Well, I usually wouldn't post on a non US forum for something that involves buying things (i get confused tranfering pounds to dollars) but I was reading your other posts in hardware and support and really liked how cool u were. Anyway I'm just interested in getting a few opinions on my next computer which can be found at http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishHistoryReview.asp?position=HISTORY&submit=VIEW&ID=794332. Thanks for helping out, and I'm intending to overclock this a little bit (not to much because its all stock cooling) and use it primarly for gaming.
Buying New PC
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Hmmm, not bad, works out around 787.50 GBP (United Kingdom Pounds)
Though I have to ask why a 64bit chip? (here we go again)
Though I have to ask why a 64bit chip? (here we go again)
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Its's a shame that there is no SATA Hard Drive with that otherwise good rig.
my reccomendation would be to get the 32bit say 3200+ and a kick ass motherboard coupled with a SATA hard drive. Should work out around the same price?
my reccomendation would be to get the 32bit say 3200+ and a kick ass motherboard coupled with a SATA hard drive. Should work out around the same price?
muckshifter said:Hmmm, not bad, works out around 787.50 GBP (United Kingdom Pounds)
Though I have to ask why a 64bit chip? (here we go again)
Why not? It's a gaming machine and pretty soon there'll be some 64-bit games on the market......
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Why 64 Bit?
Pros:
They do perform better than an XP chip.
To a degree they're future proof.
They're the latest thing.
It's likely there will be software and Games along soon to take advantage of them.
Buying an XP system now is to realise it will be old technology very shortly, best buy 64 Bit.
Bigger die surface for better cooling.
Cons:
Price.
In the computer market, how long is future proof?
Undecided favourite socket format at the moment.
Nothing really as at this moment to take advantage of it.
Not a significant performance gain over XP3200 for the price.
Price.
Well, that's how I see it anyway, that's why, having just arrived at a system I'm truly happy with, I'm hanging fire for a while.
However, given the budget and the need to upgrade, I'd still go for one of dem tings
Pros:
They do perform better than an XP chip.
To a degree they're future proof.
They're the latest thing.
It's likely there will be software and Games along soon to take advantage of them.
Buying an XP system now is to realise it will be old technology very shortly, best buy 64 Bit.
Bigger die surface for better cooling.
Cons:
Price.
In the computer market, how long is future proof?
Undecided favourite socket format at the moment.
Nothing really as at this moment to take advantage of it.
Not a significant performance gain over XP3200 for the price.
Price.
Well, that's how I see it anyway, that's why, having just arrived at a system I'm truly happy with, I'm hanging fire for a while.
However, given the budget and the need to upgrade, I'd still go for one of dem tings
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I agree mostly with what Flopps said but, the one big drawback is an Operating System to run it all.
I too will eventually move to 64bit, but not while we have a more reliable & stable alternative in the 3200 Bartons ... the "best bang for bucks" will do me for now.
I too will eventually move to 64bit, but not while we have a more reliable & stable alternative in the 3200 Bartons ... the "best bang for bucks" will do me for now.
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Very nice spec there man, it'll fly through games.
I have a friend with a 3200 64+ processor, and its very fast, rund perfect. So you shouldnt have any worrys there.
Plenty of ram paired up with a 9800pro should shove them polygons round very well
. It will be perfect for games like Half Life 2 and Doom 3 (oooo i cant wait for em).
Though i would recommend a S-ATA drive, as the loading times are abit better, and the price is only around $5-$10 more than your normal ATA drive.
Anyway, i hope it all goes well and ya have fun on it, maybe if you play some online games like UT2004 or Americas Army, we could play together some time.
I have a friend with a 3200 64+ processor, and its very fast, rund perfect. So you shouldnt have any worrys there.
Plenty of ram paired up with a 9800pro should shove them polygons round very well
. It will be perfect for games like Half Life 2 and Doom 3 (oooo i cant wait for em).Though i would recommend a S-ATA drive, as the loading times are abit better, and the price is only around $5-$10 more than your normal ATA drive.
Anyway, i hope it all goes well and ya have fun on it, maybe if you play some online games like UT2004 or Americas Army, we could play together some time
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the reason i said to go for the 32 bit CPU was so that there was the money to spend on a motherboard with SATA capability and also SATA drive- i may be wrong but i could not see that the current mobo supported it.