Core 2 or AM2? For new system build.

[pt]

if AMD lowered prices more i would run to the shop and buy a X23800 and a cooler and overclock it a lot, too bad they cost 170€ here if they costed like 130 i would get one in a second

 

[Casheti]

Lol...with English money...it's probably nothing

170 euros is £115

 

[Alec§taar]

If performance is your "thing"?

Man... take a peek @ the "ScienceMark 2.0" page!

* See how badly ALL of our AMD rigs got absolutely OUTRIGHT SMOKED by MikeLopez's E6300 Intel CONROE...

Same w/ the SuperPi benchmark test done here as well!

(I mean badly too)

APK

 

[Casheti]

Lol, I know YOU get pwned by tigger and his Pentium D 930

 

[Alec§taar]

Lol, I know YOU get pwned by tigger and his Pentium D 930

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=133580#post133580

You SURE about that? See that URL:

• Alec§taar = 1440.60 (AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+/11x X 257mhz FSB/CPU@2827.1mhz & RAM@202/200mhz)

• Tigger69 = 1431.51 (Pentium D930@4385mhz)

(Still, you can't "stay ontop" forever in this stuff... 6-9 months tops nowadays it seems!)

We ALL got dusted bad by Mike's system though... it batted off a 1640 or so! Most of us AMD folks clocked in @ around 1300-1430 at best, even after trying to push higher o/c's & such - one person turned 1540 or so, but that is it...

APK

P.S.=> Time to get back to "Far Away Eyes" by the Rolling Stones (tune cracks me up large, lol)... apk

 

[Casheti]

Lol...like Tom Cruise...one day he's gonna be old and wrinkly

 

[Alec§taar]

Lol...like Tom Cruise...one day he's gonna be old and wrinkly

I'm going to quote a guy named Rick Emmett I saw in Utica N.Y. live a few years back (lead singer w/ a band called Triumph):

"As shall we all my friend"

When someone from the audience yelled "Ah, you're old!" - good comeback I felt!

Tom Cruise (he was born here my city in fact), & the Rolling Stones? They've both done GREAT THINGS in their time in their genre/art form...

* OLD <> BAD always... & by the way? By comparison to many here, I am probably "OLD"... oh well!

APK

P.S.=> Rolling Stones "Far Aways Eyes" lines that bust me up are:

"I had an arrangement, to meet a girl... & I was kinda late! I thought by the time I got there, she'd be off w/ the nearest truck driver she COULD FIND!" lol...

& also this line from the tune:

"I was driving home, early Sunday Morning thru Bakersfield, listening to Gospel Music on the colored radio station... & the preacher said 'You know, you ALWAYS GOT THE LORD BY YOUR SIDE!'... & I was so pleased to be informed of this? That I ran 20 red lights in HIS HONOR! Thank you Jesus (thank you Lord)"... apk

 

[Casheti]

oooooooooh...well spotted

 

[Alec§taar]

oooooooooh...well spotted

Well, thank you!



* Did you expect any less?

APK

 

[Casheti]

lol, can't say I did...

 

[macbeth]

Anyway as said before a basic AM2 cpu and motherboard is about 300++ but a basic Core due cpu and motherboard is about 500++. I guess the other stuff cost the same. So does Core Due performance gain justify the extra cost here?

 

[mikelopez]

Anyway as said before a basic AM2 cpu and motherboard is about 300++ but a basic Core due cpu and motherboard is about 500++. I guess the other stuff cost the same. So does Core Due performance gain justify the extra cost here?

I spent exactly $356.97 ($199 CPU+$1.99 2day Fedex=$200.99+$153.99 Mobo +$1.99 2day Fedex=$356.97 total) for my C2D setup.

 

[magibeg]

At this point in the game core 2 duo (in my opinion anyway) is well worth the extra money you'ld be paying for the mobo. A lot of AMD fans talk about what AMD is GOING to have with am2, but keep in mind your taking a gamble and assuming amd will have better chips then the conroe. Get the e6300, clock it up to 3ghz, and beat ANYTHING amd currently has

 

[jph1589]

Imo

I spent exactly $356.97 ($199 CPU+$1.99 2day Fedex=$200.99+$153.99 Mobo +$1.99 2day Fedex=$356.97 total) for my C2D setup.

Both of those are nice prices. They are much better than I was expecting. I guess I didn't realize you could get any of the Core2 CPUs shipped yet though. TD says 7-10 days before they will ship? Am I missing something?

 

[magibeg]

They're just in low supply right now. Supposidly a lot of conroes will be hitting the stores by august 7th though

 

[jph1589]

Damn

Now you guys have me thinking here.

With the lower power requirements of the Core2, I could squeeze by with my current power supply. My video card is ok for what I do. Disks are fine......cpu cooler is fine.........will my corsair VS 533 be ok and let me overclock the conroe at least some?

Edited......what am I talking about.....I just bought a 550J to get me by until I make this decision.

 

[mikelopez]

Both of those are nice prices. They are much better than I was expecting. I guess I didn't realize you could get any of the Core2 CPUs shipped yet though. TD says 7-10 days before they will ship? Am I missing something?

I ordered my retail E6300 from Zipzoomfly the day before the announcement was made by Intel. About an hour later they werent listed and when I checked again they were only available for pre-order and the price jumped $20.