thoughts appreciated.
I have just read GamingDaemon's post and he said he has learned some hard lessons from previously building a dual core pentium machine. Just a little worried hearing that!
Sorry for another one of these info leeching posts but im sure that most people can understand people's apprehensions when they are about to spend $1000+ on a pc.
Thanks.