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Xente · 07-08-2008, 12:53 AM

ok, my b-day is Wednesday and im getting a mobo and X2 5600+ and im getting about $175, that goes to a video card, memory, and heatsink/fan

i know i want to have at least 2 gb of memory to help me run vista

video card (choices)
8600 GTS 512mb w/ free game
8800 GT 256mb

Memory
PNY Optima 667mhz

heatsink/fan (for cpu)
Thermaltake TR2-R1 AM2 socket

what does onrpg think of my choices? and which video card should i choose

Spirit · 07-08-2008, 01:06 AM

isint the 512mb video card obviously better?

Xente · 07-08-2008, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Spirit

isint the 512mb video card obviously better?

not necessarily, the 8800GT cores are better than the 8600GTS cores

Spirit · 07-08-2008, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Xente

not necessarily, the 8800GT cores are better than the 8600GTS cores

Ima newb. haha.

bakaro · 07-08-2008, 01:32 AM

You could always get a 9800gtx lol

Edit:

I wouldn't bother buying that fan/heatsink since is pretty much the same as the stock fan and plus it won't cool all that much for wasting 15$ on it

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For the ram i would go with something like the g.skill pc2-6400, just make sure your pc can handle it lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231098

Edit2:

lol well from those 2, the 8800gt is better (you missed a good deal a while ago which came with cod 4 and the price was like 90$)

Xente · 07-08-2008, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bakaro

You could always get a 9800gtx lol

Edit:

I wouldn't bother buying that fan/heatsink since is pretty much the same as the stock fan and plus it won't cool all that much for wasting 15$ on it

.

For the ram i would go with something like the g.skill pc2-6400, just make sure your pc can handle it lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231098

Edit2:

lol well from those 2, the 8800gt is better (you missed a good deal a while ago which came with cod 4 and the price was like 90$)

thing is with the ram, i only have 2 ram slots on the mobo im getting and i would like to have, or upgrade later, to 4gb of memory, unless you can give me your input of running Vista Ultimate x64 on 2gb of ram

bakaro · 07-08-2008, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Xente

thing is with the ram, i only have 2 ram slots on the mobo im getting and i would like to have, or upgrade later, to 4gb of memory, unless you can give me your input of running Vista Ultimate x64 on 2gb of ram

That problem of just 2 slots is easily fix, just get the 2gb stick instead of 2x1gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231121

Now about the other question, it'll run like the 32bits version, just with a few differences in performance.

ramennn · 07-08-2008, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by bakaro

That problem of just 2 slots is easily fix, just get the 2gb stick instead of 2x1gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231121

Now about the other question, it'll run like the 32bits version, just with a few differences in performance.

Sorry for gay noob question, but what's the difference between 32 and 64-bit?

Xente · 07-08-2008, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ramennn

Sorry for gay noob question, but what's the difference between 32 and 64-bit?

just a different core architecture. 32 bits are old, outdated CPUs like Athlon XP and the old Pentium 4's.

but back to my problem, i have abour $60 now and i dont know how much im getting for my b-day, i really hope i can get 4gb of ram, or hell, even 3gb will do me good.

another question: is dual channel memory better than single channel?

bakaro · 07-08-2008, 04:57 AM

Depends if you mother board supports it.

For the question of romenn, well 32 bits have memory limitations along with other stuff ( can't remember what else other than memory ), while 64bits have more "options" in other words 64 bits isn't as limited as 32bits is

07-08-2008, 12:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
Xente Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ¯\(°_O)/¯ Posts: 3,839 Reputation: 118	one more computer thread ok, my b-day is Wednesday and im getting a mobo and X2 5600+ and im getting about $175, that goes to a video card, memory, and heatsink/fan i know i want to have at least 2 gb of memory to help me run vista video card (choices) 8600 GTS 512mb w/ free game 8800 GT 256mb Memory PNY Optima 667mhz heatsink/fan (for cpu) Thermaltake TR2-R1 AM2 socket what does onrpg think of my choices? and which video card should i choose

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bakaro Ape for Diddy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 262 Reputation: 12	You could always get a 9800gtx lol Edit: I wouldn't bother buying that fan/heatsink since is pretty much the same as the stock fan and plus it won't cool all that much for wasting 15$ on it . For the ram i would go with something like the g.skill pc2-6400, just make sure your pc can handle it lol http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231098 Edit2: lol well from those 2, the 8800gt is better (you missed a good deal a while ago which came with cod 4 and the price was like 90$) Last edited by bakaro; 07-08-2008 at 01:37 AM.

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07-08-2008, 04:57 AM	#10 (permalink)
bakaro Ape for Diddy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 262 Reputation: 12	Depends if you mother board supports it. For the question of romenn, well 32 bits have memory limitations along with other stuff ( can't remember what else other than memory ), while 64bits have more "options" in other words 64 bits isn't as limited as 32bits is