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From: Dansker on 30 Jul 2006 18:33 I am building a new PC for only games and i was gonna get a P4 3.0GHZ Prescott CPU. Is that a good CPU and ok to get?? I can get a CPU/MOBO combe for $130 on Pricewatch. Any thoughts/ ideas will be appreciated. TIA C
From: Noozer on 30 Jul 2006 18:49 "Dansker" <mandc(a)kc.rr.com> wrote in message news:btazg.13824$PN4.10172(a)tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... >I am building a new PC for only games and i was gonna get a P4 3.0GHZ >Prescott CPU. Is that a good CPU and ok to get?? I can get a CPU/MOBO combe >for $130 on Pricewatch. Any thoughts/ ideas will be appreciated. Nope... Prescotts are only good for making tiny waffles. If you are going to go with technology that old, get a AMD chip. AMD chips have just dropped a lot in price. You could get a 64 bit X2 at a decent price. I hear the new breed of Intel chips are really great. Of course that means DDR2 memory and PCIe videocard, but if you're starting from scratch, it's not a big deal.
From: Dansker on 30 Jul 2006 19:10 Thanks Noozer. What other CPU would be good for games? 64 X is about $200 a little to much. Hope to keep CPU under $100 or so. Will be playing BF2. "Noozer" <dont.spam(a)me.here> wrote in message news:jIazg.282142$IK3.60700(a)pd7tw1no... > > "Dansker" <mandc(a)kc.rr.com> wrote in message > news:btazg.13824$PN4.10172(a)tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... >>I am building a new PC for only games and i was gonna get a P4 3.0GHZ >>Prescott CPU. Is that a good CPU and ok to get?? I can get a CPU/MOBO >>combe for $130 on Pricewatch. Any thoughts/ ideas will be appreciated. > > Nope... Prescotts are only good for making tiny waffles. If you are going > to go with technology that old, get a AMD chip. AMD chips have just > dropped a lot in price. You could get a 64 bit X2 at a decent price. > > I hear the new breed of Intel chips are really great. Of course that means > DDR2 memory and PCIe videocard, but if you're starting from scratch, it's > not a big deal. >
From: Vic Smith on 30 Jul 2006 19:21 On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:33:43 GMT, "Dansker" <mandc(a)kc.rr.com> wrote: >I am building a new PC for only games and i was gonna get a P4 3.0GHZ >Prescott CPU. Is that a good CPU and ok to get?? I can get a CPU/MOBO combe >for $130 on Pricewatch. Any thoughts/ ideas will be appreciated. >TIA >C > Sure, but you need a good graphics cards and decent memory. And you want to keep the Prescott properly cooled. It would help to know what MB you're thinking of buying. At that price that's probably a socket 478 with at best the 865PE chipset, all long in the tooth. The MB is probably low-end. For a new build you'd really be better off going to more modern stuff, say at least a socket 778/915 chipset if you stay Intel. It won't cost much more and in the long run probably cost less. What you're talking about doesn't have much upgrade potential. And you might be better off going AMD, but I don't know anything about them. I do know that Prescott will play any current game well if the other parts are right. You should study up a little before spending your money. --Vic
From: Dansker on 30 Jul 2006 19:30
Thanks Vic. My videocard is a ATI 9600XT 256MB and i run PC3200 Crucial 512 but will get 512 more. Was hoping to find a MOBO with both AGP and PCI-E. And what about a Pentium4 541?? 3.2GHZ not too bad for $102 or so. "Vic Smith" <thismailautodeleted(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:e3eqc2l9jlmp7l7gl02kki27jo8dd13n81(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:33:43 GMT, "Dansker" <mandc(a)kc.rr.com> wrote: > >>I am building a new PC for only games and i was gonna get a P4 3.0GHZ >>Prescott CPU. Is that a good CPU and ok to get?? I can get a CPU/MOBO >>combe >>for $130 on Pricewatch. Any thoughts/ ideas will be appreciated. >>TIA >>C >> > Sure, but you need a good graphics cards and decent memory. And you > want to keep the Prescott properly cooled. > It would help to know what MB you're thinking of buying. > At that price that's probably a socket 478 with at best the 865PE > chipset, all long in the tooth. The MB is probably low-end. > For a new build you'd really be better off going to more modern stuff, > say at least a socket 778/915 chipset if you stay Intel. It won't > cost much more and in the long run probably cost less. What you're > talking about doesn't have much upgrade potential. > And you might be better off going AMD, but I don't know anything about > them. > I do know that Prescott will play any current game well if the other > parts are right. You should study up a little before spending your > money. > > --Vic |