What CPU do you have in your main PC?

[Danno]

:D

[Taxation]

AMD
\/\/007

[Chewie]

All my machine have been AMD, barring the first 2. At the time it was impossible to upgrade em much so went amd, no probs.

(had a p3 800, board was capable of taking the 1.0g chip, but by the time i got round to it they had changed from coppermine to tualatin, and so couldnt upgrade. couldnt find any coppermine 1ghz ones :cry: )

[David T]

*wonders about the people who choose "other" if there are any* :shock:

AMD all the way (x4 pc's) except for 1 lone Intel 466 Celeron, which Incidently was my main PC for ages and to this day still works like a charm :D

[Danc1978]

Intel all the way i am afraid just about to order my core duo 2ghz

[sicky]

amd all the way

[Nox]

I need to change my choice to 'other' now.

Nox

[Lustral]

Intel D 930 in my main SilverStone TruStriker

Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 3.0Ghz in my Shuttle RefleXion

Intel Pentium M 733 1.10Ghz on my Sony VAIO T1XP

In about 30 mins i will be having ..... ..... .....

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/374894/DSC00712.JPG

in my TruStriker

Any questions ;)

Lusty

[Taxation]

oh no you dont, i will have to take that when ur sleeping :x

got any benches done??

[Lustral]

oh no you dont, i will have to take that when ur sleeping :x

got any benches done??

Done a few 3DMark2005 and so far i get about 500 points more coz of the new CPU ;)

From 6600 ish to about 7050 ish

Man does the new cpu run sooooo much cooler :P

It idles like 28 C in this weather !

100% load it runs no hotter than 49C (Dual Prime 95)

Had a quick blast on some games (SiN and WoW) and they deffo feel faster. Even windows in general feels sooo much more responsive.

More benchies when i can get the time to do them ;)

Lusty

[Taxation]

my X2 3800 is idling at 40C, i might just have to lap the cpu and the cpu water block :twisted:

[Lustral]

Im running on air :P Using a Zalman 9500 :P

[Taxation]

mine is now at 37C :( , using water, barely audible fan speed :D

[novanick]

AMD

[Big Beere]

AMD ALLLL THHE WAYYYYYYYYYYY

AMD FOR GAMING

INTEL FOR THE ODD JOBS :)

INTEL ARE NO MATCH TO AMD


BIG B 8)

[Lustral]

AMD ALLLL THHE WAYYYYYYYYYYY

AMD FOR GAMING

INTEL FOR THE ODD JOBS :)

INTEL ARE NO MATCH TO AMD


BIG B 8)

lol

[Taxation]

not anymore

[DogsiWoo]

Been Intel since I can remember apart from our first desktop which was an IBM 120 - Still got that in my components box!

*looks at Doug in Lusty's sig* ...Hmmm...Anyone reckon the Intel CEO sent that in an e-mail to the AMD CEO when the C2D benchies were released? :P

[gwendes]

I think Danno started this to make people fight! I don't care, AMD and Intel are so equally matched. If you don't believe me I would challange you to tell, purely from within a game or application, if you are using an AMD or Intel.

No one can.

I have several of each, including 'other'. Still love my RISC!

[Taxation]

cyrix all the way baby :wink:

[David T]

I can't do the poll again, but I now have 2 gaming PC's.

An AMD X2 4200 (7800GTX, 2gb ram) and a Intel Core2Duo E6700 (x2 7600GT in SLI, 2gb ram) and they both rock :D

[gwendes]

I can't do the poll again, but I now have 2 gaming PC's.

An AMD X2 4200 (7800GTX, 2gb ram) and a Intel Core2Duo E6700 (x2 7600GT in SLI, 2gb ram) and they both rock :D

They're paying you too much mate!

[Taxation]

maybe he just re-mortgaged his house/flat/caravan(u never know) :roll:

[David T]

Actually, I transfered my entire credit card balance to a new capital one card with zero interest, then put everything apart from the cpu onto the card I'd just taken the money off of. Its taken me two months worth of saving to get the new Intel based PC and I used a few bits I already had as well :P

I am now poor. Next month when the new credit card bill arrives I will be even poorer :lol: (but its worth it :twisted: )

[beardyman]

*wonders about the people who choose "other" if there are any* :shock:

AMD all the way (x4 pc's) except for 1 lone Intel 466 Celeron, which Incidently was my main PC for ages and to this day still works like a charm :D

Gotta love the IDT Winchip.......

[djgandy]

*wonders about the people who choose "other" if there are any* :shock:

AMD all the way (x4 pc's) except for 1 lone Intel 466 Celeron, which Incidently was my main PC for ages and to this day still works like a charm :D

Gotta love the IDT Winchip.......


ahhhh thank you, thats the brand i was trying to think of the other day ;)

[TheMadDutchDude]

Intel, all the way DEFO'

I have always opted for the Inted CPU's as they give me what I am looking for, my Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz, 512KB cache (old I have upgraded!!) EASY out performs a AMD Athlon 2800+ @2GHz!

STICK WITH INTEL FOR LIFE XD

[wuyanxu]

currently, i have Intel, q6600.

but AMD has been very good, always had AMD except this time, i went for quad core (when i bought it, q6600 just came down in price, AMD was still very quiet)

i would go for whichever gives most bang for bucks, q6600 after overclock, gives most bang for bucks, so i bought that. if Phonem can overclock to 4Ghz, it might be my next buy

[KaliBR]

C2D E6400 here, limited OC by mobo sadly, looking to get a P5k-E Wifi and break 3GHz .... however, I'm holding out a little ... maybe AMD next, but then ... a OC'd quad, oh my, if only to be rich and own both!!!

[TheMadDutchDude]

LOL I think you should stay with Intel, I have never liked an AMD system, I am only 15 so I usually have to wait a good few months before I can buy one part LOL! But I do make sure that I can get good INTEL parts ;) I currently only got an Intel Pentium D 915, 2.8GHz 2x2mb cache, I have tried to clock it, by around 400MHz, the increase is barely noticable. I think if you are planning to clock, get a Q6600!!!!
I don't use mine much in the way for gaming though, that is what my Xbox360 is for ;)

[Markymicro]

I have always been an Intel fan never bothered with AMD, I have the E6600 set at 3.0GHz, however, I have had it running over 3.0GHz, I think it was about 3.4GHz @ 401FSB can't remember but I have pics at home with results (but I am at work at the minute). I have the Q9450 on order and I am keen to do some OC/benching to see what it will do!!

[fynn]

currently got a AMD 64 3700 (socket 939) used to have a p4 2.8 and then changed to the amd,also got a p4 2.6 in my daughters comp. not sure what to get for next upgrade, all depends on cash, unless someones got a cheap socket 939 duel core going.............lol

[Chewie]

Suprised to see this thread still going, but with less posts than I'd have thought would be here.

Currently looking at (finally after many many moons of wishing) upgrading. Looks like i gonna bite the bullet and crossover to the Intel side, once they release the new catalogues. Current Isys Elite Pro novatech machine (yea, i really is skint) with the new processor when its finalised. (C2D E8100 is the whisper)

see sig.

[UKGouki]

Intel Core2 quad 6600

[banger]

Intel all the way, the thermal trip seals it for me on high end CPUs. :D

[TheMadDutchDude]

All CPUs are covered by the thermal tripping. Most as far as I am aware if not all have Thermal Throttling, I know that Intel CPUs do, but not too sure about AMD. I am sure they do but can't promise you anything.

[plasmafroot]

e7200 running at stock speed

[matz]

i love people that join a forum just to do that =) its nice to know some people are grabing the E7200 and what i think is a marvelous processor for the cash.
speaking of cash i dont know what to spend mine on :P

[supertech]

I have an Intel Pentium Dual Core, although thinking upgrading to AMD Athlon 64 X2!

[matz]

your better off trying the intel wagon if your already on it.

[Jonny2Bad]

I have an Intel Pentium Dual Core, although thinking upgrading to AMD Athlon 64 X2!
why? The intels are still better at the moment, so i would stick with intel bud.

[supertech]

I was thinking though as my pentium dual core is only 1.6 running vista and the Athlon X2 I was looking at is 2.6,

Will this offer a majour improvement?

Thanks

[matz]

well your talking about moving away from intel and onto AMD, i must say they are both good. but a intel core2duo would be best, you must think that an amd3800 2.4ghz beats the P4s back in the day but intel have taken over most of the majority of the market shares. could you please tell us what socket you are on and we can advise on what would be best?

[StorageTechnologist]

Desktops:-

AMD Athlon X2600
AMD Athlon X3000
Intel Xeon 2G
Intel P4 666Mhz (don't laugh, it runs my NAS box)

Lap-tops
AMD X2-64 (not sure about clock speed, son's PC)
Intel Celeron 1.2G
Intel Duo 1.8G

[supertech]

Socket 775, Thanks

If I move to AMD I probably get an AM2 Gigabyte Motherboard.

[erphy100]

Still running a AMD Athlon 850mb purchased 1999 great for solitair etc.

[Topitoff]

One of the very 1st E8400s in UK - does 4.23Ghz @ 1.39v :grin:

[Duke]

Intel E8400 with a mild overclock to 3.4GHz :cool:

[DoubleTop]

Intel Quad in my desktop, dual core 2duo in my laptop.

The yougest boys machine is a sckt754 AMD, and my other sons laptop is an Intel Celeron I think.

DT.

[Trifid]

A naked AMD Opteron 170 @ 2.5GHz (limited by board, previous owner had it at 3GHz for benching, 2.8 24/7).

I am looking to upgrade in late spring.

[Craig_T]

Running an AMD X2 4200+ 2.2GHz

I have always been AMD but I am thinking of going Intel i7 on my next upgrade!

[AntiHeroUK]

A q6600 for now.

[russraine]

read my specs below and weap baby.

[PMM]

Like Topitoff (http://forum.novatech.co.uk/member.php?u=8944) I got a E8400 as soon as they hit - made a special drive to secure said CPU as fast as possible.

Cracker of a CPU , I run it 3.8Ghz passive winter / 3.6 Passive Summer ((passive meaning no heatsink fan running due to the monster heatsink.)) I like things nice and quite :)

CPU will do 4Ghz+ on air and good cooling over 4.5Ghz on water

[TankJon]

E8400 is a great CPU. Runs super cool even with the stock HSF and lots of overclocking :D

[mithrandir]

FInetuning my new build which will have a e4600 (currently at 3ghz OC)
Net PC = AMD 900mhz
other gaming PC = AMD Opty 146 @ 2.8ghz

:D

[Geege]

I have just upgraded my computer and purchased a new Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 (E0 stepping). All that I've done is increased the FSB in the BIOS to 400MHz (and also disabled C1E Halt State etc) and with a multiplier of 10x have so far managed an overclock from 3.3GHz to 4.0GHz. This is using an Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 CPU cooler. Very happy with this CPU and hope to overclock it some more.

[Silk]

Was an AMD diehard for years but went with a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 last year.

[Willzo101]

My main PC is an intel Q6600 which is overclocked to 3.4Ghz atm and i have a lappy which is running an AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core @ 2.4Ghz

[Yorkshire_Man]

Current PC is Intel C2D, previous was Pentium 4 and pretty much always used Intel.

[stillgame]

Started with AMD a few years ago, then turned to the light side, Intel.
Running an E6700 today, but getting my new E8500 tomorrow, so i will be having some overclocking fun for a day or two.

[Mechanics Fan]

This poll is rubbish too, as I've got an Intel E2180 but I've been listed as having an AMD processor :evil:

[Beefnoodlez]

Had several Amd's, but now switched to intel ..Core i7 all the way baby! :lol:

[snakedoc]

Got an E6750 and just got myself a q6600 to swap it with.

[jonbanjo]

Currently (counting a spare and one I'll be giving away soon) 6/7 boxes here are AMD. The exception is my laptop.

I've never been interested in being the fastest PC in town but I've gone for what I felt offered me reasonable performance for the money. Rightly or wrongly, that took me in the AMD direction, at least from the K5 . I've never seen reason to change so these days, I think there is a habit factor too.

[J-T]

Amd 6000
amd 5200
amd 4800

[Tenshi]

hi there i have a intel pentium 4 processor on a asrock p4i65g motherboard with 2 gb of ddr333 ram and have a Ati sapphire 2600 HD pro (AGP) Graphics card

How poor eh :):)

[gbunch]

I have 2 P4's one at 3.2GHz and one at 3.0GHz. Had AMD's before but prefer the Intel's. In my opinion Intel's perform better and more stable from experience.

[Willzo101]

One vote for 'other'

What was that then? :S

[Andreios]

I used to have mainly AMD processors until a few years ago and now almost all of my machines are Intel based. My most recent are Core 2s, these are a E6400, a Q9450 and my laptop has a P8600.

[midnightray]

Q6600 ftw.

Haven't tried AMD since my althon rig ;)

[cycloneray]

always been intel :)

[Ammok]

My main machine is a barton 2500 oc'd to 3200, been that way for three years so no complaints
My X2 6000 is my gaming rig, but I've only got stalker on at the mo
My other two athlons have been given away and still doing surfing mail and womens stuff
My old pentiums are still going as kiddies machines
and my tosh is a core 2 duo

I like amd best, but can't argue with intel's quality, they are just too expensive for what they are though

I still got a cyrix p200 in a box too

[ev1ljls]

Intel, love the E8xx Wolfdales, very stable and easily overclocked!

[RawZ]

AMD X2 7750+ BE. Probably the best AMD dual out there right now & most overclockerable.

Why did i go AMD? Cheap.

[ccxo]

Have a Intel E6600 dual core atm though have a QX6850 in its box

[cjph]

Hi
Intel E2160 o/c'd to 3.06GHz.

cjph

[doug7131]

One vote for 'other'

What was that then? :S
i think via do a few cpu's
saw them on some older mini-itx mobo's

[TamiyaGuy]

Interesting that AMD certainly seems to be popular here. I have an Intel Celeron D from the good ol' days. 3.2GHZ, shame I can't overclock it, really. It'd be a laugh, especially when the smoke arrives ;).

[magichater]

amd for me :)

[KyleG]

AMD for me and i'm gonna stay with AMD by getting the Phenome II hopefully soon :).

[zulcielo]

ive got the AMD Phenom 9950 be. but might invest in a i7 or phenom 2 not decided yet

[Josama Bin Eating]

i7 920 = Gaming rig
Q9450 = Internet/General rig

[Kenman]

AMD, ever since my Tandy Model II

[cje]

Q6600 @ 3ghz. My striker II gets too hot at anything above that as I haven't plumbed it.

[Pr0totype]

Intel ftw!!!!!!!

[CHokKA]

Got Intel in my main PC, and AMD in the rest. I've always preferred AMD over Intel due to the differences in price, but when the Intel C2Q Q6600 G0 dropped in price, I nabbed one of them :)

[shaffaaf27]

just sold my Q9550 E0 4GHz and my T9400 2.53GHz.

am going back to my E2140 clock to 3.4GHz

[cje]

Got Intel in my main PC, and AMD in the rest. I've always preferred AMD over Intel due to the differences in price, but when the Intel C2Q Q6600 G0 dropped in price, I nabbed one of them :)

Gone back up now haven't they?

I've also got an AMD X2 6000+ with Live! or whatever it's called, with an 8600GT.

My Q6600 with 9800GTX+ in SLI laughs on it. But I can't compare both rigs really. The AMD setup is solid, reliable and smooth.

My Q6600 rig is horrible, due to instability with the Striker II Extreme mobo. Sorted them out now, turns out my NB temps were too high. Guess I need to Watercool.

[lagonda]

An Intel desktop in living room, an amd laptop in bedroom,amiga 1200 in loft.

[Slovax]

An Intel Pentium 4 lol... i really need to upgrade. :D

[I3R0K3N7FEET]

AMD P2 940 << tbh intel are powerful but<< lack quality<< and heart<< i regularly use both intel and amd.. and im not a fan of either<< more a case of its the only 2 companies that really provide<< a lot of people jump on the intel band wagon as a case of yeh.. my john thomas is bigger than yours... but tbh<< its not really the case both companies deploy different architecture and both are different, amd definately has had its share of problems<< but choose between the two? amd, for price, quality, and<< their latest releases though over a year behind schedule looks set to be pretty good, im curious to see the new P2 x4 955 @ 3.2ghz @ only 1.25v, apparently it will overclock better than the 940, hiting 4ghz+ on air<< quite frankly i cant really justify the cost of something that ultimately<<< i wont really notice that much<<the p2's and i7's are more poweful than us mere mortals need to play with anyway..

ooh my benches beat your benches<< whatever<< i kick your *** on whatever game regardless of what youre running it on ;)<<<

[shaffaaf27]

have amd stopped you using full stops and commas?

[I3R0K3N7FEET]

noOOO, i like to use more dynamic punctuation<^>v^<v>^v <^> << im allowed to because im a Pokemon master xD lolz

[Smartster]

INTEL!!!!!!!
Core 2 Quad Q8200
4x2.33ghz

[Martini1991]

AMD Phenom II 940!

[DragonWoLf]

Q6600 SLACR or slacker as i say it :agree:

[I3R0K3N7FEET]

im waiting eagerly for my p2 955 to be delivered 2moro xD

[Dano]

Intel in my current main rig, secondary has AMD, whatever is best bang for buck at the time generally :)

[Phil_]

Intel Q6600.

[nate]

have AMD atm but am going to switch over to intel very soon

[DTX]

Intel E5200 (Pentium Dual-Core)
Cheap, but very overclockable. Currently have mine at 3.2GHz, plan on upping this to about 3.6 when I get decent cooling

[Frog]

Used have AMD all the time..but the Intel core 2 is a superb processor.

[Fibre]

Intel E8500, only my second Intel (had E6600 before), as i used to be AMD. :)

[Penfold_90]

Had an old Intel Pentium something-or-other but have now upgraded (slightly) to an Intel Core i7 920

[skunksmash]

Intel E6750 ....''monster OCer'' :biggrin:



:)SK

[shaffaaf27]

e5200, which i cant oc more than 2.7ghz :mad:

[Desertmonk]

I'm unlucky, and evidently stupid, enough to have bought an AMD X2 machine just before Conroe really took off and a few months before the first wolfdales emerged. Doh.

[cjph]

Another E5200 user here - 2nd Intel after 4 AMDs.

cjph

[OmegaStalker]

Intel i7 920 here (overclocked to 3.6ghz on stock cooling, a bit hot so i tend not to run it this high unles im gaming...) a decent improvment on my old E4700 :p...

[barnabear]

I guess our "main PC" is the one we use most of the time. That would be our MythTV server. I've just upgraded that from E1200 to E5200. Can't seem to get it beyond 1.7 GHz per core, so I'll have to check up on the BIOS settings tomorrow. Unfortunately our TV doesn't display the BIOS menu, so I'll have to connect up an LCD monitor.

Power consumption seemed to drop about 5 Watts (probably due to the 45nm technology), although I have chewed that up and more my upgrading to high performance Geil memory. Hey-ho.

I've allowed Myth to run 1 job at high priority (e.g. commercial flagging), so this dedicates at most one core, leaving the other free for playback and recording. This is more than enough. The commercial flagging can run up to about 400 fps, which is 16x real time.

Not tried overclocking this yet. I'm more likely just to leave this at standard clock settings, I have more than enough power now.

I tend to standardise on Intel S775 processors, but have a couple of Atom 330 boards. These seem perfectly adequate for lightweight gaming, surfing and video playback.

[sharpapotheosis]

Intel FTW, unless the promised upcoming ARM are any good.
ATM, I am running an intel celeron at 2.4gHz (stock speed, my dell motherboard doesn't allow for overclocking :()

[greeme]

Intel Core 2 Q9550 @ 3.6GHz overclocked, default @ 2.83GHz :)

Its one BAYST of a CPU:thumbs:

[knightmaric]

A real POS intel celeron D 351.

[Steer]

i7 920 at 2.66Ghz. Before that I had a Pentium M at 2.0Ghz, so quite a nice upgrade :-)

[Jambone]

Intel 8400 ~ 3.7ghz :)

[Safeman]

mines a intel Q6600 2.4ghz old school :(

[Mr. Lime]

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Also


*wonders what others there can be*

[Crazy BigGaz]

I currently got an Intel E2220 2.4Ghz Dual Core.
Been thinking about overclocking it, as I heard it can be a good overclock CPU

In the other PC I have a Intel P4 3.2Ghz

[Brooksie]

Intel Q6600

[_JustChris_]

Amd ftw!!!!!

[kylzer]

Q6700 :) it overclocks fairly good.

[djmikeyl]

AMD For Me! :)

[aaron333]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200. Got a Akasa 965 so gonna try overclock the **** out of it.

[djmikeyl]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ , 2x 3.0GHz Socket AM2 2MB L2 Cache :)

[Shadow_Nin9a]

in my next build i will go amd

what other cpus is there beside intel and amd

self build cpu?

[sharpapotheosis]

soon there will be ARM
but currently, unless someone is running an old power PC MAC, then I have no idea

[Cr4cK]

AMD 4 Life
Was a AMDx2 5000+ Black
Now
AMD Phenom II 940 Black

[CraigN]

Q9650 @ 4ghz

[Dennis.]

E6600 @ 3.2Ghz.

[atf300]

e6600 atm , to be replaced with q9650

[Deus]

Well, I like the big numbers so I had to go with Intel.

[smifis]

You've got VIA cpus

Anyway i have the E2180

[wayne12]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ , 2x 3.1GHz for me it will always be AMD. never really liked intel.

[Ging3r]

Q6600 ftw :D

[mouldeeves]

intel are a favourite of mine :) they may be more expensive but im a bit of a fanboy

[David84]

Motorola 68030 FTW

[darklift]

Intel inside all the way..

[KrooKedUK]

q6600 @ 3.2 .... seems like a really old cpu now :p

[sharpapotheosis]

Motorola 68030 FTW

BBC micro?

I'm now running a P4 @ single core 2.5gHz

[Youngie1337]

Intel Q6600.

[ViRuS2k]

Did have a quad 6600 about 2 weeks ago ;)

[Toxcity]

Q6600 @ 4Ghz (until the recent heat).

[Neo1607]

Always went with AMD processors in my rigs, last time i had a Intel Processor was back in the P2 days. I have always preferred AMD for some reason.

Got a AMD X4 9850 Black Edition just now

[stevemilw]

e6850 dualcore 3ghz oc to 3.6ghz 1600 fsb to match 800mhz ram 1:1

[dmb]

Fedup of being second best !!!
AMD/Intel
Gone for Intel, used to be an AMD user then i woke up and smelt the coffee.

[randomist]

AMD, when i've been looking to buy they've usually offered better real world performance for the price, and looks like they might again with phenom 2 vs i7/C2D at my budget

[greeme]

Intel a Q9550 may I add. Quite an overlord chip:)

[SilverSurfer1959]

I run a q9450...

[robyrantor2]

i think intel lol :)

[H_a_p_p_y]

Q6600 at 3.6Ghz.

[IainK]

no offence, but i've read all three of your posts, and none of them made any sense... :S

[shaffaaf27]

i have reported him

[IainK]

beat me to it, i was about to aswell :P

[{SAS}TB]

Q6600 - A bit long in the tooth now, but still does the job :D

[escape.artist]

e8400 @ 4.1ghz
FSB at 1784.1!
making for 892mhz ram aswell.

definatly beats the 3ghz athlon 6000 in my downstair PC.
doesnt overclock well at all and the intel build is just faster.

[Jacobite]

E8600 @ 4GHz...

can go higher, but 4GHz is plenty when my PC is on 24/7.

[arciks]

I got I7 core 920 DO 2.67 stepping overclocked to 4.11Ghz

[Bryski]

Currently have an i7 920 C0 @ 3.92Ghz, hopefully changing to a D0 soon :)

Bry.

[Mike]

My old main PC had an Athlon 4200, but my current main PC has an Intel E8400 running at 3.0 GHz cause I really can't be bothered with OC'ing it :p
My "server" PC has an AMD Athlon 2000XP - which is copes with Server 2008 quite well considering.
My old X15 U50SI1 notebook runs an Intel Celeron 530 (woot ;))
My X60MV notebook runs an Intel T3400 (although I think I might upgrade this to a P8700)

[r3d_5p00n]

Intel E8500...................................:D

[LordRain]

Well,i prefer AMD...don't need to spend 200 pounds for mobo and another 100 for drr3!:agree:...new socket am3 cpu's will fit in am2+ socket...and a good ddr2 memory it's more than enough for everything...and according to some reviews it seems that ddr3 memory is better with about 1-5% that ddr2...:(
What can i say?love AMD and waiting dxd 11 gpu at the end of the year:agree:

My specs: Phenom 2 940 BE | MOBO GA-MA770-UD3 | 6GB DDR2 667mhz|SAPPHIRE HD 4830|WD 320GB+WD 500GB|CORSAIR TX 750 PSU| ANTEC 900 :trophy:

[GeorgeStorm]

Well, at the moment its a 720BE, prefer it to my e7300, and feels quicker even though im now on an old 5400rpm HDD, and only 1gb RAM, and its only clocked at 3G.
Go AMD!

[osxkris]

i7 920 D0 in my daily dev machine. I've been using Intel exclusively for the past few years, I used to always use AMD stuff. Can't remember what prompted the change...

[gammybaby]

I have a nice C0 stepping i7920 which i bought from Novatech lat week under the guise of a 920 D0! Novatech says it is a D0..CPUID says C0...and by mistake i knocked over the box to find an intel sticker saying SLCBH and not SLBEJ as it states on the NOVATECH sticker...not happy AT ALL! -- have semt a e-mail to customer services - I expect itto be resolved MONDAY - or i'm of to trading Standards under missale of goods....and I aint jokin!!

Not Happy!

[gammybaby]

And before anyone asks - I asked for and paid for a i7 D0 920 - and Novatech sticker says it is - but it is not! I expect a full refund OR a new processor plus fuel money as each time I spend over 500 quid with you something goes wrong! This is ridiculous!:(

[Helior]

I'm sure nova will sort it out m8, especially if you lose the attitude ;)

[Asce]

Best to get hold of someone in Tech support first thing.

[Brad]

I have a nice C0 stepping i7920 which i bought from Novatech lat week under the guise of a 920 D0! Novatech says it is a D0..CPUID says C0...and by mistake i knocked over the box to find an intel sticker saying SLCBH and not SLBEJ as it states on the NOVATECH sticker...not happy AT ALL! -- have semt a e-mail to customer services - I expect itto be resolved MONDAY - or i'm of to trading Standards under missale of goods....and I aint jokin!!

Not Happy!


And before anyone asks - I asked for and paid for a i7 D0 920 - and Novatech sticker says it is - but it is not! I expect a full refund OR a new processor plus fuel money as each time I spend over 500 quid with you something goes wrong! This is ridiculous!:(


Rofl is this guy for real? They picked up the wrong box by accident and will swap you for a D0 of course. You could go cry to trading standards but its not the end of the world tbh.

[gammybaby]

They did NOT pick up the wrong BOX!

It states a D0 chip on the sticker on the box.
i.e. a novatech sticker - yet it is a C0 which I now see after installing - not about wrong box unless someone put wrong sticker in the first place when they did this! I have a stock code label on it showing D0!

[Helior]

They did NOT pick up the wrong BOX!

It states a D0 chip on the sticker on the box.
i.e. a novatech sticker - yet it is a C0 which I now see after installing - not about wrong box unless someone put wrong sticker in the first place when they did this! I have a stock code label on it showing D0!

unless someone put wrong sticker in the first place? but wait, thats an impossibility, they definately were out to get you mate, want to borrow my tinfoil hat?

[system7]

I think I'd trust the Intel hologrammed label on the box most. lol. The CPU itself will have the S Spec number printed on it if your eyesight is good too.

Just be sure your CPU-Z Utility is the latest version if you want to trust it completely.

[gammybaby]

why are you guys taking the pi$$?

The box says C0 (intel)..CPUID says C0 stepping...that is why I checked it... I believed the Novatech sticker - after all that is what i believed I was getting! The novatech sticker is obviously wrong... - get a life -and give a fellow a bit of support....Unless i'd gone on google and checked I would have been none the wiser..And if you want to further take the mick - then more fool you! and sad - Just hope none of your mates go and buy a D0 thinking that to be the case - and see ithe sticker from Novatech saying it a D0 - when in fact it is a C0!-- good night peops!:confused:

[gammybaby]

and by the way it is current cpuid cpuz 1.52 - july 2009!

[gammybaby]

if this is the way you guys and Novatech operate - then shall give my business to OCs or the like - I have spent thousands at NT and would expect a bit more support from NT customers or supporters - but hey - whatever!

[Asce]

Best to get hold of someone in Tech support first thing.

If you got hold of Tech support, and not been posting in here you would have had it resolved by now. Yes there as Novatech staff on here but they cant be on here at the same time as they are working. Anyone can make a mistake like that, its not hard as both boxes are the same at a quick glance.

[Lambda]

if this is the way you guys and Novatech operate - then shall give my business to OCs or the like - I have spent thousands at NT and would expect a bit more support from NT customers or supporters - but hey - whatever!

I pity da foo' who can't put no stickaz on dem box'!

[gammybaby]

issue appears to be resolved - very nice guy(steve?) acknowledged their fault and is replacing it with a new D0 plus giving me 10 pounds for fuel! My faith is restored - and yes maybe I should have been a bit less grumpy! But hey am happy that they have not quibbled and tried to resolve the problem quickly - well done Novatech:smile:

[coursemyhorse]

I've had probably about an equal number of Intel Vs AMD CPUs, but currently on Intel Core 2 Duo purely because at the time of upgrade the core2duos were untouchable in temrs of value for money. I'm running an Intel e2160 that I got for about £40 100% overclocked.

[Superewza]

E2140... **** pre builts.

[gurusan]

the E2140 is not a bad cpu. If it's pre-built you probably can't clock it though :(

[McstylisT]

Just completed a new build recently. Using the Intel i7 920 @ 3.4ghz currently , but have the Corsair H50 WC CPU cooler coming soon so expect to go higher.

McT

[johnniegif]

Intel Q6600 @3.6GHz. Very happy.

[Daviesboi08]

Another Intel fan, q9400 . . . . upgrade soon but must stay on socket 775 for themean time as cant afford new mobo . . . . ideas?

[Daviesboi08]

I have a nice C0 stepping i7920 which i bought from Novatech lat week under the guise of a 920 D0! Novatech says it is a D0..CPUID says C0...and by mistake i knocked over the box to find an intel sticker saying SLCBH and not SLBEJ as it states on the NOVATECH sticker...not happy AT ALL! -- have semt a e-mail to customer services - I expect itto be resolved MONDAY - or i'm of to trading Standards under missale of goods....and I aint jokin!!

Not Happy!
Christ matey you was not happy, . . . . all you had to do was pop in to the store or called them explaing your issue before being a complete ****!
people make mistakes, get over it.

[shaffaaf27]

Another Intel fan, q9400 . . . . upgrade soon but must stay on socket 775 for themean time as cant afford new mobo . . . . ideas?
stay on it its not liek you can get much better than what you have. its not worth upgrading to a Q9550/Q9650.

jsut OC the Q9400

[Daten]

Duno why but ive always been an amd man Using a bad amd athlon 64 x2 :)

[rampageturke]

AMD Always, Mostly paired with ASUS Mobo

[bagleyboy]

I'm using a AMD X2 4600+ in my main rig atm.

[Superewza]

the E2140 is not a bad cpu. If it's pre-built you probably can't clock it though :(

Exactly the same situation i'm in. Looking to get some upgrades soon though :)

[IainK]

get a cheap £30 G31 and overclock that mother :)

[T O]

I 7 920......

[Superewza]

get a cheap £30 G31 and overclock that mother :)

Hmm, i was planning on putting it back in it's original case and putting it on the bay, then using that to buy something like an E3300 and a G31 board (as well as some memory and a HDD), which i've heard gets to 4GHz... i've managed to 'acquire' a watercooling loop of sorts.

[bagleyboy]

A watercolling loop? How did you achive that, may I ask? I'm quite curious now lol

[Superewza]

Let's just say i got friends in high places http://runescape.salmoneus.net/forums/style_emoticons/default/greenhat.gif

[bagleyboy]

You....you.....friend of people in high places!
Honestly though, I need a new rig, my CPU pales in comparson to mostly all the others posted T_T

[Superewza]

Hmm. I got it at the same time as this Akasa Eclipse, Paxpower 400W, WD360 and x1950 Pro... and i got a DVD Drive from another person. Guess how much i payed for it?

[Naphta]

i7 920 :) .

[IainK]

@ bagleyboy PM me if/when you're thinking of selling your CPU, i'm already circling like a vulture ;)

[charliebruce]

I started building machines exclusively when the Core 2 line was released - and I haven't looked back or towards the "other side" since. My next machine will be built with an i7, and whilst I have issues with Asus in the past, I think I'l be going with a P6T. On the other hand, my first gaming graphics card was a nVidia, and I'm pretty sure my next one will be an ATI 4890 or above.

[chrisjb]

core i7 860:D

[Tracdoor]

(untested) Phenom 955 :-)

[Dappo]

Intel Q9550

[Seanbond]

Read my specs :D

[Jivemaster Funk]

Currently a Q6600. Soon to be an i7 920, just waiting for the delivery van to turn up. :xgrin:

[Pixelate]

Intel - I find AMD overheats to much.

[simon d]

i7 920 overclocked to 4Ghz

[Smudger]

i have a pleasing AMD 965 (check specs) at about 3.something GHz. Good price

[Pixulated]

AWW come on AMD don't die on me here...

[Aquillae]

Old Phenom 9950 at 2.8Ghz will be replacing soon now I'm back in a job :-)

[DigitalDarkness]

Currently running using athlon xII m300 . . . . :(

Acer aspire 7540g lappy.
will do untill buy my super dooper gaming rig . . . . . .

[shaffaaf27]

Q6600 :) wont upgrade till bulldozer/sandybridge.

[jimmyedmo]

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 @ 3.45GHz

Upgrading my whole PC (getting rid of the graphics card as I no longer game) around Christmas time.

[Peeej]

P4 something or other, E6300 Conroe core & Q9550 all at stock.

[codemonkey]

Intel i5 750 at the moment

[Martini1991]

Phenom II 1055T @ 3.9GHZ under water cooling.

[Turbojo]

Intel i7 920 @ 4.4GHZ in my desktop and a AMD Phenom X2 555 @ 4GHZ in my server.

[randommagik6]

Currently Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.2GHz Overclocked to 3.0GHz @ 1.344v on Hyper TX3,

Idle = 28*c Load = 46*c MAX

stressed for an hour

[alan2273]

Phenom 950

[kevin36thi]

Q6600...Did have an i7 but I never needed such POWER.

[randommagik6]

New Processor:

Athlon II X4 640 @ 3GHz

[blackshadow]

well my comp is pretty old but gets the job done(it can play my RTS games so its still good :))

but at present my computer run with a
pentium 4 proccessor 2.8ghz OC's to 3.9ghz(wouldve pushed for 4 but chickend out :D)
im accually surpised it got that far without disintergrating to be honest aswell since i only have the CPU fan and 2 fans on the case for cooling and it only reaches a max of 35'C and thats only if im playing a game its about 29 to 31 when im not (so not that much of an increase)

im hopeing when i get the cash to get a new MB to fit a Phenom X4 to it

[Bladesfist]

Phenom II x 6

[101m4n]

athlon 2 x2 240 @ 3.5ghz, will get 1090t in future :)



but at present my computer run with a
pentium 4 proccessor 2.8ghz OC's to 3.9ghz(wouldve pushed for 4 but chickend out :D)

if you only get 35c under full load @ 3.9ghz then 4ghz should be a breeze!

[randommagik6]

Can you enable changing votes? what if I decided to get an i7 :D

[Wrex]

Intel E8400 stock speed

[blondeandy]

E6750 due for an upgrade :)

[Desktopstu]

Hard to believe I know but my main pc has an elderly intel pentium 4 M 3.2Ghz cpu. runs all my games brilliantly so I ended up selling all my intel and amd multi cores including the Q6600, e6300, e4300, Pentium D 805 and AMDx2 4400 and 5000. Im sure I will return to multi core some day but for now I dont have the need.

My current rig-

Intel P4 m 3.2Ghz (great with speedstep :-) )
Scythe shuriken cooler
ASrcok i945 chipset motherboard
2 x 1gb DDR800 ram
CiT 480w psu (pretty much silent)
AMD / ATi Powercolour 5770 graphics
IDE optical
IDE 160gb HD (soon to be replaced)
Vista home premium
superflower beige case with side and top windows

I really do agree with gwendes on the whole intel v amd thing, in practice you wont see a huge ammount if any difference in similar priced AMD or Intel cpus, only benchmarks can really show a difference there.

[Lunawolfy]

Intel i5 2500k

I just feel that in day to day activity Intel wipe AMD. Especially for mobile processors.

My AMD lappy sits crying in the shadow of my Missus Intel laptop.