Wile E
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System Name | The ClusterF**k |
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Processor | 980X @ 4Ghz |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12 |
Cooling | MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360 |
Memory | 3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T |
Video Card(s) | Evga GTX 580 |
Storage | Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB |
Display(s) | HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS |
Case | Technofront Bench Station |
Audio Device(s) | Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750 |
Power Supply | ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W |
Software | Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4 |
I just wanted to point out that AM2 chips DO, in fact, perform better with higher speed ram, than they do with lower speed, lower latency ram. In Photoshop CS2, for instance, applying every filter to a 50MB raw image, took about 10% less time with my OCZ ram @ 5-5-5-15 960MHz, rather than 4-4-4-12 @ 800MHz, with my 3800X2 @ 2.4GHz. Latencies in the synthetic benchmarks are lower at 960 as well, and read/write is much improved.ok u dont get what i was saying, amd dosnt need to support 1066 or 1333 or up, their chips by design dont need the extra bandwith they do better with lower latancys then more bandwith.
Now to add my $.02. I see little reason NOT to buy core 2 at this point in time. Sure, it doesn't game any better, but who uses their machine for gaming and ONLY gaming? It runs just as cool, overclocks waaaaaay better, and out performs X2(or FX, for that matter) clock for clock(if you can even get the AMDs to match the highest Intel clocks) in everything except gaming. Comparing the E6600 to the 3800X2 is just silly anyway, considering that the E6300 is only $180, performs equally to the 3800 X2, and can overclock to over 3GHz on air.
The only exceptions to buying Core2 would be those on an extremely tight budget (such as myself. lol). Being an ATI guy, I wanted something that supported crossfire, overclocked well, was dual core, and I only had $260 to spend on the mobo and cpu. I ended up with the 3800 X2 and an ECS KA3-MVP for $10 under budget. I've always been an ATI/AMD fan, but I have to admit, Intel got their sh*t together on Core 2. If money weren't an object at the time of purchase, I would've been in a Core 2. To get the lowest Core 2, and a good overclocking board with Crossfire support, would've been $150 more, however. I just hope AMD comes back with an AM2 compatible cpu that matches Intel clock for clock, and in overclockability.
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