Building new computer and need help

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ironroot

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Hi all.
My problem is this summer I will be building a new computer, however I am stuck with a simple problem.
Currently I have a XFX 680i motherboard, Intel Q6600 cpu, 8600 GT and 2 gigs of ram. it is running XP.

I need a computer to do programing/math on. I know I will spend around a $1000. This computer will run 64 bit linux with 8 gigs of ram.

My options are build a new pc to run xp and be my day to day rig for games/internet/papers ect. and turn my Q6600 rig into my linux box or build a new computer to run linux.

My current pc is great no problems at all.

However I don't know what the best option is.

If I build a new rig for linux it will be very close to the one I have now, If I build a new game/day to day rig it will have same video but a Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB cpu and not the Q6600.

Any help would be great. If this is in the wrong place I am sorry about this.
 
I'm kinda confused what exactly your options are and why you even need two pcs. pick up some more ram and dual boot.
 
I have thought about dual booting but I will be working on some reasearch this summer for college and will need to run some programs for extended periods of time. That is the main reason I have decided to build a computer just for doing my coding/math problems on.

My options are:
1: Keep current pc and build a new computer to do coding/math on.

2: build a new mid range game rig/every day pc with a Core 2 duel E8400 and turn my Q6600 computer into my linux box.
 
Try Option 3: Buy another (larger capacity) hard drive and multi-boot your computer.

It's a variant of thrawn86's suggestion, but it's the easiest (and cheapest) option.
 
Ok I have thought of that but once again it is not an option.
I am going be working with evolutionary computation code that will have to run for 24+ hours. So my options are just what I state above.
1: Keep current pc and build a new computer to do coding/math on.

2: build a new mid range game rig/every day pc with a Core 2 duel E8400 and turn my Q6600 computer into my linux box.
 
Go with option 2: Keep the current PC for use with coding. With the additional cores, you should be able to run more programs simultaneously.
 
aha, well you didn't say it took 24 hours to compile, etc. definitely option 2 then.

option 4: dual quads, 8+gb ram, 4 disk raid 1 with vmware running linux and your code in the background? :D
 
The answer to the obvious question gives the obvious answer.

Will the applications on the Linux box use four cores? If so, make the Q6600 the Linux box and build yourself a new toy for games.

Robert
 
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