Intel vs. AMD

I hope you are right cause i would have alot more options for newer graphic cards.

 

Are you building a PC or buying one?

 

buying.

 

You should be able to look up the brand and model to see what they were built with, unless it's a purchase from a custom shop. What are you thinking about buying, brand and model?

 

Its a custom shop one.
It comes in this case

and has
Intel Pentium D 3.4ghz
2gb DDR2 ram
300gb 10,000rpm S-ATA HDD
Geforce FX5500 256mb but im 100% sure i will upgarde to a 7600 or 7800 or 7900
5.1 sound card

and comes with
Logitech wirless desktop (Keyboard + mouse) with charger
5.1 logitech speakers
*19* inch Benq LCD DVI

 

ok i will go with an asus mobo, but i will have to get the PCD elsewhere then. can anyone recomend me one for mobo and PCD for £150?

 

What's a PCD?

 

Goggle says
Payload Correction Data
God knows what that is i doubt he means that.
or
Immotile Cilia Syndrome
or
Kodak's PhotoCD
dam google.

 

How about PussyCat Dolls? LOL

 

I think he means Processor cause he said he will buy the Asus Mainboard and buy the PCD else where and the CPU is the only other thing he needed?

 

I assume so, but I'm curious as to what PCD could actually stand for. In any case, a CPU and motherboard for £100 would mean a single core. In fact, having said that, you can now buy an X2 4200+ and recent motherboard with decent features for £120 + delivery, but as we know, X2s aren't really cutting edge any more.

 

But arent they AMD's flagship CPU right now the top performance one?
What is cutting edge besides the core 2?

 

Nothing, but that's the point. Core 2 Duos are so much faster that they're seen as the only CPUs to have at the moment. An E4300 which hasn't been overclocked to anywhere near its maximum potential is significantly faster than my X2 4200+, and that's the most basic model.

 

Crowy,

It wasn't so much the voltage as I was well under 1.4v at 1.375. Asus did rebuild the MB and when I got it back it had the same problem I sent it in for. Eventually they replaced it with a new MB. Both the repaired MB and the new one had heavier VRMs. You can physically see the difference. I was running it at 3.81 at the time. I also had what turned out to be a sub-standard PS that didn't deliver the promised wattage. With the new MB I was able to reach 4GHz (with a better higher wattage PS) but common sense kicked in and I run it at a more conservative 3.71 with no problems.

It's been a good, but not spectacular computer. It just seems to do everything well and it's a comfortable machine to work with. Not anywhere's near the fastest but still a good machine! Much better and faster than the 3.0/800 P4 it replaced!

Best Regards,
theone

 

Why did the conversations between you and Sophocles discuss your turning up vCore to achieve OCs too high for the board's capabilities. He said you would damage the board if you didn't back off and it happened. I was just going by the conversations I saw in the old posts. If you say you didn't, you say you didn't. Nothing to me. But normally Asus boards don't head south unless they're helped along. Of course there's the occasional flawed board. Most often though it's the user and Asus still honors the guarantee. Didn't Mort81's overclocked 3.4 Northwood consistently outperform your Prescott.

 

It was discussed time and time again that the Prescott was significantly slower than the Northwood, even with a slight clock speed advantage. The D940 overclocked, although old technology is still by no means a slow processor, just not top-end. Now owning a few games that rely on dual core CPUs for good performance, it's interesting to see the difference having one makes.

 

sorry, PCD was a wrong term, i meant ICD, intel core duo, not pentium core duo, do not knwo why i wrote that there, musta been high.

what asus or gigabyte mobo can i get (that works with a core duo) can i get for under £150?

 

A good motherboard can be found for way less than £100, but not together with the CPU as I mentioned before.
A good combination is a Gigabyte DS3 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=437659
and a core 2 Duo E6300
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=430631

And these two total £181 before delivery.

 

Sammorriss
He asked about an Asus. Price one of the good Asus boards and/or supply a good site to shop in the UK. I didn't suggest a board because prices aren't necessarily the same in the US and UK, even after converting currency.

 

And don't I know it! Grr
His post was edited to include Gigabyte, but alright:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=529752
This one's about the same price.