dual core, core duo? dual channel?

hey all,

my pc died the other day so need a new one on a tightish budget. (im in australia btw).

so could someone please explain to me what each of these is and the diffferences? im so confused. I used to have a small p4 2.8 ghz thing with 1 gig ram. i want at least 2 gigs of ram and a considerable raise in performance from my cpu.

any advice would be appreciated

cheers

tristo

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-channel

Hope this helps you to understand the basic concepts of your desired knowledge!


Regards....

 

ta nightcrawler, one would think i might have thought of that alreadyy........ i feel stupid

cheers

 

Tight budget.. dual channel & dual core make me think of maybe an overclocked 805D with two sticks of DDR2 800 on maybe an Intel 975X MB maybe..?

Just an idea, don't know the prices down in AUS but in the US a Dual Core Pentium (2.66Ghz Stock) 805D (OEM) can be had for about 71.00 yankee beer tokens. A tasty wee bite of horse power for the cash considering with the correct cooling that beast could hit 3.6Ghz - 4.0Ghz easy! With the correct MB in place it could open the door for future upgrades.

Good Luck with the new computer!

 

I wouldn't bother with 2 gigs of RAM unless you are a power user.

I installed 2 gigs on my Toshiba Tecra A7 laptop and very rarely use more than 500 megs.
Nearly always have around 1.5 gigs free (therefore un-used).
1 gig should save you some money.
Make sure what you buy will operate on 1 memory stick, of 1 gig, and you can update to 2 gigs later, if need be.

Bazza

 

Good advice, if XP was the current OS.

2gb is nice for Vista, there is no denying it.

You will be using 1gb easy without doing much.

 

thanks guys, i dont think i will be upgrading to vista just yet.

and what i also meant by on the cheap was me still being able to use my old gear with the new mb and cpu.

agp vid card. x800xt
ram 1 gig ddr333 1 gig ddr400
same everything else.

i was thinking of a mb with 4 dimm slots. probably this one http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=775i65PE&s=Intel

and i want the pentium D 945

this good?

 

Thanks for that, Adrynalyne.
First time I have seen that on startup, Vista needs nearly twice as much RAM as XP. Do I understand you correctly?

Bazza

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