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drezjel   09-16-2009 at 12:39:46 AM

I want to buy a new PC, mostly for everyday use and some gaming (not the newest and heaviest of games).

Can somebody help me? I have selected a few PC's of more or less the same price, but I don't know what's more important.

1)AMD Phenom™ X4 9750 (2,40 GHz, 512 KB x 4)
4.096 MB 800 MHz Dual Channel DDR2 [4 x 1.024]
1.024 MB NVIDIA GeForce GT220

2)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-core Q8300 (2,5 GHz, FSB 1.333 MHz, cache da 4 MB)
SDRAM DDR3 4.096 MB [4x1.024], 1.067 MHz
ATI® Radeon™ 4850 512 MB

3)Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 (2.66GHz/4MB L2/FSB: 1333MHz) 4GB DDR II 800Mhz (2 x 2GB)
ATI Radeon 4650

4)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q8300
(2.5 Ghz, 4MB, 1333Mhz)
6144 MB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia® GeForce® GT220 1GB

5)AMD Phenom™ II X4 processor 805 (4x 2.5GHz)
4GB (2x 2GB)
ATI Radeon™ HD4650 Pro 1GB/2431MB

Anyone?
Thanks!

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yannifb   09-16-2009 at 12:45:12 AM
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drezjel wrote :

I want to buy a new PC, mostly for everyday use and some gaming (not the newest and heaviest of games).

Can somebody help me? I have selected a few PC's of more or less the same price, but I don't know what's more important.

1)AMD Phenom™ X4 9750 (2,40 GHz, 512 KB x 4)
4.096 MB 800 MHz Dual Channel DDR2 [4 x 1.024]
1.024 MB NVIDIA GeForce GT220

2)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-core Q8300 (2,5 GHz, FSB 1.333 MHz, cache da 4 MB)
SDRAM DDR3 4.096 MB [4x1.024], 1.067 MHz
ATI® Radeon™ 4850 512 MB

3)Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 (2.66GHz/4MB L2/FSB: 1333MHz) 4GB DDR II 800Mhz (2 x 2GB)
ATI Radeon 4650

4)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q8300
(2.5 Ghz, 4MB, 1333Mhz)
6144 MB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia® GeForce® GT220 1GB

5)AMD Phenom™ II X4 processor 805 (4x 2.5GHz)
4GB (2x 2GB)
ATI Radeon™ HD4650 Pro 1GB/2431MB

Anyone?
Thanks!



Definitely number 2.

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ShtBrix   09-16-2009 at 12:53:45 AM
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Prices?

You're probably better off building your own.

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drezjel   09-16-2009 at 12:56:25 AM
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yannifb wrote :

Definitely number 2.



Thanks for the advice.
What's the reason? The Radeon 4850 being better than GeForce GT220? Or the Q8300 being better than the AMD PhenomII?

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drezjel   09-16-2009 at 12:57:18 AM
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ShtBrix wrote :

Prices?

You're probably better off building your own.



Around €700

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festerovic   09-16-2009 at 01:26:23 AM
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The 4850 card. The CPUs are somewhat equivalent. The video card difference is clear cut.

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xaira   09-16-2009 at 03:16:46 AM
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the 4850 makes build 2 superior, but if you could get build 5 with a 4850, ud have a real competitor

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jimishtar   09-16-2009 at 07:07:45 PM
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what on earth is NVIDIA GeForce GT220 ??

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PsychoSaysDie   09-16-2009 at 10:28:46 PM
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Do not waste your money on a 775 chip.

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dunklegend   09-16-2009 at 10:38:41 PM
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PsychoSaysDie wrote :

Do not waste your money on a 775 chip.



What's the problem with the 775 chips, are they that bad?

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Prescott_666   09-16-2009 at 10:45:33 PM
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There is nothing wrong with the 775 socket, but it's old. My Dell Precision 370 has a 775 socket and it runs fine, but it's not very powerful (although it was when it was new), and there is no upgrade path.

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   09-16-2009 at 10:50:11 PM
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Considering the options, #2 is by far the best. That 4850 is the best video card there by a long shot.

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dunklegend   09-16-2009 at 10:58:37 PM
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Prescott_666 wrote :

There is nothing wrong with the 775 socket, but it's old. My Dell Precision 370 has a 775 socket and it runs fine, but it's not very powerful (although it was when it was new), and there is no upgrade path.



Yeah you are right about the no upgrade path.

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warmon6   09-16-2009 at 11:02:13 PM
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as everyone else said #2 is the best option.

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PsychoSaysDie   09-16-2009 at 11:02:43 PM
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dunklegend wrote :

What's the problem with the 775 chips, are they that bad?




Its a dead socket

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wisecracker   09-16-2009 at 11:27:59 PM
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Socket 775 will not EOL before 2011 at the earliest.



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PsychoSaysDie   09-16-2009 at 11:31:36 PM
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wisecracker wrote :

Socket 775 will not EOL before 2011 at the earliest.




Who cares. Why would you waste money on a 775 chip when the I5 is available?

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xaira   09-17-2009 at 02:42:17 AM
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i5 is available, but is priced alot higher, but am2 lives forever,

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