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| Author: | RoyMustang [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
Im thinking about getting a new mobo along with new memory and a new quad cpu. would it be wise to get a quad core or should i spend the money on something else? I would like to see what you guys suggest! |
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| Author: | {ABA}Worlock [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core or not |
I use a quad for gaming works fine What all are you using it for Don't skimp on the vid card BTW I take it your in to full metal Good series |
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| Author: | RoyMustang [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
well, I have a very good Graphics card, so theres no need to get a new one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150364 the link there is the gpu that i have, I plan on gaming primarily with the quad core, some video editing with vegas movie studio from time to time. EDIT: yes, full metal alchemist is amazing! i like the series, havent seen the movie yet! |
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| Author: | Bjossi [ Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
My i7 920 is a monster, even at the stock clock frequency. Nothing else needed to be said really. Depending on your budget you can go for i7 series or Core 2 Quad series, or go with an AMD quad core (or triple core). |
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| Author: | RoyMustang [ Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
one of my friends was suggesting intel, but due to my budget, im going the AMD route once again! amds been solid for me, no problems with them at all! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103696 - this is the quad core from amd im getting! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131603 - this is the new mobo im getting! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820134792 - this is the memory im getting, I ordered 2 of these, so im getting 8GB! |
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| Author: | Bjossi [ Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
RoyMustang wrote: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134792 - this is the memory im getting, I ordered 2 of these, so im getting 8GB! Bad move. With DDR2 this would have been okay (although it is preferable to minimize number of modules), but with DDR3 you want to get 3x 2 GB and fire it up in triple-channel. The extra 2 GB above those 6 will extremely rarely, if ever, give you benefits anyway, so you got nothing to lose. I got 3x 2 GB DDR3-1066 and it is bloody fast, and even underperforming as I still got a 32-bit OS. |
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| Author: | RoyMustang [ Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
it wouldve been over my budget, thats why i went with that |
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| Author: | Bjossi [ Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
Your current choice costs ca. $210 (you bought 2 of that 2x2 GB kit right?), this 6 GB triple channel kit is both faster and $20 cheaper. |
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| Author: | RoyMustang [ Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
yes, i bought 2 of them, and yes the memory link u gave me is cheaper memory as opposed to what i got. |
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| Author: | RoyMustang [ Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
I will be getting the parts later today, so Ill let everyone know how it runs!! |
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| Author: | RoyMustang [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
ive had the quad core setup for a month now, and its running like a beast!!! I havent had the time to let everyone know this!! |
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| Author: | Bjossi [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
The best way to truly utilize the quadcores is to make extensive use of the affinity mapping in Task Manager. Also you can use tools like imagecfg to permanently modify the affinity header of an exe file. That is a nice workaround until games and other heavy applications more commonly have internal (and effectively distributed) multi-threading support. |
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| Author: | RoyMustang [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a question regarding getting a quad core |
yea, I had to tweak my 64 bit windows 7 to use all 4 cores for my quad core bc it only detected 2 cores! but, i looked it up and tweaked it now!! |
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