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AMD vs Intel

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Brallrock, Dec 1, 2006.

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  1. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Remove all ads!
    If you really don't need that much space (I don't really, for instance... most of the time I use up to 60, maybe 70 GB out of my 120), maybe you could invest in a faster one. Or more silent. BTW, get a silent one anyway. They become louder with age, I think. I don't think mine was so loud in the beginning.
     
    chevalier, Feb 14, 2007
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  2. Brallrock Gems: 23/31
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    CAS: RaidMax Smilodon Med-Tower 420W Case w/ Side-Panel Window
    CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 CPU @ 2.13GHz 1066FSB 2x1MB L2 Cache EM64T [+40]
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    CD2: 16X DVD ROM (BLACK COLOR)
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    HDD: Single Hard Drive (250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
    MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core Supports) Intel DP965LT P965 Chipset LGA775 Supports Core 2 Duo CPU FSB1066 DDR2/800 Mainboard w/GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394&7.1Audio [-4]
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    I also ordered Oblivion last night. The new PC should be here on the 22nd! I am so not getting a Dell Thanks for all the adivce, this is what I finally came up with. I think it will work nicely!
     
    Brallrock, Feb 16, 2007
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Everything else is OK, but the graphics card is a miss... At this point, you should have gone for at least a 7900...
     
    Taluntain, Feb 16, 2007
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    Well as fate had it, I ended up getting a stock PC and doing some imediate upgrades like changing to an Antec 450 watt PS, and a Ati Radeon X1900 GT 256 video card. Not many of the other specs changed, except I only have one CD/DVD drive for now. It came loaded with Vista Premium so I messed around with it for a while before I bomed it off and loaded XP. Vista is slow, and bulky, and it definately doesn't play well with games, Quake 4 would load but not play.

    On the other hand, XP screams on this system.
     
    Brallrock, Feb 17, 2007
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