[heartsfan]

My wife told me today that I can buy the gear to build a new PC next week .... at last!

Can't wait .... it'll be the first time in years I have a top of the range comp. Check out what I am getting (double the prices for dollars):

AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ 2MB SKT-AM2 

[Sounds]

can i ask why the amd x2 6000 and not a intel c2d?

[heartsfan]

can i ask why the amd x2 6000 and not a intel c2d?

Two reasons mate:

1) I don't like Intels (the last intel I had was P2)
&
2)Over here Intels are about

[DannyBoy]

Since i like hardware stuff this is my opinion.

1.Dont buy AMD coz it based on old technology,AM2 motherboards are old they soon will change to AM3
2.Bigger HDD you will never regret to have bigger then 250 gb price diff. are minimal if you get bigger then that.
3.I understand that AMD CPU are cheaper but they simply not good anymore they produce them with 0.9 nm or a bit less not sure they have also less cache.
4.You dont need X-fi sound card -believe me you will not needed.i own one tho and a dont use it coz its always some conflicts.besides sound cards on mainboard are more then good.
5.I did also buyed AMD all the time but this year i changed to Intel for the first time since i buyed my first PC (1996)
6.You buy instead Intel socket 775 and you can upgrade for very long time without changing Mainboard(you can use old CPU,Singlecore,dualcore,extreme,Quattro) + if you buy right one Mainboard you can also change to DDR3,also you get speed bus up to 1333mhz instead of 1000(AMD)
7.The rest of you config. is OK i hope im not confusing you.Just trying to help you 

[DannyBoy]

In Norway the price diff. AMD vs Intel is just 30

[Sounds]

im an AMD fan myself, but there's no question that the intel c2d owns the amd x2.

[heartsfan]

As I said only have

[smitty1258]

Do not get the 640 MB 8800 unless you have a 24" lcd or bigger, its a waste of money, the difference between the 640 and 320 are very very small.

there is a real comparison of the 2 somewhere if you google it.

Use the money you save from the 640 and get a c2d, trust me. Im like AMD as well, but c2d pwns AMD all day long.

[aladouche]

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/9084000/wo/Pp6UOojX6t3i3kNinL82Fgq5WQw/20.0.28.9.5.25.47.0.0

oh shit... barely above budget.

since that page is a little confusing,

4 x 750GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)
2 x 30" apple cinema displays

pwns any rig anyone on here has, and only for $18,000!!!

[heartsfan]

Ok guys .... I am going to go for the 8800gts 320mb and Intel c2d but have some questions:

Do I go for:
INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6600 1066FSB SKT775 R

[I-C-E]

i hate intel

[smitty1258]

I would think that the quadcore NTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600 1066FSB SKT775 R

[Sounds]

see if you can get a new c2d. 6750 or something

[heartsfan]

Sorry sounds can't get the 6750.

The motherboards at my local shop are expensive for the quad so I am going for:

INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6700 1066FSB SKT775 R

[smitty1258]

one more thing man, SKIP the xfi as well, i had one and hated it, id hate for you to spend the money and hate it to. I went back to my good old audigy 2 ZS