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It's time for a new desktop, I'd rather the the money to Amazon or Ebuyer |
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than the Inland Revenue. I'm currently running a Core2Duo system, but use |
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AMD before that, so I have no real allegiances. |
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I was thinking of something like an AMD 1100T 6 core CPU, the new |
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Bulldozers are expensive and initial reports are not that promising, but |
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an Intel that gives the same bang per buck would do. I'm thinking |
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Gigabyte for motherboard, based on comments made here in similar threads |
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(like the one Dale started a while ago). I need lots of SATA ports |
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(fortunately, I bought a pair of 2TB drives a fortnight ago, just before |
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the prices went ballistic). |
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I'm not a gamer, but I want a system with plenty of grunt. Video |
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performance is not critical, on board would suffice, except I need |
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something with dual output to drive two monitors. Do any of the onboard |
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jobbies do this or is a separate Nvidia still the best option? |
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Thoughts would be welcome, and please feel free to start your own ATI vs |
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Nvidia and AMD vs Intel flamewars. OK, I'd rather you didn't, but I'm not |
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about to waste electrons asking for the impossible :) |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. |
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