i want to go dual core, thats my hope at least. i need to bust out a kickass rig this time. my last was a little weak

Quote: Originally Posted by kipman725 I haven't reached the limits of 32bit athlons yet!

i have no idea what he said

as far as this dual core malarky,i dont have use for one

I'm going dual core as soon as i've got the money.

what i'm really after right now is the 64bit part of the athlon64 x2, but once dual core gets more proficient, i'll be really glad that i've got it.

Now that ive got my Opteron 'potential FX-57 killer' in the post, I doubt ill be going dual core for a while...

Hmm. I'm not only hurting for the green and recently upgraded- I'd wait until Intel released its 65nm version DC (Presler) with VT.

Or the M2 socket (Because the extra bandwidth from DDR2 would be necessary to truly exploit the additional bandwidth.)

Meh.....my Athlon 64 3700+ is plenty for the time being.

Just got done ordering my X2... A 4200, since I had to keep my upgrade price tag below $1800 dollars (also mobo, video cardS, and PSU)... Can't wait to see this baby smokin'...

pshh.. dual core.. Im getting a opteron baby!
3ghz of raw pwnage right there..

I've got my intel 65nm pentium D (presler cores) on order - it'll be coming next month

If i was a gamer - i'd be going high end single core though - my rig's more of a workstation than a fragstation

finally found some good deals on ebay, so I'm making the change. Im building an entirely new comp with an AMD X2 3800+ I can't wait to test out one of these beasts.

Quote: Originally Posted by AlkalineOmen finally found some good deals on ebay, so I'm making the change. Im building an entirely new comp with an AMD X2 3800+ I can't wait to test out one of these beasts.

What sort of prices (besides on pricewatch) have you guys been seeing? $340 for an Athlon 64 3800+ X2 with a basic ECS mainboard is what I've seen at the local Fry's.

I am honestly going to have to say I want to buy it. I have a system built for it saved as a newegg wishlist. I am haveing some personal debate though whether I should wait for 2007 (this does not mean i wont build a new system for myself. I could buy a nice gfx card and nice WD raid edition drives and put those into a cheap good mobo with a cheap good 64-bit cpu until i can purchase the following) In 2007 (only one year away depending on the month) AMD will have support on their dual core CPUs for DDR3 (from word of mouth. I should have researched it.) also longhorn (windows: vista) will most definitly be out and maybe it wont suck (only with high dreams and hopes that people become nice and less malicious) I would go intel and get ddr2 but I'm not an intel guy.

one other thing. why don't mobo companies start making gamer dual cpu boards? this makes more sense to me than having a CPU company make CPUs with dual cores. I understand that you would spend more money if you were to buy a mobo that has support for multiple CPUs (aimed towards the gamer) and I'm not saying that the dual core CPUs are a bad idea (I mean I was so close to buying one but I don't want to be outdated in just a year) I really don't know where I am headed with this, I just have always wanted to see a gamer mobo that supports multiple CPUs.

the thing that is keeping me from building one is that I am a college student and being one means that I am thousands of dollars in debt so i really should wait till one more big thing comes out (DDR3 I'm thinking)

if any of you could lead me in the right direction of what the next big thing is going to be and wont be outdated in 365days (i can't afford to buy two systems in a year let alone one) then could you AIM:SirDavisCarrots or PM me?

My 4400+ and second 7800 gt oc are on the way. Will be here on 1st.

no money.. lol ..I wish though

dual cores....pfffft....Just a gimick Let me have a good ol intel 478 and i will show you some overclocking....
remember 2.4C @ 3.6 on air? back in the day? I thought so..

Well Chrome, a 4400+ dual core would kill that 2.4 OC'd to 3.6 today. The Opty 146 with it's 1GHz overhead will be another legend.

oh i know, i was being facetious. I been looking at the Opty for awhile now. thinking of getting one for Christmas. Got a Phase Cooler here i wanna mess with....

Got my dual core, and loving it. (See my profile for specs). I love being able to run dual instances of F@H, and being able to play games at the same time.

Finally found a home for the 3000+ in my box and going for the 148 oppy instead.. Note the MSI-7125 mobo can hit 400fsb......