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Old 22-10-2005, 15:14   #36
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Re: I'm going to build a PC
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
Real world speed difference in single app running = 0(single threaded some apps run multithread now)
overall difference due to multitasking = imo priceless

I can run a full AV scan and play my games.I can re encode dvd and play games.I can encode audio and you guessed it play games.The only thing it does not like is opening apps whilst burning a dvd.On all other tasks ive found you can run 2 cpu intensive apps at once with no lag to either,or 1 cpu intensive app and any combination of lesser tasks lag free.
Yes all other componants will be fine(may need to update board bios but all come with easy apps to do this now,and update cpu driver which is availabe from AMD)

If your upto budget the 3500 will be sound

EDIT I bought my X2 from Dabs its cheaper EDIT to my EDIT OC have reduced there price this week
Thanks Zing - I did seriously think about it - but according to Asus 'Due to VIA K8T890 chipset limitation, A8V-E Deluxe and A8V-E Deluxe NW does not support AMD Dual-Core CPUs.'

I suppose I could buy a flashier mobo, flashier graphics card, quicker memory etc etc to go with the dual core, but I couldn't really justify it.

I'll leave that for the next build maybe
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