Recomendations

[wickerwolf]

hey all, right nearer christmas im thinking of getting a amd 64 dual core processor and motherboard to build a new rig with, whats a good dualcore 64 processor for overclocking im looking round the 80/130 pound price range

[ripken204]

well i would'nt even think about amd right now. intel's core 2 duo is faster than the fx62 and WAY cheaper.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/08/02/thg...age6.html#games

checkout this great link that Camarade_Tux posted for us, the E6600 and above have 4mb cache, that an insane amount of cache.

but this decision is up to you. by the end of the year amd should have 65nm for the AM2 socket. if you go AM2 then that would be a good choice too, its pretty cheap and amd dual cores are very cheap now too. but intel is the powerhouse right now.

do you need help on picking out parts for your whole computer then? if so then what your budget?

[wickerwolf]

hey, yeah ill be needing a motherboard, processor, ram and a psu unit, ive already got writers, and a spare case for it all to go in, price range is at minimum 200 pound and possibly 350 pound depending on how things go

[ripken204]

what store do u plan on buying stuff from? just so i know where to look for prices.

[puntoMX]

I think it´s a little bit too early to look at things now, start to do it in a month or 2 or 3. All will be more clear by then .

[wickerwolf]

scan.com, eubuyer, ebay, are the shops i usau8lly shop round but if you know any good shops i dont mind mind

hey puntomx p's running stable at 2.4 now dude weill hae to organize HL2DM sometime

[Jeremy]

if you're not willing to wait, I definitely say go for Intel Core Duo right now. But I think the best thing to do is to go with PuntoMX's advice and wait a few months. He does know what he's talking about. He's helped me pick out parts for both systems at home. I'm no expert on hardware so when I consider upgrades, I ask him first.

As for HL2DM... we'll chat on MSN about that next time we're online at the same time.