LGabrielPhoto
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Hi all!
I am finally going to upgrade my main rig.
Its been a great run for this Opty 165 at 2950Mhz but its time to move on. My GTX280 will be happy to get a faster CPU I am sure and I would be happy with the improve speed for encoding and the likes.
In any case, I was almost set on going Intel as I did with my super fast HTPC (e8500 @ 4.2Ghz) but now this Phenom 2 720 came out and got my attention.
It seems to be a monster processor but right now I am confused as some people seem to still recommend the Q6600 for example.
So, for a gaming machine which also does encoding (mostly Bluray ripping to be than encoding to be honest), Sonar 8 sequencing and other video conversions what do you guys recommend?
I will have to buy RAM, Mobo and CPU and I want to remain cheap but OCing is a must for me...as it always is.
I want to get as close to $300 as possible (or even cheaper but thats not likely).
I run XP and Vista 64.
Thanks for the help.
I am finally going to upgrade my main rig.
Its been a great run for this Opty 165 at 2950Mhz but its time to move on. My GTX280 will be happy to get a faster CPU I am sure and I would be happy with the improve speed for encoding and the likes.
In any case, I was almost set on going Intel as I did with my super fast HTPC (e8500 @ 4.2Ghz) but now this Phenom 2 720 came out and got my attention.
It seems to be a monster processor but right now I am confused as some people seem to still recommend the Q6600 for example.
So, for a gaming machine which also does encoding (mostly Bluray ripping to be than encoding to be honest), Sonar 8 sequencing and other video conversions what do you guys recommend?
I will have to buy RAM, Mobo and CPU and I want to remain cheap but OCing is a must for me...as it always is.
I want to get as close to $300 as possible (or even cheaper but thats not likely).
I run XP and Vista 64.
Thanks for the help.