C2D/Quad upgrade....any suggestions?

[AMD_RULES]

Well i'm feeling a bit SOL with the fact that i think my motherboard is failing and most of my hardware is slowing aging....
i'm thinking of upgrading/building a C2D/C2Q rig

I've only built AMD rigs in the past, no experience building intel computers, although i've used Intel based pcs for years....

any suggestions for hardware for around $700-800?

1. No gaming
2. Light photo editing
3. music, photo, document, etc storage....
4. Internet surfing

the usual stuff

I can keep my 2gigs of ram and buy another 2 if that sounds good. Also, my PSU, although it is 2 years old so would it be better to buy a new one to prevent a future failure?
also, don't need anything highend for the graphics
and also, i prefer two hdds, one for OS and one for data....
500GB should be the most space i would need....

Any input is grealy appreciated...

-AMD_RULES

 

[Grimlaking]

Do you want to keep your video card or get a new one? IE is your current card PCIe?

I just orderd a C2Q6600, mobo, 500gig hdd, and a corsair 620hx power supply for around 760. Would that sort you? Or do you need more parts? not sure what you need.

And if you do that won't your amd team kick you off or something?!

 

[young wing]

Your gonna need a new forum name too.

 

[AMD_RULES]

Do you want to keep your video card or get a new one? IE is your current card PCIe?

I just orderd a C2Q6600, mobo, 500gig hdd, and a corsair 620hx power supply for around 760. Would that sort you? Or do you need more parts? not sure what you need.

And if you do that won't your amd team kick you off or something?!

sounds pretty good
currently running 7900GT CO - PCI-E

Your gonna need a new forum name too.

laff

 

[engiNURD]

IE is your current card PCIe?

I think its safe to assume that the 7900GT listed in his sig is PCI-E, simply because there was never an AGP version of it.

No Phenom? lol.

What do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? 3 PCI slots?

You can continue to use the GXS700 unless you want to keep your soon to be old system up and running as a spare system. If you do buy a new PSU, get a better one... like the Corsair 520W. Keep your 7900GT since you won't be gaming, unless you want to watch some HD video content while doing other stuff simultaneously. In which case you should pickup something to help with HD video decoding, like an 8500GT/8600GT/2600Pro/2600XT/etc.

Pickup a couple 'cudas of at least the 10th gen (7200.10). 250GB + 320GB should fit you nicely, and the 410AS 250GB is pretty fast in my experience, so it would be a great OS drive.

 

[AMD_RULES]

I think its safe to assume that the 7900GT listed in his sig is PCI-E, simply because there was never an AGP version of it.

No Phenom? lol.

What do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? 3 PCI slots?

You can continue to use the GXS700 unless you want to keep your soon to be old system up and running as a spare system. If you do buy a new PSU, get a better one... like the Corsair 520W. Keep your 7900GT since you won't be gaming, unless you want to watch some HD video content while doing other stuff simultaneously. In which case you should pickup something to help with HD video decoding, like an 8500GT/8600GT/2600Pro/2600XT/etc.

Pickup a couple 'cudas of at least the 10th gen (7200.10). 250GB + 320GB should fit you nicely, and the 410AS 250GB is pretty fast in my experience, so it would be a great OS drive.

No HD content, so I guess i'll keep the 7900GT... (yep, PCI-E)

Motherboard, preferrably compatable with the future 45nm, but would probably get one of the current gen cpus now and upgrade later near summer, so maybe a low-end C2D...

don't need raid, or firewire. Need only one PCI slot open, and lots, or as many USB ports as possible....

Do those Abit IP35 pros support 45nm?

edit: Guessing you say no phenom because of my username...?
I have always liked Intel, but switched to AMD back when the Athlon XP was a hit...

I wanna go back to intel, but i'll keep the username (please don't discuss that in this thread plz)

 

[engiNURD]

P35 Express, and the Bearlake family in general, was made for the 45nm CPUs. So yes, it does. If you don't need RAID nor Firewire, go with the Abit IP35-E instead, or the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L. If you want more SATA ports, go with the GA-P35-DS3R instead, or the Abit IP35 vanilla.

Do you really need/want to upgrade now? Intel has nehalem coming out in 2009, if you can wait a year, lol. Otherwise, the Q6600 is your best choice for now.

my ninja EDIT due to your ninja edit: Phenom is cheaper, and has ok performance for the money. However, it can't OC as well. So, if you want the best performance and plan to OC, go with Intel. Do you plan on OC'ing?

 

[AMD_RULES]

P35 Express, and the Bearlake family in general, was made for the 45nm CPUs. So yes, it does. If you don't need RAID nor Firewire, go with the Abit IP35-E instead, or the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L. If you want more SATA ports, go with the GA-P35-DS3R instead, or the Abit IP35 vanilla.

Do you really need/want to upgrade now? Intel has nehalem coming out in 2009, if you can wait a year, lol. Otherwise, the Q6600 is your best choice for now.

Phenom is cheaper, and has ok performance for the money. However, it can't OC as well. So, if you want the best performance, go with Intel.

if it's worth the wait, why not i guess...
why do you find this so funny also?

 

[engiNURD]

I find my suggestion, to wait a year, funny because thats a long time to wait for a new system. There's always something better coming out just around the corner, and if you keep waiting, you'll be waiting forever.

Whether its worth the wait or not is entirely on you. I couldn't wait, so I picked up an E6750 last summer. I plan to pickup a nehalem as well, in mid 2009. I upgrade every couple of years to keep my hand-me-down chain relatively updated... at least, thats my excuse, lol. So, if you can wait, go ahead. If you can't, buy now!

 

[AMD_RULES]

I find my suggestion, to wait a year, funny because thats a long time to wait for a new system. There's always something better coming out just around the corner, and if you keep waiting, you'll be waiting forever.

Whether its worth the wait or not is entirely on you. I couldn't wait, so I picked up an E6750 last summer. I plan to pickup a nehalem as well, in mid 2009. I upgrade every couple of years to keep my hand-me-down chain relatively updated... at least, thats my excuse, lol. So, if you can wait, go ahead. If you can't, buy now!

ok, well as a general question and not a debate, would you say waiting for nehalm would be better than the new 45s coming out?

I think i may wait, get one more year out of my AM2.... i like to upgrade every 2 years or 3 as well, so that's why i'm intrested in upgrading and hence this thread....

 

[engiNURD]

So the 45nm CPUs, Penryn Family, will be a 10-15% improvement over the current 65nm chips. Its just a die shrink, though. Nehalem is the next big marchitecture change in Intel's lineup. It will get an on-chip memory controller along with the new Quick Path Interconnect (these are similar to the well known features of current K8 chips, btw), so its expected to be a big improvement over Penryn. Nehalem is scheduled for Q4'08, and Intel likes to release the highest end first, so I expect mainstream parts in Q1'09. So yes, waiting for Nehalem would be better than picking up a Penryn -- it also helps that your current chip is already relatively updated, so you should be able to wait it out.

 

[AMD_RULES]

So the 45nm CPUs, Penryn Family, will be a 10-15% improvement over the current 65nm chips. Its just a die shrink, though. Nehalem is the next big marchitecture change in Intel's lineup. It will get an on-chip memory controller along with the new Quick Path Interconnect (these are similar to the well known features of current K8 chips, btw), so its expected to be a big improvement over Penryn. Nehalem is scheduled for Q4'08, and Intel likes to release the highest end first, so I expect mainstream parts in Q1'09. So yes, waiting for Nehalem would be better than picking up a Penryn -- it also helps that your current chip is already relatively updated, so you should be able to wait it out.

ok, thanks for your help today
i appreciate it very much

- AMD_RULES