I'm in the middle of building a new rig, primarily for gaming and a bit of audio editing. I'm trying as hard as I can to future-proof the setup so that it will still perform well for the next two years or so.
With the new Core 2 stuff just coming out (and still high in price) and Vista rolling out DirectX 10 at the end of the year (among other new graphics tech), I'm seriously considering buying a cheap processor and video card right now, and just using them until the E6600 or E6700 come down in price and GPUs with DX10, etc. are ironed out.
I keep getting recommended to the Pentium D 805, since it's so easily overclocked. I'm not an uber-hardcore gamer, and I don't have any OCing experience, so I wouldn't need to take the 805 much past stock speed. With a small to medium OC, would the 805 be a good CPU to use for the next 6 months or so? It'll probably be in an Antec P180 case in a cool room, so heat shouldn't be a problem, and power consumption is not an issue.
With the new Core 2 stuff just coming out (and still high in price) and Vista rolling out DirectX 10 at the end of the year (among other new graphics tech), I'm seriously considering buying a cheap processor and video card right now, and just using them until the E6600 or E6700 come down in price and GPUs with DX10, etc. are ironed out.
I keep getting recommended to the Pentium D 805, since it's so easily overclocked. I'm not an uber-hardcore gamer, and I don't have any OCing experience, so I wouldn't need to take the 805 much past stock speed. With a small to medium OC, would the 805 be a good CPU to use for the next 6 months or so? It'll probably be in an Antec P180 case in a cool room, so heat shouldn't be a problem, and power consumption is not an issue.