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On Monday 13 March 2006 04:23, JimD wrote: |
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> AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 800MHz HT Socket 754 |
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> or |
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> Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 533MHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Dual |
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> Core,EM64T Processor |
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I'm very surprised Intel can knock out dual core processors for under $150! |
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I would go for the AMD though, but the socket 939 version. With a good board |
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you should have no problems getting a much faster dual core CPU in X months |
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time and just slotting it in. |
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> The next item is a mobo to go with the proc. For the mobo I really want |
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> SATA, PCI express, onboard audio and lan. I don't want onboard video, I |
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> will get a newer Nvida card to handle video. All the onboard stuff must |
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> work under Gentoo, I won't have MS on the new box. |
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I've just got an Asus A8N (SLI version), and an X2 3800, very nice fully |
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working combination. The board supports all currently available socket 939 |
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CPUs too. |
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Mike Williams |
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