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So I've been looking to but a new computer and I've found some pretty good prices for custom built systems for between 600 and 800 bucks.
My question is, I can get a system w/ an AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ (motherboard has socket AM2 but I'm not sure what that means as far as performance and capabilites) for ~600 or I can go with an Intel Pentium D 945 dual core chip for about 800. Obviously saving 200 bucks would be awesome but which chip will give me the best performance? I know the core 2 duo chips are supposed to be better then anything AMD has but I'm not going to be using this computer for anything other than poker, internet, and every once in a while Battlefield 1942. I don't really need some high powered gaming system. Suggestions? |
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oops..just saw that there was a recent post on this.
last question...would it be worth and extra 80 bucks or so to upgrade from Athlon X2 3800 to a 4200? |
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oops..just saw that there was a recent post on this. last question...would it be worth and extra 80 bucks or so to upgrade from Athlon X2 3800 to a 4200? [/ QUOTE ] $80 from 3800 to 4200? When I was looking around the difference was usually around $45 CDN. Try looking elsewhere. Try looking for the 4000+/4400+/4800+ processors because they have 2MB of L2 cache AM2 is just the newer gen chips, the last one was Socket 939. AM2 supports DDR2 and some other stuff. I don't know anything really about the Pentium D chips. From what I've heard and read, Battlefield is one of the more system demanding games though to run nicely and smoothly. |
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For $200, I'd take the X2 3800+, the Pentium D is pretty energy ineffecient, and it's likely not worth the performance boost on the processor alone. Make sure you're not getting ripped off on the other stuff, like RAM though.
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the 900 series isnt too bad for power, I cant find the spec right now though. I wouldnt worry about power usage. Not like it is a extreme edition.
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