AMD or INTEL?

[Himesh]

Which of these 3 should i get?

https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/AMD/Athlon+64+X2+Socket+AM2/AMD+Athlon+64+X2+4600+Retail+AM2+?productId=22855

https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/+Intel+Core+2+Duo+E4300+Retail?productId=25352
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/+Intel+Core+2+Duo+E6300+Retail?productId=23826
I have put the E4300 here as not sure if it's worth paying extra for the E6300, only seems to be a small difference in the clock speed.

[coiler]

For £15 more this is the one to get,

wipes the floor with amd

https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Duo+E6600+Retail+?productId=23828 :P

[Himesh]

ok kl, i think i'll just get the E6300.
Does this (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/+Intel+Core+2+Duo+E6300+Retail?productId=23826) work with this (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/+Asrock+CONROE865PE+Socket+775?productId=26543) as the chipsets on both are different? :?

[mac124]

Personally i would get the 4300 and a better mobo, thats just me though. With a better mobo you could possibly oc the 4300 to 3ghz, which is about the max a 6300 would get to also.

Could you stretch to the 4300 and this


http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/+Gigabyte+GA-965P-DS3+Socket+775?productId=23977

Supposed to be a decent overclocker for the ££

[Barley]

C2D > X2 at the mo

[Himesh]

is there not another mobo similar to the one above but DDR1 compatible?
as it is atm i'll have to buy a pci-e gfx card aswell as DDR2 RAM. I'd prefer to buy just one of them lol

[Anonymous]

Only the 775LGA dual board will do DDR1 too, but thats unlikely, u will almost certainly have 2 upgrade.

[Himesh]

[quote:e2748d77ae=\"mac124\"]With a better mobo you could possibly oc the 4300 to 3ghz
[/quote:e2748d77ae]
how much cooling would this require?

[Himesh]

[quote:4e56cd6999=\"blaineoliver\"]Only the 775LGA dual board will do DDR1[/quote:4e56cd6999]

found it and it does both DDR1 and DDR2. Also does PCI-E and AGP.
Probably better that i wait and get:

E4300
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
GeForce 7600GS 256MB
Patriot 1GB DDR2

[mac124]

[quote:632a24393d=\"Himesh\"][quote:632a24393d=\"mac124\"]With a better mobo you could possibly oc the 4300 to 3ghz
[/quote:632a24393d]
how much cooling would this require?[/quote:632a24393d]

Tis true you might need better cooling, i use one of these Zalman CNPS9500 (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Socket+A%2C+478%2C+939%2C+754%2C+940/+Zalman+CNPS9500-LED?productId=23397) as mine was in a media style case with little airflow and hits high 50s on load, but with decent case air flow i would see how far you could get on the stock cooler (upto 60ish c and you should be ok) then think about upgrading.

[coiler]

This is the board to get!

It has DDR400 support and AGP for your existing memory and DDR2 and PCI-e so you can upgrade easily! :) :) :)



https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Asrock+4Core-Dual+VSTA+775+?productId=26474

[Himesh]

well i've decided to get e4300 and cheap mobo for now and then upgrade to better mobo (so can o/c), gfx card and RAM in a few months time.

[quote:615692a30e=\"coiler\"]This is the board to get!

It has DDR400 support and AGP for your existing memory and DDR2 and PCI-e so you can upgrade easily! :) :) :)
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Asrock+4Core-Dual+VSTA+775+?productId=26474[/quote:615692a30e]

That's the board i was thinking of gettin until i get a better one :D

[coiler]

Ah thought you were getting this :oops:

https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/+Asrock+CONROE865PE+Socket+775?productId=26543

[Himesh]

lol yea i was but then i found the DDR1 and DDR2 board last nite

[Himesh]

can anyone recommend a decent (<£30) cooler for the E4300?

[mac124]

This should be ok (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/?x=12&p_brand=102&p=cF9icmFuZD0zNTUmcF9vcmRlcj1wcmljZV9kZXNjJnBfc3R5 bGU9bGlzdCZwX3Byb2R1Y3RzUGVyUGFnZT0m). Also for the money these (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Socket+775/+Arctic+Cooling+Freezer+7+PRO?productId=20729) are supposed to be quite good, never used one though and they are out of stock atm.

[Himesh]

ok kl. hopefully should be able to order it all within next week or so :D

[Himesh]

does this (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Socket+775/+Arctic+Cooling+Freezer+7+PRO?operation=shoppingCa rtAdd&productId=20729&context=) come with that cooling gel stuff already applied?
which one should i get if it doesnt?

[Mattbot2]

that \"cool gel stuff\" if called thermal paste, it should come with some though. Dont order yet though, wait till someone else confirms

[Himesh]

k.

[mac124]

I would imagine it does, but i don't know 100%.


For the sake of £3 you could always buy some of this (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Accessories/Arctic+Silver+V+Compound?productId=9573) which, chances are, would be better than the stuff supplied / applied. Don't use too much though (about the equiivalent of 2-3 grains of rice in the center of the cpu is sufficient) and clean off the stuff that is applied, if any, before applying new stuff.

[Himesh]

i read some reviews on it and it does come pre-applied with paste, it's supposed to be good so i'll just use the applied one.

Does anyone know if the retail c2d's come pre-applied with paste on them? If they do, would i have to remove this from the CPU before i add the heatsink on?

[mac124]

The C2D's heatsinks come preapplied with thermal past but the cpus themselves do not. So you should be ok to just mount the arctic cooling hsf straight on the cpu.

[Himesh]

ok thx