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What would be a better setup?

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What would be a better setup?

P4 3.2C overclocked @ 3.8 or 4.0 whichever I can manage. With a P4C800-E or IC7-Max3 mobo (still trying to decide between the two)... Or,

Dual P4 2.4C's not overclocked. Could I even use C's on a dual board though? Cause I haven't been able to find a dual board that supports over 533 bus, or does that even matter?

Each system would have a gig of Mushkin Level II RAM. Probably PC3500 I'm thinkin.

Mainly I use my computer for a lot of multimedia and downloading and stuff. I tend to always have a media player running in the background while doing other tasks such as photoshop, cakewalk audio editing, the occasional premeire video editing, dvd and cd ripping, as well as burning, and just about whatever else I can do or feel like doing. I like to run multiple desktops and have a lot of windows open. I also do a lot of file archiving compressing and extracting with WinRaR. Of course gaming too, but obviously I don't multitask with that. So I'm wondering what you guys think would be a better setup to suite my needs? Would I clearly notice any kind of performance difference or speed difference between either setup? What would the positives and negatives of each setup be? I'm worried about the 533 bus on the server board setup, but then I wonder if that matters because wouldn't that just be doubled anyway because of the two processors?

Also, do I have to use Xeon processors for a dual system? Or can I just use regular intel processors? Sorry, still a bit new to some of this stuff.

All input, ideas, and help greatly welcomed. Thanks!
 
Originally posted by rive22
Also, do I have to use Xeon processors for a dual system? Or can I just use regular intel processors? Sorry, still a bit new to some of this stuff.
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I think you do...


I'd recomend the single processor setup. Way cheaper and probably faster for most of the stuff you'll do.
 
I've never seen a board that could do dual procs on the Intel side that took anything other than a Xeon (ever since the Abit VP6 faded away). Anyway, for the stuff you mentioned, a single proc would be better.
 
Originally posted by djnes
I've never seen a board that could do dual procs on the Intel side that took anything other than a Xeon (ever since the Abit VP6 faded away). Anyway, for the stuff you mentioned, a single proc would be better.
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video editing/photoshop???

If you can get dual-capable versions of the apps you use, you'll benefit greatly from dual processors...however, let me suggest going to the AMD side for that, since Intel duallies are waaaaay overpriced.
 
Originally posted by jagec
video editing/photoshop???

If you can get dual-capable versions of the apps you use, you'll benefit greatly from dual processors...however, let me suggest going to the AMD side for that, since Intel duallies are waaaaay overpriced.
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He mentioned occasional, and given those apps, I'll take my chances with a single 3.0 versus (2) 2.4C (hypothetically, since it's not possible).
 
I'd go with the single 3.2C. Also keep in mind that you cannot run Pentiums in a dual processor configuration, you need Xeons for that.
 
Looks like everybody says go single just about. I have to say I kind of don't mind hearing that because then I can overclock high which is fun, stuff is cheaper, and my overall clock speed will be a lot higher. So is that the main reason why most of you guys say to go single? Because for the applications I use, I would achieve better performance with a much higher clock than two lower clocked chips? That's what I was thinking too. I'm just not familiar at all with dual processor systems. Maybe I should have posted this in the SMP section, but if that's the case, what would the benefits be of using a dually system then?

If you can get dual-capable versions of the apps you use, you'll benefit greatly from dual processors...
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How would I go about doing this?

Thanks for your replies fellas.
 
Not all applications are optimized for several processors. Most games aren't, only Id Software's games, basically. (WoW will be, I think.) Most pro-apps are, however, so if you spend a lot of time in Photoshop and such, you'll want two processors.
 
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