My pIII is old school. And sucks. I have cash (for once). Time to upgrade
Anyways, the question is this. Do I buy a dual core or a single core.
If I went Single core, i would go a 3200+
Dual Core Athlon X2 3800+
Looking at the benchmarks on tomshardware interactive CPU charts, the processors are about equal for gaming. And while I am a fairly heavy gamer, I also use MSN, iTunes, the Macromedia Studio, Bryce 5, wings 3D and other fairly CPU intensive apps, often times at the same time.
I would also like this build to run Vista, with minimal upgrades. As it stands when I buy it, probably in a week or so, I'm upgrading The motherboard to an
ASUS A8N-VM CSM or a Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9
2x 512mb Mushkin PC3200 RAM
AMD Athlon X2 3800+/AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Centurion 532 case w/430 watt PSU
The question is this, is the extra $200AUD for an X2 worthwhile, or should I just get a 3200+ and grab a dual core later?
I'm happy to spend the extra cash if it is indeed worth it, but if its not, I dont want to waste my hard earned money.
Thanks.
Anyways, the question is this. Do I buy a dual core or a single core.
If I went Single core, i would go a 3200+
Dual Core Athlon X2 3800+
Looking at the benchmarks on tomshardware interactive CPU charts, the processors are about equal for gaming. And while I am a fairly heavy gamer, I also use MSN, iTunes, the Macromedia Studio, Bryce 5, wings 3D and other fairly CPU intensive apps, often times at the same time.
I would also like this build to run Vista, with minimal upgrades. As it stands when I buy it, probably in a week or so, I'm upgrading The motherboard to an
ASUS A8N-VM CSM or a Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9
2x 512mb Mushkin PC3200 RAM
AMD Athlon X2 3800+/AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Centurion 532 case w/430 watt PSU
The question is this, is the extra $200AUD for an X2 worthwhile, or should I just get a 3200+ and grab a dual core later?
I'm happy to spend the extra cash if it is indeed worth it, but if its not, I dont want to waste my hard earned money.
Thanks.