Computer Nerd's Help needed: Intel Core Duo vs. AMD 64bit Turion

Which cpu to use?

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drunk_medic

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Use approved liquid with approved additives. If they say to use distilled water, don't use filtered or pure mineral water; use distilled water. Any impurities or unapproved additives can cause unwanted effects on your cooling system, including but not limited to pitting of the waterblock and internal metal components, erosion of plumbing, debris buildup, decreased cooling performance, seizure of the coolant pump.

Maintain it like the car you've always wanted.
 
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drunk_medic said:
Use approved liquid with approved additives. If they say to use distilled water, don't use filtered or pure mineral water; use distilled water. Any impurities or unapproved additives can cause unwanted effects on your cooling system, including but not limited to pitting of the waterblock and internal metal components, erosion of plumbing, debris buildup, decreased cooling performance, seizure of the coolant pump.

Maintain it like the car you've always wanted.
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Understanbly...
 
SupraMario

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U want a HD, get a Seagate or WD.
SATA drives, not IDE.
and make sure they are cooled.
I assume your building a gaming PC

Here is what i have.
500w Ultra PSU
3200 64bit 939 AMD
1gig of Ultra ram (3200)
200gig SATA drive WD, and 80 and 160 WD IDE drives for storage and music
Chaintech Zenith ultra
Server tower case
VC: EVGA 7600GT CO

With this setup I can run Oblivion on 1200 X 1600 with pretty much everything Maxed out.
I spent Less than $700
 
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D34DC311 said:
U want a HD, get a Seagate or WD.
SATA drives, not IDE.
and make sure they are cooled.
I assume your building a gaming PC

Here is what i have.
500w Ultra PSU
3200 64bit 939 AMD
1gig of Ultra ram (3200)
200gig SATA drive WD, and 80 and 160 WD IDE drives for storage and music
Chaintech Zenith ultra
Server tower case
VC: EVGA 7600GT CO

With this setup I can run Oblivion on 1200 X 1600 with pretty much everything Maxed out.
I spent Less than $700
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Sata2 is what type of HDD I'll need, it also looks like we'll have the same Video Card.
 
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D34DC311 said:
U want a HD, get a Seagate or WD.
SATA drives, not IDE.
and make sure they are cooled.
I assume your building a gaming PC

Here is what i have.
500w Ultra PSU
3200 64bit 939 AMD
1gig of Ultra ram (3200)
200gig SATA drive WD, and 80 and 160 WD IDE drives for storage and music
Chaintech Zenith ultra
Server tower case
VC: EVGA 7600GT CO

With this setup I can run Oblivion on 1200 X 1600 with pretty much everything Maxed out.
I spent Less than $700
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What do you mean by "...and make sure they are cooled."? I narrowed the ram down to these choices...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145590

....or....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145589

....I'm not really sure what the difference between them is(besides the LED's and the 100 bucks price difference), anybody mind to chime in?
 
drunk_medic

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You can get fans or heatsink/heatpipe setups that attach to the bottom of hard drives, or you can stick fans in front of the hard drive bays if your case supports it.

Corsair is a great brand of memory. If it was my choice, I would not get the ones with the LED's unless the timings were THAT much better, which I doubt - the extra cash might go to slightly better timings, but I'd bet most of it goes to the LED gimmick.

Speaking of Corsair, I am pretty stoked; I had some "Rosewill" memory, which I think is like Newegg's generic brand. It was 2GB of Dual Channel PC3200/DDR400 memory. Well, it went bad and I had to RMA it. I was informed that they no longer stocked that memory, and I could have a refund for the current market value, or they would give me an equivalent replacement, which just happens to be 2GB of Dual Channel PC3200/DDR400 ram, but it's not generic - it's Corsair XMS. Definitely trading up. My old memory had a lifetime warranty on it, and then they stopped making it. +5 to Newegg for replacing it with some really decent memory.
 
SupraMario

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Clueless said:
What do you mean by "...and make sure they are cooled."? I narrowed the ram down to these choices...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145590

....or....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145589

....I'm not really sure what the difference between them is(besides the LED's and the 100 bucks price difference), anybody mind to chime in?
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Drunk covered some, but to prolong the life of a HD its best to keep them cool.
Look for a HD cooler, beleive me, they get HOT.
 
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SupraMario

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WOO WOO, on the 7600, they KICK ASS.
should have went AMD 939pin 64bit dual core, sandeago core.
but intel is ok to i guess.
Ne1 see the new bench marks for intels dual core, IT BLOWS AMDs FX56 Out of the water.
 
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D34DC311 said:
WOO WOO, on the 7600, they KICK ASS.
should have went AMD 939pin 64bit dual core, sandeago core.
but intel is ok to i guess.
Ne1 see the new bench marks for intels dual core, IT BLOWS AMDs FX56 Out of the water.
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FYI, this is a dual core...
 
SupraMario

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Clueless said:
FYI, this is a dual core...
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Woo woo,
Ya did good. Lookin nice.
I need to post up my tower one day, ITS MASSIVE. (server tower):biglaugh:

I can cram so much shit in there its not funny.
 
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D34DC311 said:
Woo woo,
Ya did good. Lookin nice.
I need to post up my tower one day, ITS MASSIVE. (server tower):biglaugh:

I can cram so much shit in there its not funny.
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Thank you....but yea, I got a full tower right now and I got tons of space, I can hardly imagine what a sever tower would be like.
 
SupraMario

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Clueless said:
Thank you....but yea, I got a full tower right now and I got tons of space, I can hardly imagine what a sever tower would be like.
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Put it this way, that table you have, it wont fit up under it.
its about 3 1/2' tall
 
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D34DC311 said:
Put it this way, that table you have, it wont fit up under it.
its about 3 1/2' tall
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Shweet!! Another update you guy's, I just bought the BFG 650watt power supply and 2x2GB Corsair Dual Channel DDR2 PC2 6400(800Mhz) that happens to have the Cas Latency of 4 instead of 5 for the cheaper corsair ram. I cant wait...:naughty:
 
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Already cranked the cpu upto 4.16Ghz yesterday, but lowered it back down to 3.36Ghz due to the cpu being a little bit too warm. So liquid cooling, here I come. I also have to say that the video card is fucking awsome! I was playing UT2004 at max graphic setting and 1024x768(and bigger if I want) flawlessly! :naughty: ...I do plan to get a second 7600GT card to SLI them together just because I can. :evil2:
 
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