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| Thread ID: 81248 | 2007-07-22 00:22:00 | Need help doing DIY PC from SCRATCH. | bluesky787 (12574) | Press F1 |
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| 571203 | 2007-07-22 01:51:00 | If this is it (www.evga.com) then yup it does support SATA 2. Thats what this is: 6 x Serial ATA 300MB/sec with support for RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1 |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 571204 | 2007-07-22 02:37:00 | Hmm I would dump the 7900 series graphics card for a 8800 series card. It should still keep you under $1000 for total cost cheers What do you think about this card for $99?? XFX GeForce 8500 GT / 512MB DDR2 / SLI Ready / PCI Express / Dual Link DVI / VGA / HDTV / Video Card www.tigerdirect.com |
bluesky787 (12574) | ||
| 571205 | 2007-07-22 02:43:00 | I wouldn't worry too much. I'm 99% sure a SATA II drive is backwards compatible with the SATA I interface, so as long as you have SATA connectors you should be fine. I agree with the reccomendations for Dual Core CPU and 8800 series graphics except to say if it's outside your budget then the system you've specified will be just fine. I wouldn't call the RAM or HDD conservative but just right. And my opinion about upgrading - unless you do it every 3 months there's no point trying to "future proof" just build the best pc you can afford and then keep it as long as it's doing what you need. By the time you need to upgrade the hardware you have now your motherboard will be outdated and you'll be limited to what you can put on it. Almost never have I found it worthwhile to upgrade a CPU on one of my systems, always ending up doing a new MB/CPU/RAM upgrade. Memory and graphics hardware are the only upgrades I normally do to an existing machine. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 571206 | 2007-07-22 02:48:00 | I wouldn't worry too much . I'm 99% sure a SATA II drive is backwards compatible with the SATA I interface, so as long as you have SATA connectors you should be fine . I agree with the reccomendations for Dual Core CPU and 8800 series graphics except to say if it's outside your budget then the system you've specified will be just fine . I wouldn't call the RAM or HDD conservative but just right . And my opinion about upgrading - unless you do it every 3 months there's no point trying to "future proof" just build the best pc you can afford and then keep it as long as it's doing what you need . By the time you need to upgrade the hardware you have now your motherboard will be outdated and you'll be limited to what you can put on it . Almost never have I found it worthwhile to upgrade a CPU on one of my systems, always ending up doing a new MB/CPU/RAM upgrade . Memory and graphics hardware are the only upgrades I normally do to an existing machine . Why would a Single Core 3 . 4 Ghz be inferior to a dual core 1 . 8Ghz? Especially if the dual 1 . 8 costs more than TWICE the 3 . 4Ghz that I can get for $73 bucks?? |
bluesky787 (12574) | ||
| 571207 | 2007-07-22 03:02:00 | Here (www23.tomshardware.com) is a chart that compares both CPU's (along with every other one). The two red ones are the ones you are looking at. As you can see, the Core 2 Duo is better than the P4 by about 50%. Clock speed means nothing these days in CPU's. The P4 CPU only has a FSB of 533MHz where as the Core 2 has a FSB of 1066MHz. | stephen (9719) | ||
| 571208 | 2007-07-22 14:13:00 | How would a 1.8 Ghz Duo core be faster than a 3.4Ghz single core? At intel's page they said DUO increase of 40% performance compared to single version, so therefore for the same price, a 1.8*1.40= 2.52 Ghz effectively Therefore shouldn't it be wiser to spend $76 bucks on a single 3.4GHz rather $179 for Duo 1.8=2.52Ghz? $76 for 3.4Ghz or more than twice that much money for something effectively almost a whole 1Ghz slower EVEN taking into account its a duo core... It's not about raw MHz/GHz anymore... it's about how many instructions/threads per sec. Dual/Multi core CPU's are much better than single cored CPU's at this function. So despite the fact that the multi-core CPU is half the frequency of the single core CPU, it will still out perform it bevause it can process more than one thread at a time. There is no lead time (or at least the lead time bwteeb threads) is shorter. Thus threads are processed faster. Hope that makes sense. Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 571209 | 2007-07-22 23:13:00 | If anyone knows of a better, more modular and 'future proof' aka expandable and upgradable MOBO that I could use to stay up-to-date in the future without purchasing a new PC, please let me know.... As long as the mobo has a 775 cpu socket, then it should be reasonably future proof. Get a mobo based on the P35 chipset. No idea whether the P4 you're looking at will fit, but as was recommended earlier, go for a Core2Duo instead. Avoid the 8500GT as the 7900GS would be a much faster card. The 8600GT would be about equal with the 7900 and has DX10 support (if you want it). |
autechre (266) | ||
| 571210 | 2007-07-22 23:36:00 | It's not about raw MHz/GHz anymore... it's about how many instructions/threads per cycle. Dual/Multi core CPU's are much better than single cored CPU's at this function. So despite the fact that the multi-core CPU is half the frequency of the single core CPU, it will still out perform it bevause it can process more than one thread at a time. There is no lead time (or at least the lead time bwteeb threads) is shorter. Thus threads are processed faster. Hope that makes sense. Cheers Fixed for you :thumbs: |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 571211 | 2007-07-23 01:50:00 | It definitely has SATA2. Nice board, if it wasn't for Intel CPUs :p |
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