What's the best CPU and Mobo combination for performance gaming and why?
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Here is an article explaining why the single-core FX-57 would be faster for gaming than a dual core AMD;\nhttp://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/06/27/amd_fx_57/1.html\nAMD FX-57 is the fastest single core chip on the market.\nA DFI Lanparty board is best know for its overclocking abilities: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136009\nI believe the A8N32-SLI Deluxe has the fastest benchmarks of the motherboards for socket 939\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131568
137216
Less now than ever before.  The key to maximum performance now is matching the CPU, Memory, Bus, Hard drive and Video speeds.  Increasing any one of these may have little effect if the other four are "slow" in comparison.
195530
Supposedly it is because the theory is that games were not written to go on dual-core processors so the fastest single core one is the best,,therefore the AMD FX. The best video card to go with it IMHO is the Nvidia 7800GTX. If you have enough $$,then two of these in SLI will blow away anything. The 512MB Version of this card is over $700, so it all depends on how much money you have.
577908
OCZ or Crucial, if you want extreme gamng performance. For more flexibility Kingston are better.
118900
Stay away from the cheapest ones (PC Chips, etc) I have a fondness for Intel chipsets because I run Intel chips. GigaByte, Intel, and MSI all make good IntelCPU boards and I have personal good experience with them. For AMD CPUs I'd stick with Asus or MSI although I have heard good things about DFI LanParty boards
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for high end gaming you should go with AMD\n\nbut if you insist on using intel,  get the core 2 duo with 2q GB of ram\n\nyou can order it from newegg.com
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I highly recommend the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dual core processor if you are thinking of multitasking. Each core is based pretty much on the Venice core, and has 512 KB L2 cache. Each core runs at 2.0GHz, which is the same speed as the 90 nanometer process Athlon 64 3200+.\nFor about the same price, the best single core processor is the Athlon 64 4000+, with the San Diego core. It has 1MB of L2 cache. This is likely a better gaming processor than the X2 3800+, because it has has a 400MHz speed advantage in one thread. It also has a 1MB L2 cache.\nCurrently, all mainstream games are single threaded, meaning that they can't utilize the capabilities that dual core processors have. The dual core processor will perform very nicely in the environment of your operating system, but it won't have an advantage in gaming. Most people predict that multi-threaded PC games will become more common in the next few years, but there is a good chance they will do nicely on older single threaded systems at lower speeds.\nWhen it comes to games, your graphics card is far more important than the speed of your processor. Normal multitasking benefits most from the processor.\nOverall, I would recommend the Athlon 64 X2 3800+.
542983
Pentium Extreme E........ if u want real performance with games.\nIts a very good processor,but takes a lot of power.Also hav a pretty good cooling system if u r goin 4 dis
547851
I would say the Pentium 3 would be better. But for games I wouldn't really try to play much at all with either of those CPU's.
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If you're wanting to play newer MMORPG's, including Oblivion, you'll want a fairly fast dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and a fast video card.\n\nI'd personally go with this processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004  this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017  any of this RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=17&N=2010170147+1052108080+1052308477+1052416064&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=147  an X1900XT video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121029  or 7900GTO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130065  and a good, large psu, like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703005  or at least this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817711002
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Out of those - go for the pentium 4 - but the new intel's - core 2 duo's are really kicking a$$ at the moment. - I'd seriously consider looking at a low end one of those even if it's a little over budget.\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005
899732
You gotta go with the AMD Athlon, you can over clock these puppies to run really fast if you know what your doing. You can find free over clocking guides on any search engine.
161164
If you want to try and build one yourself then I would go for a "barebones" PC which is usually just the processor, motherboard, case and fan.  if you want to stay on the cheap side then go for the AMDs and if you want performance then the AMD64 would be right up your ally.  Good Luck
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Definitely go for a strong Pentium 4....however, in my opinion, AMD processors are better for gaming. Also, it's not just the CPU you have to worry about. Flight Simulator runs best with at least 1 GB of RAM. That's what I use, and it runs fine.\n\n\nHope this helps!!!
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It depends on wat kind of applications u work on. Dual core is good if u want 2 use multiple applications at da same time. It wont giv u any more advantages,it takes more power & more money from ur pocket.I say u go with Pentium 4 3.2GHz, coz its more faster & less power using dan dual core.If u want u can also buy AMD FX 57. Its very good & IC Chip(The best comp magazine) rated it da best proccessor. U can buy dat if u want. But if u still want intel, u buy P4 3.2 GHz
768333
You are using the highest CPU.\nMotherboard have support for more, but AMD didn't released better vesion of 2000+ for this motherboard.\n\nTake care
751738
Yes.  If you are looking for performace, go with a standalone gpu, that way you aren't bottlenecking your speed.