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mstaxi   03-05-2008 at 10:31:20 PM

Hi me again I thought I finally decided on
Processor - E8400 = £176.24
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 =£111.61 Or Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 £90
Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) = £74.01
Power - Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 = £70.49 plus ext cable £10
Ram - Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz £58.74
Windows XP Home =£56.39
Graphics =BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail = £145.69
Case - antec 900 = £65.79
CPU cooling - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler = £17.61
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound £4
Wired Mouse ect
Speakers - Logitech Z-4e 2.1 Speaker System = £52.86
Monitor = LG L1900R Fantasy 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Red = £158.61

But chaos reigns I do not now know whether to go AMD Phenom as I heard its faster than the E8400.
and XP Nearly gone but Vista Unstable, I can get all the drivers for my peripherals[Printer Scanner Ect] on VISTA 64 BIT So wondered which OP System to get, please help,
Whatever advice is Very appreciated and will decide which way I go...!!

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Scotteq   03-05-2008 at 10:48:19 PM
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Phenom faster than E8400!?!?





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------------------------------ Which Chip? Well, it depends on which set of thieving b@stardz you choose to support: The ones who use insider trading to enrich themselves while running their company into the ground? Or the ones who illegally pay vendors to not support the first group?
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mstaxi   03-05-2008 at 10:53:20 PM
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What you mean I dont understand

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Scotteq   03-05-2008 at 11:07:07 PM
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Unless you are running heavily multithreaded applications, the faster E8400 is the better chip. This is certainly the case for the great majority of consumer applications.

If you *are* running heavily multithreaded applications, then you should buy an Intel quad as even the (year old) Q6600 is faster in both outright speed and clock for clock than a Phenom.


I'll not comment on Vista since that's an invitation to a flame war around here.

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------------------------------ Which Chip? Well, it depends on which set of thieving b@stardz you choose to support: The ones who use insider trading to enrich themselves while running their company into the ground? Or the ones who illegally pay vendors to not support the first group?
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mstaxi   03-05-2008 at 11:17:42 PM
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Many Thanks Will go with E8400 and XP As to many issues with Vista me thinks...!!

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grieve   03-06-2008 at 12:40:04 AM
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mstaxi wrote :


But chaos reigns I do not now know whether to go AMD Phenom as I heard its faster than the E8400.
and XP Nearly gone but Vista Unstable



Intel, no question...
Vista is not unstable; it is just full of a lot of useless bloatware. Your new machine will easily power through the Vista crap.

Go Intel/Vista and get 4 GIGs of ram

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mstaxi   03-06-2008 at 01:00:45 AM
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OK Now going with
Processor - E8400 = £176.24
Motherboard - Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard = £111.61
Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) = £74.01
Power - Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel = £52.86
Ram - Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA1065) - £70.71
Windows Vista Home 64=£56.39
Graphics =BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail = £145.69
Case - antec 900 = £65.79
CPU cooling - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler = £17.61
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound = £4
Keyboard - Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard - Blue/Red/Purple = £23.49
Mouse - Razer Krait 1600dpi Professional Gaming Mouse - Retail = £23.49
Speakers - Logitech Z-4e 2.1 Speaker System = £52.86
Monitor = LG L1900R Fantasy 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Red = £158.61
Burner - LG GSA-H55NBRL 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail = £19.96
Dvd = LG GDR-H30NBL 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM = £11.74

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ImajorI   03-06-2008 at 04:18:25 AM
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Go Intel/Vista and get 4 GIGs of ram


Ditto

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ImajorI   03-06-2008 at 04:34:31 AM
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Scotteq wrote :

I'll not comment on Vista since that's an invitation to a flame war around here.


I'm telling Jack you said that. :)

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mstaxi   03-23-2008 at 04:17:06 PM
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WENT VISTA64 hp with 8gb 6400 ram and e8400 very very pleased

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