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• • AMD vs Intel

  • Originally posted by StinkyPest
    

    If you're not doing a budget build, Intel is the way to go. AMD has no comparable CPUs at the top-end (argue-able). Here's an old chart, but it's still relevant.

    www.tomshardware.com/charts/processors/3d-studio-max-9,369.html

     

    That was exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

  • Posted: 9/01/08 12:40 PM
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• • AMD vs Intel

  • I'm looking to do a complete overhaul of my computer in about 2 or 3 months, and I'm a bit confused about processors and CPUs. I've always just stuck with Intel by default so I really don't know anything about how AMD works. What would be comparable to an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 or QX9650? What are the pros and cons of each brand? Another thing I've noticed when comparing processors is an AMD with 2.6 GHz is comparable to an Intel with 3.2 GHz, or something along those lines. Can someone explain this please?

  • Posted: 8/30/08 5:30 PM
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• • WoW Pwner or not?

  • I don't really think one single game will come to be the ultimate WoW killer. Ovbiously, WoW is getting old now and people are getting bored with the game and looking for something new, but a lot of the time people just return because they can't find anything better. Plus, people are hesitant to let go of their achievements in WoW. I don't see another great game that just sucks in the subscriptions like WoW happening any time in the near future, so what's probably going to happen is people will spread out to other games over the next few years, their friends will follow, and WoW's subscription base will slowly start to dwindle. That's what has been happening, and that's what is going to continue to happen. Sorry to disappoint.

  • Posted: 8/16/08 5:44 PM
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• • overheating issues?

  • Thanks for some of the responses. I have an 850w power supply, I think, but I'll definitely check into it when I get a chance. Damage to the motherboard was actually my first and foremost concern, although I'm not a great computer expert and I probably couldn't tell if it was less than obvious anyway. Also, apologies for the lack of specifics in the origional post. I was pretty certain it was either the hard drive or the cooling system, but I guess I was wrong. I have a friend looking at it now, so I still won't be able to post specs, but much thanks to the people who are trying to help anyway :).

  • Posted: 7/20/08 4:13 AM
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• • overheating issues?

  • The first chunk of paragraph is basically how my computer got to be the way it is now through my (regretfully) lack of concern for it. My main questions are in the second paragraph/part.

    My younger cousin plays the Sims 2 and all of its expansions on a secondary hard drive on my computer. She's been complaining about random reboots and such, although I wasn't so worried about it because it was an older hard drive and about to crap out on itself anyway. So the game, including all of it's expansions, is like 8-10 gigs, not including all the mods and crap that she's downloaded for the game. Yesterday, the hard drive completely fried and killed not only itself, but I'm pretty certain it really hurt some other parts of my computer as well. The area smelled a little smokey when I bent down to turn the computer back on for her, so my first reaction was to rip out all the cords and open the case. Nothing looked damaged - I spent a good hour or two taking out some of the parts so I could get a better look at everything. I rebooted my computer and it quickly went through some sort of error screen too fast for me to read and when everything was done and loaded, some errors popped up showing that I was apparently missing some "key" files or components. So far, my computer runs just fine and it doesn't seem like I really needed those "key" files, althrough I will wipe my computer clean and reinstall everything soon, just in case.

    So is it my hard drive's fault that my computer smelled smokey when it fried, or is it overheating issues? Is it even possible for a secondary hard drive to damage some "key" files? I was under the impression that when a hard drive died, it just died along with everything that was stored on it, but it wouldn't necessarily harm other components of the computer as well. Just to put this whole mess into perspective, my computer has pretty good specs and can run AoC smoothly at its highest settings. If it is an overheating issue, does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should upgrade to or install to help? I have a very extensive fan-cooling system that I'm pretty fond of because water + my computer scares me, but I know the next step up would be to upgrade to a water-cooling system. How much would it cost to upgrade to an internal water-cooling system, and is it easy to install? How often do internal-cooling systems leak? Would an external water-cooling system be a better upgrade, or can they not hold the temperature down when playing high preformance games?

    Thanks in advance

  • Posted: 7/19/08 10:07 PM
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