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| Fade2gray |
  Jul 29 2005, 03:47 AM
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I'm a little bit of a laymen when it comes to computer hardwear. I'm building my first comp and it's about time to look at processors. So I had a question for you guys. Would I get better performance out of, say, a 3.2Ghz P4 w/2MB L2 or a 3.4Ghz w/1MB L2. I'm trying to figure out how heavilly to way the impact of the L2 cash, mainly on gaming, when trying decide what will give me the best bang for my buck. So what do yall think?
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| Megil Tel-Zeke |
Jul 29 2005, 03:57 AM
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WOw way to techy for me lol. i'm not sure what L2 is O.o is it like hyper threading or something?
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| Channler |
Jul 29 2005, 03:59 AM
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just get a AMD 64-FX 53(?) and you will be fine =P
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| Megil Tel-Zeke |
Jul 29 2005, 04:02 AM
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Master Joined: 25-June 05 From: Wilmington NC |
yes i tend to agree, I wish i had gone with an AMD instead of a P4. if you plan on gaming with it then go with AMD.
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| Channler |
Jul 29 2005, 04:05 AM
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QUOTE(Megil Tel-Zeke @ Jul 28 2005, 11:02 PM) yes i tend to agree, I wish i had gone with an AMD instead of a P4. if you plan on gaming with it then go with AMD.  Yes and don't jip out on the Vid Card... go for something nice, not a Radeon 9800 Pro Only bad part of my setup -------------------- “I'm not insensitive, I just don't care.”
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| Megil Tel-Zeke |
Jul 29 2005, 04:07 AM
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Master Joined: 25-June 05 From: Wilmington NC |
hmm i got a 9800 pro O.o though i had it last year. so it wasn't old then -.-
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| Channler |
Jul 29 2005, 04:09 AM
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Master Joined: 20-March 05 From: Nashville, North Carolina |
QUOTE(Megil Tel-Zeke @ Jul 28 2005, 11:07 PM) hmm i got a 9800 pro O.o though i had it last year. so it wasn't old then -.- Yea, it wasnt old then, but now I can only sometimes run BF2 on high settings oh btw check thihs out http://www.roma-victor.com/game/guilds.php -------------------- “I'm not insensitive, I just don't care.”
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| Fade2gray |
Jul 29 2005, 04:10 AM
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Retainer Joined: 23-July 05 From: Caemlyn |
QUOTE(Channler @ Jul 28 2005, 07:59 PM) just get a AMD 64-FX 53(?) and you will be fine =P Actually, I've already got my motherboard and it only suports Intel. Don't realy want to buy a whole new motherboard to get an AMD. -------------------- "And if you follow me
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| Megil Tel-Zeke |
Jul 29 2005, 08:04 PM
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Master Joined: 25-June 05 From: Wilmington NC |
ah well then you will ahve to go with P4 then. i'm stil not sure what L2 is though, but if money is an issue just make sure you get a good graphics card O.o
My quick question, anyone know what brand has a decent thermo electric cooling unit for my CPU. I really wouldn't mind having the cPu at 32F (0C) -------------------- "By keeping others at a distance you avoid a betrayal of your trust.
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| Konji |
Jul 29 2005, 08:15 PM
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I'm stuffed now. My parents won't allow me to upgrade the computer at all, we bought it two years ago. I have no idea what we have, its just there.
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| ShogunSniper |
Jul 30 2005, 04:11 AM
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don't know much about pc's but i know amd is the way to go
 of course, that probably didn't help you at all.... ah yes, and is geforce 6600gt good? This post has been edited by ShogunSniper: Jul 30 2005, 04:12 AM -------------------- War is over if you want it.
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| molia |
Jul 31 2005, 06:50 PM
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I'd go for a larger L2 cache if i were u. of course, not being you, i went for amd.
u can get better performance from the 3.2GHz if fte fsb is 800MHz. else, the fsb will slow you down more than the L2 cache |
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| Mazuk |
Aug 5 2005, 07:12 PM
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Just a not that the L2 is cache. And there are 3.4GHz that have L2/ 2MB. All in what you want to pay. Its gravy but for gaming AMD is a better processor but as you said you already have the motherboard for an intel. 3.4 will give you alittle bit more power than the 3.2. If you go for the 3.4 find one that has the L2 at 2 MB.
I use the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+.... Hope that helped. |
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