If you're capable of waiting until Q4, Conroe (Intel) is the way to go if it is what it is hyped up to be.
Why AMD and not Intel? Is AMD a lot better? And is Nvidia a lot better?[/quote]However, if you're talking about building right now the best way to go, IMHO, is AMD (AM2) and Nvidia (GeForce 7900 GT).
AMD has an excellent selection and with the recent price drop it is an even better deal. I highly recommend dual core, you may regret it if you go single.
Good Luck.
I am still curious why you recommend AMD over Intel. I saw the speeds for the AMD and they were like 2.6 and 2.4. Intel had processors that were 3.0 and 3.2. All of them were dual core.
geeze guys you are giving advice on what to buy and you don't even know what his budget is or what hes going to use the computer for.
One thing is safe to say and that is today is a bad day to price out a new PC. Motherboards and CPUs on the intel and AMD side are in major price and technology flux.
well here it is dude. the answer to all your problems. Your questions are almost impossible to answer because you are always gonna get answers based on opinions and personal experiences. its the same as asking people if they recommend advil or tylennol. (if i spelled that right). Each brand has its ups and downs. the best thing to do is to figure out exactly what you plan on doing with your PC and then start looking up CPU performances based on those plans. i do recommend Tom's CPU Charts on the homepage. Like i said there is no real answer. .
well here it is dude. the answer to all your problems. Your questions are almost impossible to answer because you are always gonna get answers based on opinions and personal experiences. its the same as asking people if they recommend advil or tylennol. (if i spelled that right). Each brand has its ups and downs. the best thing to do is to figure out exactly what you plan on doing with your PC and then start looking up CPU performances based on those plans. i do recommend Tom's CPU Charts on the homepage. Like i said there is no real answer. .
What the hell???? Why are you even asking us if you don't plan to buy for a few years?? are you a retard??? Things could be COMPLETLY different a few years from now........moron....
guys relax, we should welcome this fella with open arms to the world of Tom's Forumz, lol. Afterall he is participating. But yeah dude, tell your bro that if he needs a computer this summer to do everything from surfing to gaming to editing then i do suggest he waits until Intel's desktop processor comes out. This Conroe cpu so far proves to be all the hype it looks to be. So far the high end versions of Conroe tend to beat AMD's best processors. So tell your bro to look into it. And as for you, if it really is necessary, come back in 2 years and post this question again. Welcome to the forum dude.