Dual CPU boards

Rings890 · Post by **Rings890** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:17 pm

I am going to be building a new system for myself mostly for work and I would like to go dual proc. I would like to make sure I could waste hours of precious work time playing kick @ss games on it also (insert evil laugh here).
I have been doing a bit of research since I have only ever built one dual cpu system before and that was about three or four years ago, & it was for CAD.
I was looking at the Iwill line, probably the DN800-L board but if any of you guys have some good first hand knowledge about what is working and what sucks pleas let me know. The real purpose for this system is gamming . . . err I mean video editing.
http://www.iwill.net/product_2.asp?p_id=30
I looked at the usual motherboard manufacturer, Asus, Giabyte, Abit, but nothing from them had the PCie slots.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:02 pm

Have you considered a single dual core CPU?

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:19 pm

Get a dual core CPU, it's the same thing, and cheaper, and there are plenty of mobos for them with PCIe. Either the Pentium 4 D series or EE if you got the cash, or the Athlon X2 series. I'd recommend the P4 D or EE series for video editing.

Dual core does nothing for game performance though, games just aren't out yet that can take advantage of them, but a fast 3.4 D or EE will play them nicely if you get a good graphics card. And on that note if you are doing video editing I recommend the Radeon X1900 series, with the latest drivers they support superior transcoding acceleration.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:36 pm

Pentium D 900 series if you go that way.

AMD X2 Toledo core for that route.

I think a 4400+ or a 4800+ X2 would be the best middle ground for Video Editing and gaming.

Rings890 · Post by **Rings890** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:26 pm

Brent wrote: And on that note if you are doing video editing I recommend the Radeon X1900 series, with the latest drivers they support superior transcoding acceleration.

I am going to be getting a matrox card for the vid editing portion, probably an RTX10 the 100's are just too much money right now.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:52 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Pentium D 900 series if you go that way.

AMD X2 Toledo core for that route.

I think a 4400+ or a 4800+ X2 would be the best middle ground for Video Editing and gaming.

X2 4400

illestdynasty · Post by **illestdynasty** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:30 pm

Izzo wrote:X2 4400

If i were you id opt for the cheapest x2 with dual 1mb cache and then OC. My x2 3800 runs rock solid at 2.5ghz.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:41 pm

illestdynasty wrote:If i were you id opt for the cheapest x2 with dual 1mb cache and then OC. My x2 3800 runs rock solid at 2.5ghz.

Since its for work, he may not be interested in OCing.

Unless its "work"

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:03 am

illestdynasty wrote:If i were you id opt for the cheapest x2 with dual 1mb cache and then OC. My x2 3800 runs rock solid at 2.5ghz.

You're not so I went with the X2 4400

illestdynasty · Post by **illestdynasty** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:22 pm

Izzo wrote:You're not so I went with the X2 4400

to each his own i guess. hope it works out for u

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:38 pm

illestdynasty wrote:to each his own i guess. hope it works out for u

so far so good

have had it for several months now...the 3800 is a great