My Grad Gift Build, and also my First

[LordPraetox]

Good point. Seeing as it would mean a mobo upgrade after Dozer comes out, would AM3 be viable to tide me over until then (I enjoy supporting the underdog for some reason)?

[_dangtx_]

maybe,maybe not. if youve waited this long.....

right now i would build super cheap to play with till the big dogs come out...if i were to build...

[LordPraetox]

That's a great idea! Go for a budget BE quad-core, overclock the hell out of it, and wait for Dozer. I would wait, but my 3-year-old laptop renders most games barely playable on lower settings.

[_dangtx_]

nono, i3 1156 + a 70 dollar board + a cooler that will fit am3(+) later on = clocking madness!!!!!!!!1 :p

[LordPraetox]

I thought about that option, but I'm a bit of an AMD fan. Had amazing experiences with them in the past

[_dangtx_]

ok then, but are you sure about a quad?

a duallie will beg for max oc's. a quad has an easier life, taking care of things left and right.

how about going the risque way and getting that 555be? what if it doesnt unlock? that question will haunt you

while in transit to you hehe

[LordPraetox]

That would be a nice challenge. If it doesn't, would it still be decent for 720p video encoding?

[_dangtx_]

well its got l3 cache and the success rate is quite high on average.....

but clock per clock,besides in encoding,but even there....it dont beat an i3 :p

[techman95]

or you could go with a locked phenom2 925 like i have. cause really its quite fun along with a challenge to overclock while managing all the aspects like the north and south bridge along with the ht link. my thread here helped me alot: over clocking an AMD non-black edition cpu