Need Help On Building a Gaming CPU

[Legion Kreinak]

I still don't understand why exactly AMD is better for gaming. What makes this so?

 

[Gamingfreak]

Here's what I would pick:

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103529

or Dual Core

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103546

DFI LP UT nF4 SLI-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136158

OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146890

eVGA 256-P2-N527-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130254

Keep that hard drive you have already. Total price is a coulpe hundred dollars more than your specs, but I like looking at this one. It's not bad. More money with the dual core.

in my opinion that setup is perfect i wish i had done something similar when i got my comp but unfortunately i didnt know enough about comps at the time also instead of the raptor hard drive just go with a segate SATA2 hard drive and its about the same speed but cheaper and higher capacity also if that cpu is a little to expensive get a amd64 3500+ and that comp will still own as for the setup u suggested well its not bad but u wana stay away from intel when it comes to gaming cause amd is far better suited for it

 

[mammikoura]

I still don't understand why exactly AMD is better for gaming. What makes this so?

It's because the processors are like different, intel has big clock speeds, amd has smaller clock speeds but the cpu does more stuff with in one hz.
Amd just is better for gaming, but u can game with intels too, I know that my P4 is more than enough for all of the current games.

 

[Legion Kreinak]

Yeah, your soon to be PC sounds pretty damn good, mammikoura. I heard it was something to do with the architecture of the AMD processors that made them superior.

Intel seems more like the type of people who go along with the idea that "bigger is better". AMD seems more like the types who figure functionality rules over "aesthetics", if you will.

 

[MrFour20]

wells thanks alot guys for the feedbacks..but i have decided to ordered all of the parts listed above but decided to change my video card to this...XFX PV-T70G-UDE7 Geforce 7800 GT Overclocked PCI Express 256MB DDR Video Card w/HDTV-Out, Dual DVI & VIVO Retail

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=321045&affiliate=pricegrabber

hopefully this will be a nice card!...

 

[mammikoura]

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=321045&affiliate=pricegrabber[/url]

hopefully this will be a nice card!...

It is a great card.