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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: FPF-DrAzteca on January 11, 2007, 01:04:40 am
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Im building a new machine, and already have the video card (ATI x1600 pro AGV), so the next thing is the mobo+cpu, and im thinking on Intel, so the question is, wich one is better, the Pentium D945 or the Pentim doble core E6300 (maybe the E6400 if I can afore it) ?
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If you've got the cash, dual core baby.
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Core Duo, no questions it is a better chip.
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Core Duo, no questions it is a better chip.
Not Core Duo; get Core2Duo
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If you dont have the cash for a Intel Core2Duo, then I would at least recommend a P4 2.0+ GHz with HT
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C2D is what you should get, ignore the pentium Ds, they are dead end techs when it comes to upgrade paths.
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Thx guys :D
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The ASUS P5W DH DELUXE and the ABIT AB9 PRO would be good choices for a mobo...according to my research.
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Pepperman is right, those 2 are good mobos, however your selection of the of the motherboard should also depend on whther you want to eventually go crossfire. I know that the abovementioned Asus board supports crossfire mode, and it is actually quite pricey. But i'm just not sure if the Abit does. Here's 2 other crossfire supporting mobos that are supposed to be good: MSI 975X platinum and Intel D975XBX2.
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DFI makes some good Crossfire boards, and their products specialize in stable overclocking.
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Just a little update regarding ATI crossfire components. There are only 5 motherboards officially certified by ATI for crossfire mode for intel core 2 duo processors: The Asus board mentioned by pepperman, the MSI and Intel boards mentioned by me in the previous post and Gigabyte GA-G1975X and Intel D975XBX.
For a complete list of ATI crossfire certified components visit:
http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/buildyourown.html