I've been researching my first gaming pc build and was all set on an athlon 64 until I saw this review for overclocking an 805. I have never built a pc from scratch before and was hoping for a push in the right direction.
It seems like both setup would be very similar in price ~ $700 using the same case (antec p150 - a little ugly but a good balance between cost, moderate size and ability to cool quietly) ram (a gig of OCZ XTC Gold PC5400) and a nvidia 7600 gt video card. 2 ata hd's, 1 sata hd, sound card, dvd burner, monitor etc all pulled from my current pc.
With the 805 I was going to get the Asus P5WD2-E Premium and copy a lot of the settings used by Tom's review. I doubt I would oc more than to 3.6 using a Zalman CNPS9500 to keep it cool.
The amd would use a asrock939 mobo and a athlon 64 3800 cpu. Maybe a gig of corsair value ddr 400 ram to keep an overall price tag about the same.
I really don't have a preference but it seems amd is associated with pc's built for gaming. I need a stable pc but of course would like the most bang for my buck. Your thoughts and input are greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
It seems like both setup would be very similar in price ~ $700 using the same case (antec p150 - a little ugly but a good balance between cost, moderate size and ability to cool quietly) ram (a gig of OCZ XTC Gold PC5400) and a nvidia 7600 gt video card. 2 ata hd's, 1 sata hd, sound card, dvd burner, monitor etc all pulled from my current pc.
With the 805 I was going to get the Asus P5WD2-E Premium and copy a lot of the settings used by Tom's review. I doubt I would oc more than to 3.6 using a Zalman CNPS9500 to keep it cool.
The amd would use a asrock939 mobo and a athlon 64 3800 cpu. Maybe a gig of corsair value ddr 400 ram to keep an overall price tag about the same.
I really don't have a preference but it seems amd is associated with pc's built for gaming. I need a stable pc but of course would like the most bang for my buck. Your thoughts and input are greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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