advice on a new self build

theyre mint , wonder what an over clocked one can do

Couple of things taken from OCUK..

Conroe @ 1600*1200

Tests:

AMD Opteron 165 @ 3GHz
2x eVGA 7900 GT SLI @ 700/800 - Forceware 84.66
2x 1GB G.Skill DDR500 3-4-4-8
DFI NF4 Ultra-D A0 Modded to SLI-D
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
OCZ GameXStream 700w PSU

versus

Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe) E6600 ES @ 3ghz / Max Clocks TBD
2x eVGA 7900 GT SLI @ 700/800 - Forceware 84.56
2x 1GB G.Skill DDR2-800 4-4-4-12
Intel D975XBX "Bad Axe" Mobo
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
OCZ GameXStream 700w PSU

Super PI 1M:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 29.156s
Conroe @ 3GHz: 17.015s


Super PI 32M:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 25m 58.625s
Conroe @ 3GHz: 17m 58.781s


AquaMark 3:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 120,655
Conroe @ 3GHz: 162,561


3D Mark 2001:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 37,132
Conroe @ 3GHz: 49,009


3D Mark 2003:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 33,078
Conroe @ 3GHz: 36,339


3D Mark 2005:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 15,711
Conroe @ 3GHz: 17,080


3D Mark 2006:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 10,067
Conroe @ 3GHz: 10,805


FEAR Stress Test:
1024x768, 4xAA 16xAF, all max:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 60 | Avg 142 | Max 370
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 78 | Avg 162 | Max 485

1600x1200, 4xAA 16xAF, all max:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 25 | Avg 43 | Max 172
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 53 | Avg 86 | Max 310

Source Stress Test:
1600x1200, 4xAA 16xAF, Everything Maximum
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 134.15fps
Conroe @ 3GHz: 138.41fps

Call of Duty 2: Point DuHoc Assault until over the cliffs
1600x1200, 4xAA 8xAF, Everything Maximum
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 23 | Avg 50.189 | Max 102
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 22 | Avg 50.961 | Max 98

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
1600x1200, Full HDR, 8xAF, Everything Maximum
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 15 | Avg 83.993 | Max 689
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 29 | Avg 132.776 | Max 1546

One guy has had a 19sec 1mb Superpi with a overclocked Yonah core (2.6 - 3Ghz..)

And over at xtreme systems they have managed to clock a conroe sample to 4.53Ghz.. this resulted in a world record 1mb superpi time of.. 11.26Secs!

This can be found here..



Bare in mind that my overclocked Opteron 170 (dual core, 2.5Ghz and 2Mb Cache) managed a 1mb Superpi in ~26 seconds.

This core is gonna be fast..

Just wait for kentfield.. out later this year.. quad-core..
And AMD also apparently have a 8-core chip in the works for release next year..

8 cores lmfao well when i get spare coin for a new system i think ill settle for a conroe. if i wanna be a tight arse id get an intel d 805 theyre massively overclockable and all for £75 notes

Conroe vs Fx-60 Video

what?

do u nerds have girlfriends?

I do..

4.5 years.. poor girl.

Lmao.. are you confused?

it'd take so long to explain ANY of that to me, it's not funny...

they all killed it

Conroe on preorder on ocuk (E6600 is the one to get!)

sweet jesus, hopefully when it comes round to me buying one the they will have dropped in price, the e6600 is a bargai like 4mb l2 haha

just seen the benchmarks for the conroes against fx62's, conroes FTW. i was thinking of jumping ship to amd a while back but i think ill be sticking with them after ive seen these conroes in action

I'm soooo close to ordering one..
Thing is though that I'd need a new mb.. that'd cost around £150/£170
Then 2GB DDR2 ram would cost over £200.

Then a new gfx card would cost in the region of £200 - £300.
If I go sli it would be worse.
And another raptor.. £125..

That'd mean it would cost in the region of £700 (£900 if I went sli.. but then I'd also need a new psu so probs £1k.)

I think I'll leave it for a bit

wonder what the o/c potential is on the e6600

i tend to steer clear of new technology untill it has been around a couple of years therefore you avoid bugs

these chips will only benefit if u play games on your system anyway

na they'll do everything, encoding audio and video in have the time of todays standard stuff. if you do chose a new processor your best off getting a dual core one that supports 64bit

The conroe's are all round good processors.
Granted they excel at multimedia tasks (encoding and gaming performance in particular) but they offer incredible performance increases.

This is the first time in ~ 15 years that Intel has dropped the Pentium tag from a processor..
And the first time they have completed designed a new core from scratch..

However.. unfortunately trying to keep up with techy advances is expensive..
I've already blown ~£400 this year on processors.. and now I'm looking at getting another for £250..

I wish I could stop

sell the old ones