SYSTEM SPECS

[Limey]

My spec (about 2 years old now, but still sweet as a nut!):

CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz

Motherboard
ASUS M4N72-E
nForce 740a SLI Chipset

RAM
8GB DDR2 Dual Channel 400MHz (4x2GB)

GPU
ATI Radeon HD 5750 512MB

HDD
Primary: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200 SATA-II 16MB Cache
Secondary: Samsung Spinpoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache


Opticals:
Samsung Blu-Ray ROM, DVD RW 24x
Super Writemaster DVD RW 18x

PSU
Antec 450w

Case:
Coolermaster HAF X Full Tower
1 x 220mm Fan
3 x 200mm Fans
1 x 180mm fan

[Swannstar]

Processor:AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.40 Ghz 8MB Cache Quadcore
Memory: 4gb
Hard Drive: 300 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce 580 gtx
Speakers/Headphones: Roccat kave
Keyboard: Standard microsoft one
Mouse: Razer Deathadder   
Operating System:Win7 64Bit
Motherboard:   ASUS M3N72

[Limey]

Processor:AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.40 Ghz 8MB Cache Quadcore
Memory: 4gb
Hard Drive: 300 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce 580 gtx
Speakers/Headphones: Roccat kave
Keyboard: Standard microsoft one
Mouse: Razer Deathadder   
Operating System:Win7 64Bit
Motherboard:   ASUS M3N72

You've got the black edition Phenom X4

[Swannstar]

yeh y?

[Limey]

I was gunna get it, but opted for the 955..

For some reason you can overclock the 955 higher than the 965 before it becomes unstable...

[Swannstar]

k i dont overclock my just it case i break it lol

[Limey]

yea, AMD CPU's aren't great for overclocking... Not stable at all past a few MHz increase, whereas intel can OC over 1GHz quite easily.

[Azbec]

yea, AMD CPU's aren't great for overclocking... Not stable at all past a few MHz increase, whereas intel can OC over 1GHz quite easily.

i prefer amd over intel anyway. plus ASUS boards have a button that can turn a quad core into a six core and a program for very precise oc. Amd is fine for me as i dont plan to overclock much

[Limey]

Intel CPUs are actually much better than most AMD CPUs. Especially for gaming. Which is why they are usually always more expensive.

[Azbec]

i just prefer amd in general, i like their reliability and you get what you pay for. they may not be as good as intel but for my first build im happy with the cheaper option

[Limey]

i just prefer amd in general, i like their reliability and you get what you pay for. they may not be as good as intel but for my first build im happy with the cheaper option

Yea. Thats strange you should say that... AMD CPU's are very unreliable Especially their dual cores.

Im hoping to change to intel in my next build

[Azbec]

i just prefer amd in general, i like their reliability and you get what you pay for. they may not be as good as intel but for my first build im happy with the cheaper option

Yea. Thats strange you should say that... AMD CPU's are very unreliable Especially their dual cores.

Im hoping to change to intel in my next build

Im using an Athlon II x2 on my laptop and its great!

[Kirks]

Both Intel and AMD have made some great chips and some crap ones, so it really depends on the exact cpu. At the moment generally speaking Intel have faster chips and AMD have a better upgrade path, will this change... sure it will. It will be all different in a year so being an AMD fanboy or an Intel fanboy is a bit pointless and the same goes for GFX cards.

[Limey]

Both Intel and AMD have made some great chips and some crap ones, so it really depends on the exact cpu. At the moment generally speaking Intel have faster chips and AMD have a better upgrade path, will this change... sure it will. It will be all different in a year so being an AMD fanboy or an Intel fanboy is a bit pointless and the same goes for GFX cards.

Yea, though the 2nd gen chips from intel are much better than any chip available with AMD right now.

as for GPU's, i try to get nVidia if intel is the CPU, or ATI if AMD is the CPU... Both (mainly ATI) are designed to run better with the relevant cpu

[Azbec]

Both Intel and AMD have made some great chips and some crap ones, so it really depends on the exact cpu. At the moment generally speaking Intel have faster chips and AMD have a better upgrade path, will this change... sure it will. It will be all different in a year so being an AMD fanboy or an Intel fanboy is a bit pointless and the same goes for GFX cards.

Yea, though the 2nd gen chips from intel are much better than any chip available with AMD right now.

as for GPU's, i try to get nVidia if intel is the CPU, or ATI if AMD is the CPU... Both (mainly ATI) are designed to run better with the relevant cpu

however, asus have the nforce line of chipsets for amd cpu's so nvidia cards run with amd, and in SLI