ok i rethought this

[buffaloclone]

i rethought my computer so tell me if this would be a good setup

Motherboard http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2959594&body=REVIEWS

Graphics card http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2892981&body=REVIEWS

Case http://www.xoxide.com/aspire-x-cruiser-case-green.html

CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

CD/DVD drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135159

CD/DVD burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106228


i want to over clock the cpu so it's 3.0 gigaherts. i diddnt pou ram on but il get 2 gb of oc'd ram. il be ether running XP or dulebooting with vista.

Taka - Please hyperlink your links next time for more user friendly clicking, it just takes 2 extra secs.

[Takahashi]

Everything looks ok good, get good cooling though, an essential.

[torque154]

Next time use links
The motherboard should be changed to this one or something else.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

Suggest looking at AMD quad core.  don't know it's overclocking abilities because it's brand new.  more caches and different sizes.  it's cheaper by 10 USD.  Also if you try to overclock it to 3.0 it's going to be hard for the Quad to get to.  you will need another heatsink to get it that high.  they create a lot of heat

[buffaloclone]

the fastest quad core AMD i can find is 2.3GH and its the same price as a intel quad core. i want to get the core up to 3.0GH  what would be the easyist way to do that

[buffaloclone]

oh so now i found a dule core AMD with 3.0 GH so what is better? dule core 3.0 GH or quad core 2.3 GH? now im confused

[MattZani]

AMD's Quad Cores are actually Quad Cores, not Like Intels Quads (Basically 2 Duals on 1 chip)

So, i would go with the new AMD

[buffaloclone]

but amds cheaper dule core has more GHs than their quad cores. shouldnt the quad be faster  if its that mutch more expensave

[MattZani]

What you have to do, is realise, whilst the faster it is, the faster it will be, technically a 2ghz dual core is 4ghz, and a 2ghz quad core is 8ghz, its just you have more than one.

On a Dual core, you could have 2 apps running with 2Ghz each, on a quad, you could have 4 apps running with 2ghz each.

It depends whether you are going to be multi tasking more, or playing games.

(BTW, 2ghz was an example)