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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53578

For those of you who don\'t have the time to research the benchmarks, THG has posted simple list
of the best gaming CPUs offered for the money. Here\'s a taster:

Best Gaming CPU for ~$70:  The Athlon II X3
435 offers a trio of execution cores and a very respectable 2.9 GHz
clock speed. As a bonu

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gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

huh, wait I have core2duo on DFI LanParty P45 running on 4GHz, it's worth ~80$ atm beats hands down all up to core i5 Very Happy

Koogle · Elite Member Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 1362

yes this is silly when they don't take into account potential max stable overclocking speed on even stock coolers.

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

nah, I was acting silly, ofc they compare default only, it's the only way to go, OC users make up like 1-2% of customers so I can understand them. But none the less, fact stays, c2d's are beasts Very Happy

Baconnaise · Elite Member Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 710

My old quadcore that my wife uses now is running at over 4ghz. Can't tell much of a difference anymore unless I use a computer without a solid state drive.

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

Well, it's the same as replacing with any other drive, just make sure you have enough space on your new SSD

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

Well that would be my choice also. I only installed SSDs in laptops, haven't tried anygames, sorry.

nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497

I've been using an SSD since last August. The windows boot up speed is amazing and heavy programs like photoshop just pop open in a few seconds at most. I also tried Mass Effect on it and there was not a huge improvement in load times as far as I could tell. However the benefits in general windows usage are immense. I recommend it to anyone. I might actually buy a 120gb soon, as the 60gb is just a bit too easy to fill up - even with just a few programs installed.

Edit: If you are looking to buy one now then make sure you look for 'sandforce' based controllers. There are big improvements to write speed especially.

Baconnaise · Elite Member Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 710

Yea I have an ssd on my newer rig and one in the wife's lappy. Works really well for general use. I do use two raptors striped still along with it.

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

it's simple really, SSD are good for small files, lots and lots of small files, for large files regular HDDs are better, since they are faster and large files don't depend on access time where SSDs shine.

Baconnaise · Elite Member Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 710

Well if games were still under a gig or two you could use a ram drive.

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

technically you can use a server based motherboard that can allocate and support 32+ gigs of ram, or let's say skull trail from intel and pack 12gig game into RAM Smile

Tom · Elite Member Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 4289

Intel SSD 80GB here, kicks the shit out of most SSD on the market. I run my Win7 64bit and applications off it and all my games etc are all on Raid config running off my Hitachi's. All this with 16GB ram. SSD is awesome and it's great in my netbook too which I am playing Kings Quest Silver Lining.. Hehe.