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Best Affordable Gaming Processor

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PredatoR33

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Hi, i guess i can truthfully say im quite a hardcore gamer:cool: and i have some extra money on hand, and i'm always lookin for a upgrade. What's the best/affordable processor money can buy for strictly gaming, and the usual web browsing and what not. I'm lookin to order some things already from http://tigerdirect.ca so, if it can be found there, great.

Specs:
OS: Windows XP Home Edition
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8IG1000MK
Processor: Intel Pentium 2.4GHz w/ Hyperthreading
Memory: 2x 256mb PC2700 DDR Ram
Video: Radeon 9600XT 128MB
Harddrive: 120GB Deskstar 180GXP, 7200rpm Hitachi 2mb cache
 
yea, i've been considering that also. but i want to do an all around upgrade kinda, i will definately consider some better ram.
 
Just out of curiosity, what does this have to do with SMP? Are you looking to change the specs to a dual-processor rig or something? :confused:
 
And if you're truely hardcore, you'll have one machine for your day to day stuff, and one machine for the long deep down dirty gaming sessions. Example,

Machine 1: Dual Opteron 240's, 2x80 SATA In RAID, 1GB Ram
Machine 2: AMD XP 2600+, 120GB EIDE, 1GB Ram

Can you guess which machine goes with me to lan parties for the long gaming sessions? And which one stays at home being badass? hehe.
 
Originally posted by RS3RS
Just out of curiosity, what does this have to do with SMP? Are you looking to change the specs to a dual-processor rig or something? :confused:
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I asked myself the same question.. :)

But, as suggested before me, you might want to spring for some PC4000 RAM to help with the overclocking.
 
i would suggest a 9800 pro instead of the 9600xt for an extra $40 or whatever the price difference is, not alot. just look for the sapphire radeon 9800 pro on newegg.com, its $220ish.

i would get windows xp professional, it can do everything windows xp home can do and more.
 
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