# I'm building another desktop, votes on processors?

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by skpoet711 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2008 0:07:23

As a computer enthusiasts, it is time for me to build a new computer.
My old one that I have built in 2006 is as follows:
Conroe d2c e6600 2.4 ghz 4mb cache LGA775
Asus p5l-mx mobo
Ultra iluminum MATX cube case
500W Antec ps
Kingston 2gb pc5300 667mhz ddr2 dual-channel
2x wd 500gb 7200rpm SATA II hd
Sound blaster audigy gz
benQ 16x dvd burner
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I am seriously considering either going with a wolfdale, saving for a yorkfield(though 1 processor alone is over a grand*boggle*), or get a phenom 9000 series. Reviews state that the phenom are truely 4 separate cores on one di, while the intel's quad cores are still 2x d2cs on a single di. However, intel's performance has blown AMD out of the water until AMD's release of their second generation of the phenom.
To those who have used both intel and AMD, what are your thoughts?
I will not just be using this for your "everyday uses", but will be recording/gaming/programming, so those who say that my conroe should be more then sufficient, consider your judgement before presuming. Yes, I have managed to max out my current desktops performance.

## Post 2 by skpoet711 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2008 0:17:53

Oh, my os is win xp pro sp2
I'd love to use win xp 64, but fs won't touch that with a 10 foot pole. Neither will any of the alternative screen reading options.
I suppose I'll get VMWare and put vista ultimate on it.
New system I'm considering:
MATX case
asus mobo, I am satisfied with asus so far.
4gb 1066 mhz at least, dependent on the mobo
wd raptor 10k rpm hd, maybe just the 80gb for progs only
Then of course, I'd need to decide on the processor, which will decide the socket of the mobo
I'd love to get a blueray burner, however, its only 2x at the moment, so recycling my dvd burner will have to do.

## Post 3 by Nick6489 (11 years a Zoner) on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2008 10:40:07

How about a more powerful Core 2, like a Yorkfield or a Wolfdale? The Core 2 is still king.

## Post 4 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Friday, 04-Apr-2008 20:10:29

Raptas aren't all there cracked up to be. Yeah sure there meant to be fast, and there seek times are pretty good, but I put something together for someone who wanted fast stuff and had to much money, so I put a 80 rapta as os and progs and then some 1tb thing for storage and it didn't make it any faster compared to a 7200 os drive on a machine of simula spec.
Also, they get very hot. I had to put a 120mm fan behind it before it would reach a nice temperature - obveously you've gotta factor the cooling stuff in if your determindd to get matx.
Just a little question, do you really think you'll notice the difference between pc5300 and pc6400? I don't have enough money to just swap parts around at random because any system that I build thats nice is for someone else so I can't really comment, but I didn't notice anything special when I swaped 3200 for 4200.
Ho hum - hth.

## Post 5 by skpoet711 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Friday, 04-Apr-2008 22:07:21

The reason for my higher clockspeed in ram is to get a 1/1 ratio vs my CPU to maximize efficiency.
In terms of practical sense of noticing, I suppose if I stretched it out in gaming, I would notice differences, but in terms of launching progs, etc, perhaps not. Yet, I'd like to leave room to grow in to ddr3, once issues with ladency is solved. Pherpas clockspeed might more than make up for that deficiency.

## Post 6 by frequency (the music man) on Saturday, 05-Apr-2008 0:56:29

get a QX9770. It's the latest Intel quad core processor, with a 3.2GHZ clock speed.

## Post 7 by skpoet711 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Friday, 25-Apr-2008 22:27:43

So I've purchased my barebone.
shuttle sp35 p2pro
The specs are sweet for what this packs in its size.
The case is about 15 percent smaller than the ultra microfly case, which blew my mind. A great selling point.
intel p35 LGA775 mb (2nd time using an intel board in 5 years, *shrug*)
1333 fsb
supports 667/800mhz ddr2 240pin ram up to 8gb(not that 32 bit system can use all that)
4x SATA II
1x PATA 100
2x E SATA in backpanel
6x USB
1x mini firewire
onboard gigabit l.a.n
onboard 7.1 sound (the sub out will be nice)
Fingerprint reader(never experimented with fingerprint readers before)
400w PSU
All its missing is an hd, ram, and a processor really.
Yeah, the qx 45nm processors are very nice, but they're also like $1200+ for the processors alone. *cry*