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Mister_Meow · 01-24-2007, 06:04 AM

I'm kinda partial to AMD and didn't really look at the core 2 duo processors. But after doing so reading up on 'em it looks like they can pretty easily man-handle the AMD's. So this has caused me to rethink things.... The biggest problem is the price of the E6600 and an Asus 590 board being a whole lot pricier than the AMDs. I would go with a slower clockspeed but as this being my first time trying to overclock I don't plan on doing anything to drastic and would rather have the higher clockspeed to begin with. I'm gonna have to rethink my parts list and eliminate some things that ain't necessary at the moment and add them later. I'll try to post another list later today.

any thoughts on the mobo (nVidia 590 vs 965X vs P965)? I want to go SLI at full x16 speed across both ports. This may not be a big perfomance gain now but I don't plan on buying a computer anytime again in the next 3-5 years.

01-24-2007, 06:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mister_Meow Newb Techie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18	I'm kinda partial to AMD and didn't really look at the core 2 duo processors. But after doing so reading up on 'em it looks like they can pretty easily man-handle the AMD's. So this has caused me to rethink things.... The biggest problem is the price of the E6600 and an Asus 590 board being a whole lot pricier than the AMDs. I would go with a slower clockspeed but as this being my first time trying to overclock I don't plan on doing anything to drastic and would rather have the higher clockspeed to begin with. I'm gonna have to rethink my parts list and eliminate some things that ain't necessary at the moment and add them later. I'll try to post another list later today. any thoughts on the mobo (nVidia 590 vs 965X vs P965)? I want to go SLI at full x16 speed across both ports. This may not be a big perfomance gain now but I don't plan on buying a computer anytime again in the next 3-5 years.