Need advice on Buying a Prossessor!

[marcocatena]

Hi,
I thought i'd ask some pros. for some assistance, since i am intending on buying a prossessor to run Crysis much more faster.
My price range would have to be between £100-£200 and it must be better than my current prossessor (Intel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz). Also it must go in a 775 socket.

There are two which i have looked at which i think are alright but unsure which one to get:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-156-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793
The first one has more clock speed but the second one has double Cache memory... help! :o

Thanks in advance! :)

[Apofiss]

More cores are better for games like Crysis, Alan Awake and these which support 4+ cores.

[Tomasz]

Personally, I'd choose the one with the higher clock speed and 2 cores.

The second one has 4 cores, but in truth, the gain when going from 2 to 4 cores is not as large as going from 1 to 2 cores. See: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2209093,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

But if it were me, I'd just get an Allendale and OC it as high as it can safely go:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-159-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

[Necromanser]

Id choose the first one because of the high frequency and higher clock speed but as apofiss said the second one will handle games like crysis better

[EscondeR]

First one for sure :tmb:

[kill bill]

Quad Q6600 deffenly. Check out tomshardware.com for the benchmarks and you will see Quad Q6600 is better

[EscondeR]

^ If you really check tomshardware.com - you'll see that Quad is not better in overall index :mis:

[krycekuva]

hi,.. can i get to play legend on full next gen graphic with this sort of pc??? i need to buy one, and i cant spend so much money on it... so i wonder... if this already enought???

AM2 Athlon64 X2 4000+, 2.6 GHz/MB MSI (2PCI/2DDR2/4USB/2PCI-E), VIA 890P, 160GB SAMSUNG SATA, Sound 5.1 AC 97, 1024MB-DDR2 667, 16x DVD ROM Laufwerk, 18x+/-DL-DVDRW Dual Layer, 1xpar,1xser....

[EscondeR]

^ You forgot one important part - video board. TRL Next Gen is highly VB dependant. Other parts are OK :)