Gaming Rig

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Should help to confirm the decision:

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.ht...=433&chart=174

That's at stock (the E6400 and E4400 are very nearly the same speed).

When overclocked you're looking at something like:

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.ht...=430&chart=174

And that's if you can get the 4200+ to 2.6GHz.

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The Intel System versus the AMD system.

Intel:
LN18122 Intel Core 2 Duo E4400, Socket 775, 2.0 GHz, 800MHz FSB, Allendale Core, 2MB Cache, Retail £74.99 £88.11

LN15778 Asus P5B-E iP965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £67.77 £79.63

LN16520 256MB Asus Radeon X1950Pro, PCI-E(x16), Mem 1400MHz GDDR3, GPU 581MHz, 36Pipes £84.39 £99.16

LN11596 2GB (2x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12 £59.64 £70.08

LN15216 520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty £57.89 £68.02

LN17657 Antec Sonata II Case in Piano Black with 450w aPFC PSU £57.28 £67.30

LN13662 120mm Sharkoon 1000 "Golf Ball" Quiet 19 dB(A) Case Fan - 36.7 CFM £6.18 £7.26

LN7024 80mm 3XS Xclio Transparent 4 LED Blue Quiet Case Fan Double Ball Bearings £2.43 £2.86

LN17088 Wolf King DK-2588U, Timber Wolf Gaming Keyboard, USB 1.1 USB Hub 1.1, Wired, Silver/Black £30.89 £36.30

LN6778 Icemat 2nd Edition, Black Professional Glass Mouse Mat £19.29 £22.67

LN7875 Icemat Teflon Replacement Padsurfers £2.25 £2.64

LN11031 Raptor 502, Gaming M2 Optical Mouse, 2400dpi, USB 1.1/2.0, 8 Buttons, Black £14.94 £17.55

LN18060 Asus DRW-1814BLT, DVD±R x18, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x14, Lightscribe, SATA, Black, OEM £18.85 £22.15


Net Total £496.79

Carriage £12.37

V.A.T. £89.10

TOTAL £598.26

AMD
LN11596 2GB (2x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12 £59.64 £70.08

LN15216 520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty £57.89 £68.02

LN11031 Raptor 502, Gaming M2 Optical Mouse, 2400dpi, USB 1.1/2.0, 8 Buttons, Black £14.94 £17.55

LN18060 Asus DRW-1814BLT, DVD±R x18, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x14, Lightscribe, SATA, Black, OEM £18.85 £22.15

LN15925 AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800+ Windsor Core, Dual Core 2GHz, 2x 512KB Cache, Energy Efficient Retail £43.39 £50.98

LN15343 Abit KN9, NF4 Ultra, S AM2, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £34.49 £40.52

LN14937 160 Gb Seagate ST3160815AS Barracuda 7200.9, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.0 ms, NCQ £30.39 £35.71

LN13081 Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro - (Socket 754, 939, AM2) + ALL AMD Opteron £9.49 £11.15

LN13686 ZBoard KYB-IDEAZON-MERC, MERC Gaming Keyboard, USB 1.1/2.0, Wired, Black £21.99 £25.84

LN15695 NZXT Apollo Silver Midi Tower Case with Side Window w/o PSU £39.95 £46.94

LN18392 120mm Sharkoon 1000 LED "Golf Ball", Quiet 19 dB(A), Case Fan - 36.7 CFM £6.49 £7.63

LN17575 320MB EVGA 8800GTS, PCI-E (x16), Mem 1600MHz, GPU 500MHz, 96 Streams, 2x Dual Link DVI-I/HDTV £154.88 £181.98




Net Total £492.39

Carriage £11.89

V.A.T. £88.25

TOTAL £592.53

Kind of a moot point really with the benchmarks!

Looks like it's going to be an intel system after all. Might change the case though to a non fanyc pants type

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