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magus7091
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_ 		20. January 2007 @ 09:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Alright I'm between a rock and a hard place, this is going to be helping me and a friend of mine so if anyone has any suggestions, that would be great. I know here recently that the intel core2 extreme has been ripping up any of AMD's offerings, however I can't decide what to do. My friend and I are both wanting to build new systems for around $500 with some starting parts, though not much. Therefore we're going budget but preformance. For these I was thinking we may be better of with an athlon 64x2 because I don't know much about the lower end intel core 2, but I know that the 64x2 is a good proc. Anyone have any suggestions without screaming brand loyalty?
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gtjr_ph
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_ 		20. January 2007 @ 11:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
its up to you amd prices going down anyway
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Nissan101
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_ 		20. January 2007 @ 15:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you can always go with a core2duo e6300 and overclock the brains out of it.

depends what youre starting parts that you are going to use

that might be helpful = )
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magus7091
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_ 		20. January 2007 @ 21:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Can I edit my title, I can't believe I would post with such a horrid title, sorry everyone..
What we're trying to do is to build a decent system for $500-$600 US. So I need to figure out the best preformance for the best price, without overclocking. Everyone seems to be obsessed with giving benchmarks for the top of the line stuff, and we're looking budget. I was thinking about $150-$160 for the proc.
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_ 		21. January 2007 @ 07:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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magus7091
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_ 		22. January 2007 @ 16:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Those do look good, but wouldn't an athlon64 x2 be better for a dual core processor? I might get the ram and the other stuff for it but I don't know about the processor. Secondly if I get athlon should I get a socket 939 or a socket AM2? The other option would be should I get the intel core 2 duo, rather than the intel pentium D?
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Nissan101
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_ 		22. January 2007 @ 18:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i dont really know about X2, but if you are going with AMD, get the AM2, it supports ddr2 memory which is the new standard

yes the core 2 duo is much better than the pentium D although they are around $80 more expensive
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