I'm a nooblet about to attempt my first high-end build in the next few months. I plan to use it exclusively for gaming. I play mostly WoW, with teamspeak, but plan to run Oblivion and UT2007 when they come out.
Help me choose what's best for me between the following:
-A64 4000+ San Diego
-Opteron (165?)
-x2 4200+
I've seen the buzz around the Opterons, and while it's intriguing, I'm not experienced enough to start OCing yet. I might start a few months down the road, but even then I don't have the wallet to be pushing stuff to its limits. 10% is probably the most I would ever do, and, again, I don't expect to be doing this anytime soon. Should I not even consider the Opteron since I'm not going to OC the hell out of it?
Then there's the neato X2s. I like the concept, but I wonder if I'd be better off just getting a plain ol' single core at a good speed. I hear UT2007 will be using dual cores, but I don't think WoW can. Haven't heard about Oblivion. I don't do media encoding or video editing or anything like that. I just game. Is there any real downside to multicore other than price? Advice appreciated.
Help me choose what's best for me between the following:
-A64 4000+ San Diego
-Opteron (165?)
-x2 4200+
I've seen the buzz around the Opterons, and while it's intriguing, I'm not experienced enough to start OCing yet. I might start a few months down the road, but even then I don't have the wallet to be pushing stuff to its limits. 10% is probably the most I would ever do, and, again, I don't expect to be doing this anytime soon. Should I not even consider the Opteron since I'm not going to OC the hell out of it?
Then there's the neato X2s. I like the concept, but I wonder if I'd be better off just getting a plain ol' single core at a good speed. I hear UT2007 will be using dual cores, but I don't think WoW can. Haven't heard about Oblivion. I don't do media encoding or video editing or anything like that. I just game. Is there any real downside to multicore other than price? Advice appreciated.