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dja2k said:
Okay will stay away from the PQI memory. How about this OCZ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227047 memory?

dja2k
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those would be good and here are some more choices... still with in you $$ is this ddr2-800 sticks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227030

here are the pc2-667.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231051
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231051

if i had to choose though and your video encoding save the money by buying the pc2-667 i listed and use the extra to buy the e6400. you can get it at ewiz for $264 with free shipping and 2nd day to most places works out to $10 more. http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=E6400BOX
as much as i like newegg the price gouging on the c2d's needs to stop. i mean really i paid $343 from BLT for a e6600 and egg has it for $459. Use someone else for the C2D's dont place all you money in one place when they do crap like this.
 
pscout said:
If all else is equal, the allendale will consume less power and produce less heat. IF they are close performance wize for what you want to use them for, then i would definitiely go allendale.
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Yup. I'd go so far as to recommend the E6300 a THIRD time. Always go with newer tech. They'll make better drivers and bios updates for it and it will only improve. Like I said, my main objective is video editing as well (the only game I HAVE is Warcraft III, which should run like the DEMONS I'M TRYING TO KILL on my E6400...) and I started out wanting to get a D 805. Then someone explained to me the 65nm was better so I was going to get a 930, but by the time I had enough money to do so the E6300 was out at the EXACT SAME PRICE as the 930 in this country (199,95). So the choice was obvious. Then I got COMPLETELY CRAPPED ON when Intel didn't ship any E6300s (NONE. Not one person in France, who didn't bring it over themselves on a plane has an E6300) and was forced to get an overpriced (279.99!) E6400. So that's where I'm coming from.

And about the whole 950/E6300 at stock speeds thing: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/07/14/core2_duo_knocks_out_athlon_64/page15.html

I couldn't find the one with the E6300 but TRUST ME... the 950 wouldn't have a chance. Even in stock speed.

EDIT: Ahh... here we go. The E6300 at stock LAUGHING at the 965 Extreme edition... LAUGHING at it! http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2802&p=5
 
If your not on a tight budget I would say go E6300 to. But my point was is it really worth the extra$$ if at stock clocks performance wasn't any better on the E6300? I was just giving you a simlar system with equal if not better encoding performance for less money. Here is my under $200 pics for ram:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227139

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146118

Your going to be limited on good DDR2 2Gb on $200 and CD2 really needs a good set if you plan on OCing in the future.
 
Don't get me wrong guys, I am not picking one of your ideas for the others. I am just going with what most of you are agreeing with, mostly you guys are saying e6300 and ds3.

dja2k
 
Okay forget my $200 price limit. Give or take if it goes over, I need to find out what 2 gig kit works in the Gigabyte DS3. Some people are getting those you mentioned earlier and not working on their boards. Its all about motherboard and memory compatibility these days. Will google that board and see what memory they are using, hopefully I find something.

dja2k
 
bignick said:
Remember he is going to be using this computer for video editing. Netburst is faster than CD2 at encoding.
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Its only equal in video editing performance with a stout overclock then the C2D has a mild. IE no its not better.

And the E6400 will be less FSB limited on the GA-965P-DS3

I dont know what budget ram but you have to run 1:1 so you'll need it to run DDR2 800 and to overclock the quetion would be max frequency timings and Vdimm "what timings and as much as I can give it" ;)
 
greenmaji said:
Its only equal in video editing performance with a stout overclock then the C2D has a mild. IE no its not better.

And the E6400 will be less FSB limited on the GA-965P-DS3

I dont know what budget ram but you have to run 1:1 so you'll need it to run DDR2 800 and to overclock the quetion would be max frequency timings and Vdimm "what timings and as much as I can give it" ;)
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Well he's just talking about "stock". I don't even run my PDA at "stock" anymore... but to each his own :)

As a side note... because Asrock is a cheap Asus knockoff, my ASUS gameport connector works on the Asrock! That means I can connect my midi keyboard and run Reason with it. Hard rock returns in two days...
 
greenmaji? Um, I am a bit lost at your posting, are you voting for the E6300 beign better or not?

dja2k
 
Oh CRAP!

Almost forgot to tell... you the video editor: The DS3 does NOT come with a firewire port. You'll have to buy a card separately.

This is not an issue on the Asrock I'm running now because it has like 5 PCI slots or something... but when I get the DS3 it's going to get complicated because I'll have 1. Pci Firewire card 2. PCi TV card 3... i better choose 3 VERY well. And if you get a big video card and have to give up a pci slot...
 
To this point, I am running stock for one primary reason. This friend lives really far from me and if he has problems with the overclock, lets say, it resets, he won't know how to fix it. That is the primary reason.

dja2k
 
dja2k said:
To this point, I am running stock for one primary reason. This friend lives really far from me and if he has problems with the overclock, lets say, it resets, he won't know how to fix it. That is the primary reason.

dja2k
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No I totally understand you. Just watch out for that one IDE port/no firewire thing.
 
rainless said:
And if you get a big video card and have to give up a pci slot...
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false, the DS3 has two PCIe X1 slots between the PCIe X16 and the three PCI slots.


The Allendales are better then any pressler at stock.

the E6400 being the better match IMHO to the DS3's FSB then the E6300.

these should do..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065
they have the new D9 IC's.. I dont know what those you linked have.
 
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Who has a e6400 available right now, everyone is out! What do you mean better match, aren't both e6300 and e6400 FSB 1066 cause thats what I see?

dja2k
 
All he was saying is C2D is faster if both netberst and C2D have mild overclocks C2D wins. Netburst is only faster if it has a max overclock. I've seen all I need to see that at least stock vs. stock E6300 is the way to go. The only plus with the 945 combo is MUCH cheaper.
 
right now?
patents is a vertue that can save you some $$$$

last I heard Mwave had them.
Did you check Froogle?
 
What he meant was the mutiplier is higher on the E6400. So it won't be FSB limited when you do overclock. Although from what I've seen through members with the DS3 and E6300 like Dave B. it is still a great combo.
 
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