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Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ for gaming?

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Oto   02-09-2008 at 03:57:48 PM

'AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Socket AM2 2.7GHz' or a 'Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.20GHz' for gaming rig?

will be running a sli motherboard around the £60 mark
an 8800gt
4gb ram
160gb hard drive
windows vista business
all wrapped up in a nice coolermaster case

plz help guys need to order it all today!!

thanks.

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Avenger_K   02-09-2008 at 04:14:45 PM
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The Intel E4500, especially if you're overclocking.

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Oto   02-09-2008 at 04:26:32 PM
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what about if im not overclocking?

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zenmaster   02-09-2008 at 04:42:22 PM
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If you are not going to OC, then Buy a Retail System.
The main drawback is lack of an ability to OC.

This is a good starter deal.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dells [...] lid=566643

Toss in another GB and a video card and you are set.

------------------------------ If its good in theory but not in practice,
its not good theory.
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epsilon84   02-09-2008 at 04:42:26 PM
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Oto wrote :

what about if im not overclocking?



Then they are quite evenly matched.

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Oto   02-09-2008 at 04:47:11 PM
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thanks guys, thats a great help, i probably will overclock it at some point, so will go for the pentium. Will a 550watt power supply be ok for this build? i will be buying a second 8800gt at some point to sun sli, oh and ive got 2gb ram not 4 :) cheers

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epsilon84   02-09-2008 at 04:53:49 PM
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Yeah, 550W should be enough, but it has to be a quality 550W PSU. None of those crappy yum cha brand PSUs. I can't stress that enough!

 

I used to be a cheapskate and used the built in yumcha 500W PSUs that you get with cases, my god those are the biggest POS I've ever used. I barely installed Windows, ran a few games and *ZAP* dead PSU.


Message edited by epsilon84 on 02-09-2008 at 04:54:35 PM
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stonecold91   02-09-2008 at 04:58:06 PM
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if you are not overclocking then i would go for amd 64 x2 5200

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stonecold91   02-09-2008 at 05:00:11 PM
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oopps in toms chart i thgt it was e4500 but it was e4300...go with a e4500 for shurree now..gud luck :)

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Oto   02-09-2008 at 05:06:19 PM
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thanks! will a 550watt one for around £20 do ok?

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epsilon84   02-09-2008 at 05:23:15 PM
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Oto wrote :

thanks! will a 550watt one for around £20 do ok?



Hmm, £20, that's about $50 US right? It's a little on the cheap side for my liking.

What brand is it?

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polarity   02-09-2008 at 05:53:58 PM
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Why would you not overclock an E4x00? The things overclock really well even with the stock cooler and voltage increase. Get an aftermarket cooler like an AC Freezer Pro (cheap and with good performance) and you can save getting a more expensive CPU. Got my E4300@1.8 up to 3.4 with basic water, and 3.0 with an AC_FP.

Go for more like £45 minimum on the PSU. You should be able to get a good quality one for that, and all the other components will thank you for it by not crashing as often/burning out.

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epsilon84   02-09-2008 at 06:10:54 PM
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polarity wrote :

Why would you not overclock an E4x00? The things overclock really well even with the stock cooler and voltage increase. Get an aftermarket cooler like an AC Freezer Pro (cheap and with good performance) and you can save getting a more expensive CPU. Got my E4300@1.8 up to 3.4 with basic water, and 3.0 with an AC_FP.

Go for more like £45 minimum on the PSU. You should be able to get a good quality one for that, and all the other components will thank you for it by not crashing as often/burning out.



Yeah, my E4400 does 3.33GHz on the stock HSF, I've had it at 3.4GHz @ 1.45V for benching but it gets too hot for my liking, I'm sure with a better HSF I can do 3.5GHz. :sol:


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