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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: pc problems

hi everyone,
I want to get a new PC but, what do I get? i browsed the dell website and it showed me a great computer but it said it had a "Pentium D 920 processor" is that good or rubbish for university essays and FS8/9/X? please write back Very Happy

if not i will Crying or Very sad

! lol then get revenge! Twisted Evil

muahahaha! Twisted Evil

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject:

For a university essay, a 5+ year old could do those things. For FS8/9, a Pentium D 920 stock clocked at 2.8Ghz will do fine, assuming you have all other necessary components, such as RAM.

FSX will probably also run fine on a 2.8, but I would also consider a faster processor with HT or a dual core one, since newer applications are designed to utilize one or more cores.

Lastly, I would also urge you to consider some custom built PC's since I know Dell for less than generous video cards (if you get one), and decreasing customer support. Overall, they're hard to modify, and mostly not overclockable, but personally, mine's been running fine for quite a long time. Dells aren't cheap, either.

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:26 pm Post subject:

Lets start with the no-no.....

HOW MUCH ARE YOU WILLING TO SPEND....HONESTLY???

RD

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:32 pm Post subject:

A Pentium D in a custom-made machine is a great choice, since it is a very smart budget choice and...is so overclockable! My friend bought a Pentium D 805 processor for just $80 and, with water cooling, overclocked it from 2.66ghz to 4.2 ghz!!! According to several benchmarks, the current processing power seems to beat that of the AMD 4200!

However, I don't think Dell's proprietary motherboards would allow such overclocking (edit: according to Heeshung as well, heh). So that's some bad news.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:03 am Post subject:

2.66 to 4.2?! Wow! That's all I can say.

Mind you, there are ways to overclock your Dell, but they're hardly suited for it with their measly PSU's, and cooling. Secondly, any way will almost always void your warranty.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:59 am Post subject:

Yes, it is a true story. Cool, eh?

Just wait until the warranty expires. Then.......overclock to the max man!!!! Seriously, almost every computer builder's dream is overclocking.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:16 am Post subject:

Some Dell's are built with PLL's that are overclockable via overclocking applications. My PLL in my Dell is not one of those, so my last and only hope to overclock is to flash the BIOS with one that's compatible with my motherboard while allowing overclocking. That's not a step I'll take anytime soon. If the BIOS is built for your mobo, fine, but if it isn't, no, I won't take that chance. Plus, the computer runs fine under stock speeds.

What I DO have O/C'ed on the Dell is the video card. It smokes along without any artifacts at 375Mhz and the memory at 450Mhz. That may not seem like alot, but it's stock speeds are 250Mhz, and 332Mhz, respectively. The card runs at stock speeds with only a heatsink, but since I OC'ed it, I'm using a 70mm blowing on the core, and a 50mm cooling the memory.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I think I'm getting a little off-topic. Razz

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:30 am Post subject:

some people, notably rd have asked me how much I want to spend, I can spend up to £500 at the maximum (I think thats about $1000 or 250 euros) Confused

is that not enough? Very Happy

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:48 am Post subject:

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject:

Gosh, with $1000 to spend on a processor, you can definitely get one that's pretty doggone good.

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:15 am Post subject:

I don't think he's going to spend $1000 on a processor, but on the entire computer.

OVERCLOCK

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