I 'm looking to upgrade my mother board and processor but I'm struggling to know where to start looking! I realise Intel Duo Core are currently the best but are AMD chips much cheaper at the moment? I do a lot of video editing and gaming. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
2006-12-23 11:14:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I 'm looking to upgrade my mother board and processor but I'm struggling to know where to start looking! I realise Intel Duo Core are currently the best but are AMD chips much cheaper at the moment? I do a lot of video editing and gaming. I am looking in the £100 - £150 ($200 - $300) area. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
2006-12-23 11:23:16 · update #1
I 'm looking to upgrade my mother board and processor but I'm struggling to know where to start looking! I realise Intel Duo Core are currently the best but are AMD chips much cheaper at the moment? I do a lot of video editing and gaming. I am looking in the £100 - £150 ($200 - $300) area. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
2006-12-23 11:27:20 · update #2
get a Core 2 Duo E6300 or E6400. those are fantastic processors, and the E6400 is only $230 on Newegg.com
if you truly want the fastest computer on your block, buy a motherboard that lets you overclock, buy at least 1 Gig of DDR2 800 RAM, and overclock your processor. ideal speeds for E6300s is 2.8GHz and for the E6400 is 3.2GHz.
you don't have to overclock though. these chips are great out the box. if you don't overclock, only buy memory that is DDR2 533. anything faster would be wasteful - the FSB doesn't go that fast at stock speeds.
the guy above me was a little ahead of himself. currently, the cheapest DirectX 10 video card costs $450. it's the GeForce 8800GS. you can get a great DX9 card for half that price. there isn't even any DX10 software on the market yet. wait until prices drop and there is actually software available that utilizes it.
2006-12-23 12:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by davedave01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would currently recommend Intel Core Duo CPU. It has the best performace for the buck. An Asus or Intel motherboard with at least 2048MB of DDR2 Ram at 1066Mhz is a great idea if your a gamer. Even with the coding for 64 bit environments of the future the biggest performance leaps will be from the CPU's and not the wordsize of the bitstream. Intel Duo Quad core CPU's are available and when they drop in price they will be compatible with any Intel dual core motherboard you buy today. If your trying to stay ahead of the curve consider a newer and more expensive video card with DirectX 10 support as these cards facilitate graphics extentions (APIs) which will a part of Windows Vista.
2006-12-23 11:34:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best chip for a one die system would have to be the intel Core 2 Duo. The Core 2's are the best out there and are less expensive for the power you get.
2006-12-23 11:21:23 · answer #3 · answered by Pat M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 22:28:13 · answer #4 · answered by woodworth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a Duo 2 or just a Duo
2006-12-23 11:19:09 · answer #5 · answered by Best Helper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 100 dollar FX processor from AMD- one of the single core ones.., very cheap and very fast..
2006-12-23 11:18:37 · answer #6 · answered by keith s 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋