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werdercanuck
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 Posted: Thu, 29th Sep 2005 15:28 Post subject: Which CPU to get...? |
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Hi peeps,
a mate of mine wants to upgrade his mobo/cpu. Right now he has a duron 800mhz :lol , yeah i know. He can't spend too much money so he is thinking about a celeron 3ghz, or sempron 2600/2800 in that range. which one of those would you recomment. It will be mostly for gaming...Any help would be appreciated. TIA
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| Posted: Thu, 29th Sep 2005 15:44 Post subject: |
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well, i can tell you not to buy a celeron haha.
perhaps amd 64 with a good mainboard or summat.
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Thu, 29th Sep 2005 17:25 Post subject: |
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for the love of god ... don't get a celeron!
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werdercanuck
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| Posted: Thu, 29th Sep 2005 18:14 Post subject: |
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well like i said, he doesnt have much money to spend, so an amd64 is out of the question lol. so you'd rather get an sempron 2600 instead of a celeron 3ghz? even though the sempron is tacted at under 2ghz? seems weird to me to be honest...
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Thu, 29th Sep 2005 18:21 Post subject: |
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lol ... from what I read the newer celerons aren't as bad as they used to be ...
but if it's for gaming ... why not spend the extra $100 bucks on a decent processor ...
and what video card does he plan on using?
I'm just thinking that if he hung on to the duron 800 for so long then he should get something that will still be ok in a couple of years...
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werdercanuck
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| Posted: Thu, 29th Sep 2005 18:36 Post subject: |
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he already has a decent one. radeon 9800 pro
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Thu, 29th Sep 2005 18:57 Post subject: |
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well the 3000+ 64bit CPU aint expensive dude and aint bad in performance either.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Thu, 29th Sep 2005 19:20 Post subject: |
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You're throwing your cash away on the two cpu's you've chosen. Save a little bit extra and you won't regret it, but now and you most certainly will.
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nouseforaname
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pancake
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| Posted: Thu, 29th Sep 2005 22:47 Post subject: |
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get yourself one of the new amd 64 socket 939 opterons either a 144 ( 1.8ghz ) or a 146 ( 2.0ghz) and a good 939 mobo , theese chips are getting crazy overclocks on stock volts and stock cooling all seen so far reach 2.8ghz easy , which means you have yourself a $150 fx57
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Sep 2005 01:28 Post subject: |
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Comming from an expert of celerons, DON'T! simple as that. The AMD chip your looking at is just as crap, go a bit further and get a P4 or a AMD64!
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werdercanuck
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Sep 2005 18:57 Post subject: |
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thanks, but he won't listen to me to spend a little more for an amd64, he's a cheap mofo lol
so you dont recomment either of those, what about the amd athlon xp 3000+ thats about the same price range...
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werdercanuck
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Sep 2005 21:35 Post subject: |
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yeah well, he doesnt mind low video settings or low resolution. 800x600 will do since he only got a 15" monitor 
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Oct 2005 12:25 Post subject: |
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3800 X2 is the way to go ... price/quality the best buy imo
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