Hi I am building a new pc, and I want it to run at least 2 years before I go for a new one... Please tell me which one is the best and is worth the price? AMD: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz / 2x512kb Socket AM2 price 405$ AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4GHz / 2x512kB Socket AM2 price 325$ AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz / 2x512kB Socket AM2 Price 250$ AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4GHz / 512kB Socket AM2 price 150$ Intel: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "Conroe" 2.4GHz / 1066MHz / 4MB price: 475$ Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 "Conroe" 2.13GHz / 1066MHz / 2MB price: 345$ Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 "Conroe" 1.86GHz / 1066MHz / 2MB price: 280$ Please advise me if AM2 sockets are better than 939 or not. Please advise me which one responds best for Overclocking. I appreciate any reply. I live in Stockholm and the prices are the Sweden prices.
Please note that in the AMD section there is a wrong processor, please change look at this one instead of the single processor 3800: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0GHz / 2x512kB Socket AM2 Price: 205$
Ive just decided on the e6600 processor, but now i cant decide on the board.I note that nearly all new boards only have one ide channel for two devices.I wonder if the fu*kwit who designed them realises that most users have at least two opticals let alone any hds that need this socket.I only know of one manufacturer that makes a sata optical and thats plextor who are too expensive and aint that good.So, for a pieman that has three opticals, two pata drives and three sata drives who doesnt game but does mainly video/dvd work, which board should i go for?Budget is around £120/$200.Have had all asus boards in the past. thanks
what about E6300 if I could overclock it? how much can I overclock it and how good cooling equipment is required? you see that there is a big price gap between E6600 and E6300
According to this http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2802&p=2 the E6300 will get to just under 2.6GHz on stock cooling, but with a good aftermarket cooler, you could probably reach around 3GHz.
