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| Thread ID: 70846 | 2006-07-18 07:29:00 | Conroe ore not? | thomas09 (10276) | Press F1 |
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| 471719 | 2006-07-18 07:29:00 | ok i want to know weather to go the conroe way or pentium D. i have a budget and want to keep the Motherboard, CPU, RAM and Graphics Card under about $1000 max ( is that resonable? ) also planning to buy parts between September and October. only for gaming such as Unreal Tornament, Half life 2, Counter Strike. | thomas09 (10276) | ||
| 471720 | 2006-07-18 07:54:00 | It is overly optimistic to expect to get your shopping list within your budget. Conroe by itself will burn half that amount, and a video card easily the rest. Mother board and conroe packages will likely be the best value for money if you wait a bit longer, but for $1000 you will struggle to include ram and a video card (assuming all new parts) unless you sacrifice elseware. The flip side is Pentium D is effectivly an obsolete technology. It still performs most tasks well, but I expect the price for them will come down dramatically and you could get some great bang for your buck with this option. This will leave you in a far better position to get ram and a video card. |
RandomCarnage (9359) | ||
| 471721 | 2006-07-18 08:06:00 | yeah i was thinking it wasnt enough. everyone is saying go conroe but i probably wont be able to afford it. im wanting to get a geforce 7600gs since its quite adequate for my needs. | thomas09 (10276) | ||
| 471722 | 2006-07-18 08:59:00 | ok i want to know weather to go the conroe way or pentium D. i have a budget and want to keep the Motherboard, CPU, RAM and Graphics Card under about $1000 max ( is that resonable? ) also planning to buy parts between September and October. only for gaming such as Unreal Tornament, Half life 2, Counter Strike. you want conroe and you can expect to pay $350 for the CPU. $200 for a system board. maybe $200 for RAM. leaving a $200-ish for a good graphics card. depending on the system board you may not be able to re-use your power suppily/case. BTW the numbers above are very top of my head figures so no flaming thanks :-) |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 471723 | 2006-07-18 09:07:00 | does the cheapest conroe out-perform the pentiums d's? ive been trying to find boards that support conroe but can find very few in nz. | thomas09 (10276) | ||
| 471724 | 2006-07-18 09:11:00 | does the cheapest conroe out-perform the pentiums d's? ive been trying to find boards that support conroe but can find very few in nz. check out www.tomshardware.com conroe kicks ass!! |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 471725 | 2006-07-18 12:06:00 | Yep, go Conroe. If you are buying a new pc, don't even think about anything else. (unless AMD seriously seriously seriously reduce their prices) | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 471726 | 2006-07-18 20:32:00 | (unless AMD seriously seriously seriously reduce their prices) AMD are said to drop their prices by 30-50% on the 23rd, or 24th, I don't exactly remember... I was reading about the Conroes, and the top one, the X6800 absolutely owns the FX-62 :waughh: and what is more, it is only an extra ~$150, I know this is of no use to you, but for anyone else reading... I must say, at this current point, my next rig will be a Conroe (and I am an AMD man :p) |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 471727 | 2006-07-18 20:40:00 | NOOOOOOOOOO!! TRAITOR :D | straitjacket (9698) | ||
| 471728 | 2006-07-18 21:00:00 | NOOOOOOOOOO!! TRAITOR :D Ha ha ha :D, I go where the performance is :p | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
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