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NEW AM2 system build help needed.
NEW AM2 system build help needed. Just want to build me a new PC to replace my Barton system. So the improvment in speed should be pretty massive I want to use the system just for games and video Encoding. I have no idea what Mobo,ram ect i want or need. I was thinking atleast 2 gigs of ram and a 7900 GT. And possibly 2 250gig SATA drives in raid 0 Config. But the rest i have no idea. Just need some help. My Budget is 1500 Bucks Australian Thanks. |
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NEW AM2 system build help needed.
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:31:28 +1000, Home Theatre Guy wrote:
NEW AM2 system build help needed. Just want to build me a new PC to replace my Barton system. So the improvment in speed should be pretty massive I want to use the system just for games and video Encoding. I have no idea what Mobo,ram ect i want or need. I was thinking atleast 2 gigs of ram and a 7900 GT. And possibly 2 250gig SATA drives in raid 0 Config. But the rest i have no idea. Just need some help. My Budget is 1500 Bucks Australian Thanks. Wait until next month, Intel is introducing their next generation CPU in July. Early indications are that it will be faster then the Athlon 64. Even if it turns out to me no faster then the Athlon 64 it's still going to spark a price war with AMD so you'll save some money if you wait a month. If you do get an AMD system you'll want to get an Athlon 64 X2 on an Nvidia NForce based motherboard. My recommendation is an Athlon 64 4400+, it has two processors with 1M caches. If you are on a budget then the X2 3800+ or 4000+ will save you a couple of hundred dollars. However you'll want to make the decision next month after Intel brings out Conroe and AMD responds with price cuts. Any of the major motherboard makers will probably be fine, I have two MSI A64 motherboards, the K8N Neo2 and the K8N Neo4. The AM2 motherboards are the K9Ns, you might want an SLI motherboard like the K9N SLI Platinum or K9N Diamond if you are looking for the ultimate in gaming performance. The K9N Platinum would be a good choice of you only plan on having one graphics card. |
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NEW AM2 system build help needed.
INtel !!! In your DREAMS BUDDY. Mever again. Conreo will still need a Nuke reator to runit. I like my Lower power Hight Speed AMD chips. Intel YOU FREAK On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:32:55 -0400, General Schvantzkoph wrote: On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:31:28 +1000, Home Theatre Guy wrote: NEW AM2 system build help needed. Just want to build me a new PC to replace my Barton system. So the improvment in speed should be pretty massive I want to use the system just for games and video Encoding. I have no idea what Mobo,ram ect i want or need. I was thinking atleast 2 gigs of ram and a 7900 GT. And possibly 2 250gig SATA drives in raid 0 Config. But the rest i have no idea. Just need some help. My Budget is 1500 Bucks Australian Thanks. Wait until next month, Intel is introducing their next generation CPU in July. Early indications are that it will be faster then the Athlon 64. Even if it turns out to me no faster then the Athlon 64 it's still going to spark a price war with AMD so you'll save some money if you wait a month. If you do get an AMD system you'll want to get an Athlon 64 X2 on an Nvidia NForce based motherboard. My recommendation is an Athlon 64 4400+, it has two processors with 1M caches. If you are on a budget then the X2 3800+ or 4000+ will save you a couple of hundred dollars. However you'll want to make the decision next month after Intel brings out Conroe and AMD responds with price cuts. Any of the major motherboard makers will probably be fine, I have two MSI A64 motherboards, the K8N Neo2 and the K8N Neo4. The AM2 motherboards are the K9Ns, you might want an SLI motherboard like the K9N SLI Platinum or K9N Diamond if you are looking for the ultimate in gaming performance. The K9N Platinum would be a good choice of you only plan on having one graphics card. |
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NEW AM2 system build help needed.
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:22:22 +1000, Home Theatre Guy wrote:
INtel !!! In your DREAMS BUDDY. Mever again. Conreo will still need a Nuke reator to runit. I like my Lower power Hight Speed AMD chips. Intel YOU FREAK Don't be an idiot, unless your an employee of AMD your interest should be in buying the best system that you can, not whether it's Intel or AMD. For the last two years it's been an easy decision because AMD processors were clearly superior in every dimension but with the release of Woodcrest and Conroe it looks like the tables are about to turn for systems with two or fewer chips. Intel has fixed their power problems, Conroe takes 65W which is easily coolable. It's true that an Intel motherboard will require about 20W more than an AMD motherboard because it still has a North Bridge but you really care about that. The problem with P4s was that the CPU consumed so much power that it required a big loud fan to cool it and even with that it always ran hot as compared to an Athlon 64. With Conroe and Woodcrest that problem is solved. Intel has also fixed their performance problems. The source of all of Intel's troubles was their pipeline, in the P4 it was 30 stages deep which was very inefficient. In the Core2 it's only 14 stages deep, about the same as AMD's, so the efficiency is now on a par with the A64. Intel still lacks an on chip memory controller so their main memory latency is longer, however they have much bigger caches which compensate for the longer DRAM access times. Big caches are an expensive solution because they take a lot of die area, however Intel is already at 65nm vs 90nm for AMD so they can afford to waste some space. A year from now when the K8Ls come out (which will be AMD's 65nm parts), the pendulum may swing back to AMD a little. However for the next 12 months it looks like Intel will have an advantage. As I said in my original post even if you still want an AMD system you should wait until Conroe comes out because it's going to force AMD to lower their prices. AMD has had the luxury of keeping their prices high for the last two years because Intel's parts were so inferior especially in the area of power consumption. Now that Intel's parts are competitive again we are going to return to the days of price wars which is good for you, the consumer, but bad for AMD share holders. |
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NEW AM2 system build help needed.
General Schvantzkoph wrote:
Don't be an idiot, unless your an employee of AMD your interest should be in buying the best system that you can, not whether it's Intel or AMD. For the last two years it's been an easy decision because AMD processors were clearly superior in every dimension but with the release of Woodcrest and Conroe it looks like the tables are about to turn for systems with two or fewer chips. Intel has fixed their power problems, Conroe takes 65W which is easily coolable. It's true that an Intel motherboard will require about 20W more than an AMD motherboard because it still has a North Bridge but you really care about that. The problem with P4s was that the CPU consumed so much power that it required a big loud fan to cool it and even with that it always ran hot as compared to an Athlon 64. With Conroe and Woodcrest that problem is solved. Intel has also fixed their performance problems. The source of all of Intel's troubles was their pipeline, in the P4 it was 30 stages deep which was very inefficient. In the Core2 it's only 14 stages deep, about the same as AMD's, so the efficiency is now on a par with the A64. Intel still lacks an on chip memory controller so their main memory latency is longer, however they have much bigger caches which compensate for the longer DRAM access times. Big caches are an expensive solution because they take a lot of die area, however Intel is already at 65nm vs 90nm for AMD so they can afford to waste some space. A year from now when the K8Ls come out (which will be AMD's 65nm parts), the pendulum may swing back to AMD a little. However for the next 12 months it looks like Intel will have an advantage. As I said in my original post even if you still want an AMD system you should wait until Conroe comes out because it's going to force AMD to lower their prices. AMD has had the luxury of keeping their prices high for the last two years because Intel's parts were so inferior especially in the area of power consumption. Now that Intel's parts are competitive again we are going to return to the days of price wars which is good for you, the consumer, but bad for AMD share holders. I mostly agree especially for the bit about waiting whatever your planning. However two points I disagree on are firstly your claims about the last 2 years. IMHO, AMD have had the clear lead for perhaps the past 5 years (with one recent issue to cloud things). Since 2001 or so, AMD have been a better choice for the vast majority of users (except perhaps for some people with specialist uses like video encoding or in some case, for those looking at the real high end). AMD processors have been better price/performance wise. Intel has come close perhaps occasionally, but never really been the better choice. At best, in certain circumstances it could be described as equal. To be fair, with the launch of the Athlon 64, AMD wouldn't have been such a clear favourite were it not for the fact Intel was so crap by that time but they still managed to remain the clear better choice. However I do have to say, with the advent of dual core, it hasn't been so clear cut for the average user IMHO. For the gamer etc, the Athlon 64 has been the clear winner. But the average user on a budget rarely needs that much computing power (so to speak). However when Intel launched their D 805 they brought dual core to a resonable pricing for the average user. Sure given Intel's dual core problems and the Intel's performance problems in general, it would have been wacked silly in even a multithreaded benchmark by a comparably priced Athlon 64 system. But as I said, raw performance isn't so important to the average users. The advantages of dual core (especially given the fact that Windows's thread management has always been a bit crap) however could easily outweight the fact that the D 805 was a POS. Obviously if your budget was a bit higher and within the range of one of the Athlon X2s, the choice was clear but for the average user on a lower budget, IMHO the D 805 has been the better choice since it's launch. The other point I disagree on is your assesment of the Conroe. It's good for the user in many ways but IMHO, it's still not clear if Intel really has the lead. I don't take much stock in the crappy 'benchmarks' aka Intel's marketing departments PR campaign. Until real thorough non-Intel controlled benchmarks come out I'm reserving judgment. I do think Intel has come close again (as I said, it won't be the first time but this time they do appear to have a decent product which should last a while rather then a momentary advantage) but it doesn't mean they've taken the lead price/performance wise. AMD's biggest problem is probably in the dual core arena. IMHO, AMD seriously needs to cut prices here. As someone with a socket 939 I can only hope that their future moves would benefit me since I'm still waiting for a dual core processor to be resonably priced. Cheers |
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