-
Join the MyBroadband community
South Africa’s biggest forum. Discuss, discover, and connect with thousands of members.
-
Question of the Day: Have you ever been to an airshow?
Help with Chip pls.
- Thread starter stfury
- Start date
Very sure, check this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Pentium_Dual-Core
They are called Pentium D by most hardware review sites, Prophecy refers to it as a Pentium E. In the end they are all Pentium Dual Core CPU's
Once again read this first:
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3157
The Pentium Dual Core is recommended if you're on a very tight budget, in fact they recommend the very cheapest model.
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3157
The Pentium Dual Core is recommended if you're on a very tight budget, in fact they recommend the very cheapest model.
PostmanPot
Honorary Master
That depends on the motherboard entirely, but you can go for it if you want...
Hehe, edited original post. Seems Rectron don't know how to categorise things
Most of these hardware suppliers have no idea what they are supplying so no big surprise
Well I always buy components because I like to know what I am buying, I usually try not to skimp on the motherboard because certain MB's don't overclock very well and they are generally pieces of sh*t but check my above posts and read the anandtech guide, you'll get a good idea of motherboards that are well priced and give good results.
Last edited:
well let me be completely frank.
I have R2500 for the whole case, excluding the graphics card. hard drive can be like an 80gig i want max performance
i want a gaming pc. i want the cheapest possible online store? is that pc int? pls help
I have R2500 for the whole case, excluding the graphics card. hard drive can be like an 80gig i want max performance
i want a gaming pc. i want the cheapest possible online store? is that pc int? pls help
Honestly I don't follow the prices that much so get a price list from that 5% on Rectron store and then check online prices and compare them.
Generally I buy from 3 retailers:
www.prophecy.co.za
www.cyberdyne.co.za
www.pcint.co.za
But I live in Pretoria so I'm not sure of what the logistics are about getting the hardware to you...
As for the Motherboard like I said read the guide and then YOU have to decide where you wish to spend money.
killadoob
Honorary Master
look 2.5k aint going to buy you a gaming pc
go for amd possibly then because the mobo's are cheaper
go for amd possibly then because the mobo's are cheaper
lawl 2.5k can get me a DECENT gaming PC dude. i obviously cant get a killer machine but something ok. i can get a whole CPU from PC Zone, Core 2 Duo E4400 for R2499 - thats decent in my book (excluding graphics card which i got already. just not sure about the mobo cos it just says LGA1066 OC FSB Motherboard 
and the RAM is only 1gig (ddrII800)
and the RAM is only 1gig (ddrII800)QX6700RULZ
Expert Member
lol only good thing about E4*** is their oc'ability and a cheap ass intel board has no oc'ability 
lol only good thing about E4*** is their oc'ability and a cheap ass intel board has no oc'ability
True, and unfortunately the motherboard is the most expensive component
The Gigabyte motherboard is a solid board but it costs R1.4k which makes your R2.5k target very hard to reach, esp. if it includes a PSU which incidentally I wouldn't skimp on... (They most certainly will)
oh ya this is wrong forum to ask but does anyone know of a way i can like make money on the internet?
my mate had a job 4 years ago like completing these accounting forms and he got paid ok.
just checking anyone got any ideas?
cheers
my mate had a job 4 years ago like completing these accounting forms and he got paid ok.
just checking anyone got any ideas?
cheers
QX6700RULZ
Expert Member
Pentium D is old tech core 2 is the latest, P D is crap and should never be bought no matter what a stupid mag says and P D has zero oc'ability next to a Core 2 especially the 2*** series
Get the R2.5k and get a waitering job for a month and you'll have enough to buy a gaming system...
You didn't read the entire thread did you?
Pentium D != Pentium 4 they are BOTH based on the SAME core.
And reputable hardware sites claim up to and over 100% overclock on the Pentium D, namely Anandtech and Tomshardware...
i just looked at price guide its 320WPSU. theres an outdated specials guide on the website = www.zones.co.za if anyone wants to take a look - they are the cheapest place i know of
listen guys all i play is warcraft 3 (bnet) and cod4 and css.
i can run cod4 on my 2.2 celeron with a AGP 7300gt and 1gig ram - and its playable (i play online).
i basically only want a system that can run these games nicely
listen guys all i play is warcraft 3 (bnet) and cod4 and css.
i can run cod4 on my 2.2 celeron with a AGP 7300gt and 1gig ram - and its playable (i play online).
i basically only want a system that can run these games nicely