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Alright I was doing some research on pc parts. (Currently trying to save enough money to buy a new desktop.) Anyways the pc I am planning on buying will be for heavy gaming, heavy school work (physics, come calculus stuff ,and programming), cd burning, net surfing, playing mp3's and cds, and maybe some dvds. I was trying to decide between a cheap dual core pentium or a single core amd such as the 3200. Would it be more benefical for me as a student and gamer to get the pentium 2.8 dual core of an amd 3200. I will probably be buying the pc from ibuypower.com. Would like to build but dont really have the time to invest in it. I priced 2 computers on this site out each with said proccessors and the price came out about the same. I realize amd is better for gaming but will there really be any difference (besides one or two fps)? I think I like the idea of the dual core cpu more since I like to multitask. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Also if anyone can give me a rating on ibuypower.com or point to anywhere cheaper please let me know. Also if anyone knows about any nigerian millionaires who are eally giving away money then let me know. I can always use some easy money making suggestions!

Thanks in advance!
 
I don't know how you can't have 1 hour to put a pc together and walk away for another while the os installs, but back on topic....single core amd all the way.

Btw, awesome name. :p
 
you could get dual core amd too ya know... X2 but i agree i don't know how you could not have "enough" time to build a computer.... are you that busy?
 
Well technically this would be my first complete build. By complete I mean the first time I flash the bios, install motherboard/processor. Only done barebones before with prcessor installed. I am not sure how long that would take. I was just basing what I said on the build on ibuypower.com. Maybe I will try to complete the build myself if it can totally be done in that short of time. Heck if amd dual cores cost about the same as a pentium one then amd all the way! Well any suggestions for a one grand U.S. currency budget?
 
I can't say enough about getting a dual core. If you are going to be ripping/encoding/burning/converting/etc. dvd, you can definitely get a benefit from a dual core because you can do ALL of that while you surf, listen to music, etc., and not even notice a slowdown, all while getting the ripping/encoding down to a much faster timeframe. With the single core...you ARE going to see a big slowdown doing all of that not to mention it will take almost twice as long. Also, you can actually play a game on one cpu while the other does the other stuff.

The dual core detractors haven't used one yet, most of them. Once you go duallies (on a single die) you won't go back....I can almost guarantee that...
 
my next big upgrade will be a x2 3800+, overclocked of course... but i'm loving my venice 3000+@2.8ghz right now
 
X2 3800 - 375
DFI Lanparty NF4 Mobo - 120

Any 6600gt or 6800vanilla
1 or 2 GB ram
17" LCD

Easily within $1000
 
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