my 1st build.

Here is a Newegg Cart with all the stuff I'm planing to buy.

I did choose the Core2Duo because I did some research and I found out that if i'm going to use the computer mainly for gaming,(which i am) then I should go with the duo.

I was so close to buying the grand Q9550, but with the price difference, I can use the saved money towards a decent 22" monitor.

I don't know to go with ATI or nVidia though. What do you guys think?

GunneR wrote:Here is a Newegg Cart with all the stuff I'm planing to buy.

I did choose the Core2Duo because I did some research and I found out that if i'm going to use the computer mainly for gaming,(which i am) then I should go with the duo.

I was so close to buying the grand Q9550, but with the price difference, I can use the saved money towards a decent 22" monitor.

I don't know to go with ATI or nVidia though. What do you guys think?

Quad Q9550? You dissapoint me, for $100 less i got a 3ghz one. Im not helping you anymore.

For $100 less? Which one is that?

you were allot of help

i like nvidia

cris^ wrote:you were allot of help

i like nvidia

So which video card and mobo do you sugest?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188027
And
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370

from what i have seen on the write up i like what i see
but is there any other changes your making?

Nihilistic wrote:from what i have seen on the write up i like what i see
but is there any other changes your making?

Well what you see on my Newegg wishlist is what i had planned on buying. But I can't decide if I should go with NVidia or ATI.

GunneR wrote:

Nihilistic wrote:from what i have seen on the write up i like what i see
but is there any other changes your making?

Well what you see on my Newegg wishlist is what i had planned on buying. But I can't decide if I should go with NVidia or ATI.

personally ive used both one ATI Radeon in my lap top and i was not impressed but thats not to say they dont have better products in my current desktop i have
AMD Phenom™ X4 9550 quad-core processor.
NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
5GB RAM
it gets the job done

if you got those and the E8500 you would be shitting!!!! joel has the e8500 but not as good video card. get sooooo many frames. at least noone else with any quad cock they have has more then him.

cris^ wrote:if you got those and the E8500 you would be shitting!!!! joel has the e8500 but not as good video card. get sooooo many frames. at least noone else with any quad cock they have has more then him.

So Joel gets that many frames with everything on high? And also, you did say you had Win XP Pro that I could borrow right?

i dont think on high but you really should be playing with a config anyways. and yes i have windows xp pro and yes you can borrow it

cris^ wrote:i dont think on high but you really should be playing with a config anyways. and yes i have windows xp pro and yes you can borrow it

so im guessing joels shit comp runs at 100fps or lower with his settings on high? i would rather enjoy the game without your configs, my quad runs perfect with all the settings up. cris you dont know much about computers do you? it was Q6600 for 100 less.

u obviously dont if you still think quad core is still good for gameing and a config doesnt give 700 fps it just makes source run better and smoother. step your game up before you argue with me.

GunneR wrote:

cris^ wrote:if you got those and the E8500 you would be shitting!!!! joel has the e8500 but not as good video card. get sooooo many frames. at least noone else with any quad they have has more then him.

So Joel gets that many frames with everything on high? And also, you did say you had Win XP Pro that I could borrow right?

It doesnt get much fps unless you turn off pretty much all your grafix features, so youll be playing 1.6 all over again. quads run allot smoother with higher end games, if your just going to be playing counter strike source than its no use to you buying something more powerful. for nvidia's i cant help you because with those i also go for the higher end and best bang for the buck. yes nvidia instead of ati.

New game Dead Space runs great with the q6600/nvidia 8800gtx/4gb of ram, no lag at all with highest settings highest resolution. awsome game. you could just get it for xbox if you want to play it and dont want to spend so much on a pc.

cris^ wrote:u obviously dont if you still think quad core is still good for gameing and a config doesnt give 700 fps it just makes source run better and smoother. step your game up before you argue with me.

ok try running dead space with your cheap dual... pff good luck. my game runes perfect, way smooth and allot better than my friends dual core.

I did read that if i'm going to use my build mainly to play games, (specially mainly CSS) that i should use a Duo processor. But if i'm overclocking, then i should use the Quad processor. And i don't plan on OCing (at least not anytime soon) so i will not be getting the Q6600.

So, i MIGHT use the duo, and i MIGHT use the Quad, but if i do go quad, i'm getting the Q9550 when the new i7 processor comes out and Quad prices drop.

GunneR wrote:I did read that if i'm going to use my build mainly to play games, (specially mainly CSS) that i should use a Duo processor. But if i'm overclocking, then i should use the Quad processor. And i don't plan on OCing (at least not anytime soon) so i will not be getting the Q6600.

So, i MIGHT use the duo, and i MIGHT use the Quad, but if i do go quad, i'm getting the Q9550 when the new i7 processor comes out and Quad prices drop.

can you give me the link where you found that?

Wicked wrote:

GunneR wrote:I did read that if i'm going to use my build mainly to play games, (specially mainly CSS) that i should use a Duo processor. But if i'm overclocking, then i should use the Quad processor. And i don't plan on OCing (at least not anytime soon) so i will not be getting the Q6600.

So, i MIGHT use the duo, and i MIGHT use the Quad, but if i do go quad, i'm getting the Q9550 when the new i7 processor comes out and Quad prices drop.

can you give me the link where you found that?

I couldn't find the original page but here's a different one.
http://forums.overclockersclub.com/?showtopic=155686

If i find the other one, i'll post it. Maybe it just comes down to personal prefference.

*edit* you might want to check THIS artcle out as well.

GunneR wrote:

Wicked wrote:

GunneR wrote:I did read that if i'm going to use my build mainly to play games, (specially mainly CSS) that i should use a Duo processor. But if i'm overclocking, then i should use the Quad processor. And i don't plan on OCing (at least not anytime soon) so i will not be getting the Q6600.

So, i MIGHT use the duo, and i MIGHT use the Quad, but if i do go quad, i'm getting the Q9550 when the new i7 processor comes out and Quad prices drop.

can you give me the link where you found that?

I couldn't find the original page but here's a different one.
http://forums.overclockersclub.com/?showtopic=155686

If i find the other one, i'll post it. Maybe it just comes down to personal prefference.

*edit* you might want to check THIS artcle out as well.

wait so the e8600 is 80$ more for 3 fps more? I thought you were looking for something cheaper so i recommended the q6600 because someone else recommended it for me to go ahead and get it. I read the forums about them and yea it is personal preference cuz i see people fight for one and the other. I do like multitasking and maybe thats why I went for the Q6600. Some of the video games dont support more than 2 cores but when they do (future dead space/crysis) i may want to upgrade to another quad core.

Wicked wrote:wait so the e8600 is 80$ more for 3 fps more? I thought you were looking for something cheaper so i recommended the q6600 because someone else recommended it for me to go ahead and get it. I read the forums about them and yea it is personal preference cuz i see people fight for one and the other. I do like multitasking and maybe thats why I went for the Q6600. Some of the video games dont support more than 2 cores but when they do (future dead space/crysis) i may want to upgrade to another quad core.

I was not planing on getting the e8600, just the e8500. So it really does come down to what ever one likes. See, when i am playing, i close all other programs so i don't mutlitask. But then again, if i'm not in game, i open a lot of programs at once.

GunneR wrote:

Wicked wrote:wait so the e8600 is 80$ more for 3 fps more? I thought you were looking for something cheaper so i recommended the q6600 because someone else recommended it for me to go ahead and get it. I read the forums about them and yea it is personal preference cuz i see people fight for one and the other. I do like multitasking and maybe thats why I went for the Q6600. Some of the video games dont support more than 2 cores but when they do (future dead space/crysis) i may want to upgrade to another quad core.

I was not planing on getting the e8600, just the e8500. So it really does come down to what ever one likes. See, when i am playing, i close all other programs so i don't mutlitask. But then again, if i'm not in game, i open a lot of programs at once.

Back in the day I couldnt have my downloads running and couldnt even listen to music while playing css , nowadays i can even burn a cd while i play some css. But yea, let us know how you like your pc.