Re: New system build
- From: Roy Coorne <roy.spam.coorne@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:28:23 +0200
Barry Watzman wrote:
Great minds think alike. [Although I think you meant GA-965P-DS3 rather than -DSR].Yes - please, excuse my typo:-)
The P35 series of motherboards is later, higher end. Arguably better, but it probably doesn't matter unless you are going to run a "Santa Rosa" CPU, and it's going to be more expensive.
I'd go higher end on the CPU; the E6550 (2.33GHz) is $178; the E6750 (2.66GHz) is $204, but those are both 1333MHz FSB (not supported by all lower end motherboards & chipsets). The E6600 (2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB) is $227. These all have 4MB cache and are "Conroe" processors.
The E4000 series are "Allendale", a lower grade CPU, although they are a lot less; the E4400 (2.0GHz), for example, is about $126. But it's only 2MB cache, and it also doesn't have the full instruction set (including virtualization) of the E6000 series products. (The E2160 is only $95 or so, but it's WAY down in terms of performance).
As Keith looks for "a decent dual core CPU and MB" with "a good price/performance", I looked for the value line, taking into consideration contributions like <http://www.insidehw.com/content/view/190/9/>.
Of course, if there is no interest in overclocking, the AMD line ought to be considered, too: An Athlon 64 x2 3800+ (or more) with a Gigabyte or Asus board, with a Nvidia_GeForce_7050_and_nForce_430a chipset or an AMD 690G chipset is a value line alternative!
At present, the Allendale E4400 or E4500 appears to me as a value allround CPU for general purpose computing (not hardcore gaming etc.) - and is open to easy moderate overclocking.
Roy
Roy Coorne wrote:.Keith wrote:Hi all-
I haven't built anything for a while (last system just died, it was an AMD750 on an ASUS K7 something).
While I'm drooling over the latest technology, I just started looking at prices and got a kick in the pants. Rather than going quad core, I probably need to be looking at a decent dual core CPU and MB.
My primary concern is stability and ease of setup; overclocking is nice but not necessary.
If you have any recommendations for a good price/performance ASUS MB, please reply.
Thanks,
Keith
If Asus, then P5B (or P5K); otherwise Gigabyte GA-965P-DSR (or P35-DS3) - together with Intel E2160 or E4400.
Roy
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