IIRC the Core 2 Extreme series is what intel are calling their newest quad core processors. Oh, and they cost like £520. No thx:)neddiedrow wrote:Get a Core 2 Duo Extreme. You have no use for a Quad, and few applications can take advantage of the four processors.
Makin new rig. Undecided on couple of things.
Moderator: Moderators
-
BlackLiger
- Posts: 1371
- Joined: 05 Oct 2004, 21:58
I suggest buying from Ebuyer.co.uk
AF told me about this site, they are relatively cheap and do a good level of after sales support, going as far as to be willing to accept the return of an undamaged graphics card and replace it with a new one XD stupid monitor cable was busted and needed replacing.
AF told me about this site, they are relatively cheap and do a good level of after sales support, going as far as to be willing to accept the return of an undamaged graphics card and replace it with a new one XD stupid monitor cable was busted and needed replacing.
No, the Core 2 Extreme line has Duos and Quads.
[/code]Intel├é┬« Core├óÔÇ×┬ó2 Extreme quad-core processor
When more is better├óÔé¼ÔÇØwith four processing cores the Intel├é┬« Core├óÔÇ×┬ó2 Extreme quad-core processor QX6850 is a multitasking monster delivering significantly more performance for highly-threaded apps.
* 8 MB of L2 cache
* 1333 MHz front-side bus
Intel├é┬« Core├óÔÇ×┬ó2 Extreme mobile processor
Experience the world's highest performing mobile processor├é┬╣. Bar none. Now you have the performance to play the latest multi-threaded games anywhere, with the Intel├é┬« Core├óÔÇ×┬ó2 Extreme dual-core mobile processor X7900.
* 4 MB of shared L2 cache
* 800 MHz front-side bus
Intel Core 2 Extreme processor
With Intel Core 2 Extreme dual-core processor, you get energy-efficient gaming performance for a frighteningly vivid high-def multimedia experience.
* 4 MB of shared L2 cache
* 1066 MHz front-side bus
Update: Finally purchased!!!
Here's my spec:
Bundles:
Intel Core 2 Quad LGA775 Q6600 GO SLACR 2.40GHz Retail / Abit IP35 Pro / 2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500C5 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit, Tuniq Tower 120 Cooler / Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) - £464.07
Graphics:
Stock Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £291.39
Hard Disk:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM - £69.31
Case:
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) - £82.24
PSU:
OCZ ModXStream 780w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply - £99.86
Display:
Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black - £170.36
Extras:
Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard - £50.00
Razer Barracuda HP-1 Gaming Headphones - £64.00
Gonna OC the CPU and Graphics card. Hopefully I'll hit at least 3.2GHZ on the CPU and about 625mhz core on the GPU.
Sexy razer gaming keyboard and headphones to go with my DeathAdder.
Total comes to around £1350 after accounting for shipping and some random cost differences from what I listed here. Can't wait.
Shame I'm banned from Spring lobby tho ¬_¬
Here's my spec:
Bundles:
Intel Core 2 Quad LGA775 Q6600 GO SLACR 2.40GHz Retail / Abit IP35 Pro / 2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500C5 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit, Tuniq Tower 120 Cooler / Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) - £464.07
Graphics:
Stock Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £291.39
Hard Disk:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM - £69.31
Case:
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) - £82.24
PSU:
OCZ ModXStream 780w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply - £99.86
Display:
Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black - £170.36
Extras:
Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard - £50.00
Razer Barracuda HP-1 Gaming Headphones - £64.00
Gonna OC the CPU and Graphics card. Hopefully I'll hit at least 3.2GHZ on the CPU and about 625mhz core on the GPU.
Sexy razer gaming keyboard and headphones to go with my DeathAdder.
Total comes to around £1350 after accounting for shipping and some random cost differences from what I listed here. Can't wait.
Shame I'm banned from Spring lobby tho ¬_¬
Last edited by DemO on 22 Sep 2007, 01:42, edited 1 time in total.
Good choice. Only downside is that it always stretches and can't scale in aspect ratio. So it's not the best display for apps/games which enforce a 4:3 resolution. About any newer title supports 16:10 however (including spring, even though UI gets stretched then). Forcing through the driver does not work either.Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black - £170.36
Oh yeah, don't even bother installing this MagicColor stuff which comes with it as it doesn't support 8800 cards as of now. You can still fine tune it through the OSD menu or select one of the premade profiles.
Hell I even got it for about the same price (├óÔÇÜ┬¼240).
Yeah I was going for budget monitor so I had more to fork out on other stuff and I am pretty confident that most games I'll be playing will have optional 16:10 aspect ratio. Also I read in the reviews that even though the quoted contrast ratio is 3000:1 it is actually 800:1 but with some "feature" that bumps it up. Still, that didn't discourage me.
The monitor looks good for the price and has a pretty good specification (2ms response time for example) and also got a load of good reviews. I've never even had a flatscreen, nevermind a 20", so this will probably be like a total dream monitor to me.
The monitor looks good for the price and has a pretty good specification (2ms response time for example) and also got a load of good reviews. I've never even had a flatscreen, nevermind a 20", so this will probably be like a total dream monitor to me.
Yeah, pretty much every modern game has 16:10 available. Many that don't can have their config files/reg entries modified to gain it.DemO wrote:Yeah I was going for budget monitor so I had more to fork out on other stuff and I am pretty confident that most games I'll be playing will have optional 16:10 aspect ratio.
-
SwiftSpear
- Classic Community Lead
- Posts: 7287
- Joined: 12 Aug 2005, 09:29