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Grom_hellscream · Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:47 am Post subject: to buy or not too buy...

yeyeye... my computer is Dead... like a rick...

i was thinking of buying some new parts..

MSI K9N Diamond, nForce 590 SLI, DDR2, Socket-AM2, 2xGbLAN, SB Audigy, PCI-Ex16.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0GHz Socket AM2 1MB, BOXED w/fan

Corsair Value S. PC4200 DDR2 2048MB Kit w/two matched Value Select 1024MB

ABIT UL8, ULI M1689, Socket-939, ATX, SATA, LAN, DDR, Sound, AGP8X

with this parts i shood get two computers up and running..

plz give me a _GOOD_ reason not too buy.. :sweat2:

it wil cost about 1000$
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Discomb · Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 4262 Location: Beijing, China

GOOD reasons:

1) If you're going for a new CPU you may as well get something with the F revision, though it'd be a lot more expencive.

2) Conroe is coming out sometime in July. That baby will own everything on the market by a _LONG_ shot. If you want a computer taht will be top tier for two years at least, best save up for that.
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Zelig · Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 4178

Discomb · Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 4262 Location: Beijing, China

By top tier I mean in the top 5% of all computers. Not the actual single best. :smirk:
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killer_roach · Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:27 am Post subject: Re: to buy or not too buy...

Depends on the Conroe... anything below, say, 2.2 or so won't be extremely impressive on release, although it will be rather inexpensive. However, it's almost two full months away from release in the US, and who knows how much longer before it is available for sale in Europe. Since you look to be upgrading relatively soon, and needing to get two computers working, this doesn't appear to be too bad of strategy.
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Grom_hellscream · Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: to buy or not too buy...

hehe...

i was thinking about within the next month..

soon i get some payment for some work and vacation-money.

and usetheat money for parts to the broken computer..

i havnt heard of Conroe. can you find any info about it for me.
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Discomb · Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 4262 Location: Beijing, China

Google it and you'll find more than enough. It's been all over the news for half a year now. To put it lightly, it's probably the most exciting thing in the CPU world since the race for 1GHz.
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killer_roach · Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: to buy or not too buy...

Conroe, also known as Core 2 Duo, is Intel's next-generation CPU to replace both the Core Duo and the Pentium 4. It is an extremely powerful dual-core CPU, where the 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo would handle its own against a hypothetical 3.2 GHz Athlon FX. It comes out on July 23rd in North America, at price points between $180 (1.86 GHz) to $530 (2.66 GHz), and can be put into most current Pentium 4 motherboards (LGA775).

Early benchmarks are Here, but keep in mind these are still from unbinned engineering sample CPUs. Final performance may still vary.
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