ihave a chance to buy a 939 fx 60 i already have the board,but i wanted to know if by buying a amd 64x2 6ooo+ and a new am2 board would be the way to go. any help i would app: thanks.
Buying a Socket 775 board and an Intel Core 2 CPU would be the best way to go. (Be advised that either the 775 or AM2 route will require you to buy new DDR2 RAM) because a Core 2 Duo CPU like the E6850 or E8400 is about 40% faster than an FX-60 or 6000+ at stock, and the E6850 especially will overclock very easily to be near double the speed. You also have the option with 775 to use a Core 2 Quad which are also excellent. Quad core CPUs for AM2 (Phenom) are very mediocre, and should be avoided.
thanks for getting back with me sammorris good advice. ive always had amd cpus never bought intel before,any sug" on the prosseser i heard that i believe its conroe is good. iam leaning towards am2 socket, not sure why. thanks again.
AMD always used to be king of the hill up until the core 2 duo was released, but now there's very little they've produced in the last year or so that can compete. For reasonable value I recommend the E6750 Conroe.
Ive never had an intel but from all the fourms I have read, I would go with the Intel, however, I am running a x2 6000 myself and I have had no problems whatsoever. It reaches my expectations.
Using a third party cooler that costs barely $30 or £15, the Core 2 Duo E6850 can make a speed miles in excess of what any AMD could achieve.
iam gonna go with the intell,first time for me but know notta about a mobo for it,i wanna run the sli 8800 series for the gpu,any help on the mobo,thanks.
I'd advise against using SLI unless you really know what you're doing. Contrary to what most review sites would suggest, getting SLI working reliably is not that easy, and it will never work for all of your games. For simplicity and peace of mind a single card would work far better and you'd save a huge amount of money. I'd recommend using a 9800GTX card and a Gigabyte EP35-DS3R board.
