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A while ago I decided that I was going to wait for a while to build my first rig so that I could get a Conroe setup, because that's what everyone's doing, right?
It seemed too good to be true, with the E6600 costing about the same as the dual 4200+ that I was going to originally buy from AMD, yet performing almost at the same standard as the best AM2 system.
However, now with the price cuts, I'm pretty torn between going with a Conroe system, or a AM2 system. What're your thoughts on this?
Just for reference, this is what it'll look like if I decide to go with either system:
AM2:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, Dual Core Socket AM2
Asustek M2V VIA K8T890 ATX
2048Mb Corsair Value Select VS2GBKIT667D2 DDR2-667 Memory Kit
GeForce 7600 GT 256MB PCI-Express
Western Digital 250GB 7200 8M SATA WD2500JD Serial ATA HDD
Samsung TS-H552 Dual Layer 16X DVD Writer
TP-Link 108mbps SuperG Wireless PCI Adapter
$1,464.20 NZD
Conroe:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz LGA775
motherboard?
2048Mb Corsair Value Select VS2GBKIT667D2 DDR2-667 Memory Kit
GeForce 7600 GT 256MB PCI-Express
Western Digital 250GB 7200rpm SATA
Samsung TS-H552 Dual Layer 16X DVD Writer
TP-Link 108mbps SuperG Wireless PCI Adapter
about $300 more hopefully (resting on motherboard, which haven't been released here yet)
I'm going to be using this mostly for playing poker, which involves running about 6 programmes at once, and a bit of gaming, mostly CS, WC3, and I'll probably buy Oblivion and other newer games.
PS. I'm a n00b so I'll probably go with whatever you guys say.
It seemed too good to be true, with the E6600 costing about the same as the dual 4200+ that I was going to originally buy from AMD, yet performing almost at the same standard as the best AM2 system.
However, now with the price cuts, I'm pretty torn between going with a Conroe system, or a AM2 system. What're your thoughts on this?
Just for reference, this is what it'll look like if I decide to go with either system:
AM2:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, Dual Core Socket AM2
Asustek M2V VIA K8T890 ATX
2048Mb Corsair Value Select VS2GBKIT667D2 DDR2-667 Memory Kit
GeForce 7600 GT 256MB PCI-Express
Western Digital 250GB 7200 8M SATA WD2500JD Serial ATA HDD
Samsung TS-H552 Dual Layer 16X DVD Writer
TP-Link 108mbps SuperG Wireless PCI Adapter
$1,464.20 NZD
Conroe:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz LGA775
motherboard?
2048Mb Corsair Value Select VS2GBKIT667D2 DDR2-667 Memory Kit
GeForce 7600 GT 256MB PCI-Express
Western Digital 250GB 7200rpm SATA
Samsung TS-H552 Dual Layer 16X DVD Writer
TP-Link 108mbps SuperG Wireless PCI Adapter
about $300 more hopefully (resting on motherboard, which haven't been released here yet)
I'm going to be using this mostly for playing poker, which involves running about 6 programmes at once, and a bit of gaming, mostly CS, WC3, and I'll probably buy Oblivion and other newer games.
PS. I'm a n00b so I'll probably go with whatever you guys say.