First post, by XAZXGG
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Iam new guy , this is my first post and i hope i wont brake any rules . Sorry for my mediocre english .
I want to build periodically correct retro XP SP3 PC for general purposes of gaming ( games til 2007/ 2008 i think ) and home use as well as some AutoCAD 2007 , MS OFFICE 2003 etc. Nothing special .
I have some parts .
Intel side :
MBO intel d946gzis
2 x 1 gb ddr2 RAM ( other options 2 x 2gb )
core2duo E6300 1,86 ghz (other options Q6600 and E6700)
320gb IDE HDD
PSU is 500w MS ( basic one )
AMD side :
MBO msi k9n sli platinum ( looks very cool )
4 x 1 gb corsair dominator 1066
athlon 64x2 4400+ 2.2 ghz or i can buy 5600+ for cheap
320gb IDE HDD
PSU coolermaster 550 W
GPUs I own : 8800 GT 512mb , Nvidia quadro fx 1800, 9800GTX , ASUS TOP 9800GTX+ , 2x gainward 9600GT 512, 7900GS (but its weak i think ) , 8800 GTS 320mb / 320bit, GTX 260 OEM 1.72gb version , ATI 3850,3650,4850 and a lot more but others are gtx 400 series HD6000's and above and i dont want to use those because i think it would not be periodicaly correct .
I cant decide which way to go Intel side or AMD . On intel side I have basic INTEL board that cant overclock but an option to have q6600 (quadcore ) if I decide to dual boot with Vista SP2 or win 7 . Dont have SLI option too . On AMD side it is much better motherboard , 2 more ram slots , SLI option i could put 2 x 9800GTX or 2 x 9600GT that i own or i could get another 7900gs just for fun . I noticed OC potential is very very bad on this board and athlon 64x2 series and Iam stuck with dual core but that is not bad for win XP i think .
I just want stable no blue screen reliable machine that can run for days with no restart so...would my windows XP be more stable with core duo or athlon 64x2 ...dont know.. . I have a lot of GPUs in my collection and i wonder what would you guys and girls use , for some reaseon or just for fun factor . I hear that core 2 duos are "much" faster than athlon64x2 and i wonder if it is a truth but dont have much time to figure it out myself i want to build one rig keep it as my XP machine and get rid of other parts .
for fun factor i would go with athlon 64x2 and 7900GS SLI( as "latest" dx9 cards/ no dx10 support)
OR
athlon64x2 and 9600GT SLI or 8800GTS SLI ( G80) but i wonder would it be a bottleneck and too much for CPU . I avoid 9800gtx sli its too much heat.
What do you people think , what would You put together with those parts above ?
Best regards ..