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Originally Posted by millerm277
Yup, but often they are also the processors that are at the maximum of what is currently possible, so they have much less "headroom" to go up, as compared to overclocking a processor that is much slower up to that speed. And really, why deal with the potential instabilities and other things that can go along with overclocking, if you can afford the best anyway. (unless you can't stop tweaking things like me).
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Oh I wouldn't recommend overclocking unless I didn't like the person and thought they would stuff it up.. or if they're especially irritating..
As for "the maximum of what is currently possible"... you should see Xtreme Systems.. 3ghz nothing when you introduce liquid nitrogen and other ridiculous solutions
They really do mean the Xtreme bit.
Also, as a general warning to tripleJ, the current top speed stuff is often more unreliable, causes more problems and can actually be slower than other more established components.
Basically the bleeding edge seems to be a precarious surface. Unless everything is "just so" you get problems and problems accompany a slower computer like the smell follows raw fish.
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Originally Posted by millerm277
I'd say almost any of the Core 2 Duo's out there will be pretty much equal as far as game performance goes, because games are much more heavily tied to the graphics card. (Unless you have a really terrible processor, but that wouldn't happen with any of what's been suggested.)
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JJJ,
Get a good motherboard, I've got an X38 Bearlake and that works fine but you could get an X48 if you want DDR3, get a good graphics card (pay attention to the memory access width as that often cramps a good card), decent speed memory and a quick hard drive. Sorted.
-Raptors are okay but won't make your computer lightspeed
-DDR3 is nice but probably half the performance is inaccessible right now (perhaps if you intend keeping this PC "forever" then DDR3 would be a good investment)
-The top graphics cards are all well and good but you're paying to be at the top (a hefty fee too) and often the performance returns aren't worth it
-Raging processors and lightning graphics cards are all well and good but they wither and die without a good solid board (check out the Gigabyte DQ6 model range) and decent cooling (stick to air unless you like clenching
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Oh and if you're like me and want to know what's hot and what's not by way of readin every review you can get your mits on then try
TrustedReviews - The UKs premier source of Technology News and Reviews they seem to talk sense and with UK markets you should have it if we have... probably about two weeks before but we won't worry about that.