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Out of Touch With Technology....
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November9 6 posts26 Oct 2006Hi all,
Im trying to get backinto the whole hardware scene..and needed a push in the right direction
What Im mainly confused about now is with motherboards.
Im looking at these two with Duo support, there is about a $300 Price Differnce between them, what is the reason for this? ?
A push in the right direction will be greatly appreciated.
http://www.eyo.com.au/prod_B-P4M800P7MA ... port..html this one is $72.
http://www.eyo.com.au/prod_B-P5W-DH-Dlx ... e_CPU.html This one is $407
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26 Oct 2006Well the more expensive one can hold up to 8gb of DD2 Dual Channel and FSB is 1GB (also it says future compatibilty of Multicore processors) while the cheapass one holds 2xDDR and 2XDDR2 both single channel so i would probally go for the more expensive one for memory reasons and the future multiprocessor.
But then again i dont know shit about motherboards
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27 Oct 2006well, conroe is the new intel chip that is going to be released at the end of this year or early next, So if you want future-proof between the two, go with that one man. I have a friend that works at intel, and according to him, the conroe processors are going to be a HUGE jump in performance. Hope that helps somehow.
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November9 6 posts27 Oct 2006Thanks guys, really big help!
Ummm man, im totally spun out, aren't the Conroes the Duo 2 Cores? ? ?
That are currently out? Or are those the Quad Systems? -
27 Oct 2006quad systems...
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28 Oct 2006Conroe is the Core 2 Duos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2#Conroe
One thing you have to watch out for with motherboards is that not every motherboard that supports dual core cpus can support the C2D.
The first one you posted doesn't say if it does which leads me to believe that it doesn't. There were dual core Pentium D processors that fit the same socket as the Core 2 Duos so when you're buying a board you really have to ensure that it can actually support the new processors.
Also that first board is still using an AGP slot so you're getting a slot that will be a huge bottleneck to a system. As well as the chipset supporting DDR and DDR2 which means it's not going to take full advantage of the DDR2 specification.
Also when you add the words Asus and Deluxe together you get a highly priced motherboard. You can get other versions of the motherboard for less. -
fat panda 22 posts01 Nov 2006
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