I was wanting a quad core 2.4 with gigs and gig of ram with a nice 512 gfx card, but I was told by a guy I talk to regularly at the local pc shop that the quad cores run hot and only use 2 of the cores 80% of the time so the other 2 are sitting there. he said everything is written around single and dual core.

so my question is do I build a quad core with 8 gig ram and a kickass gfx card with sli capabilities and wait for programming to catch up to it?

or do i build like a dual core 3.0 with 4-8gig ram?

I play a couple online games, and I like moving files around, downloading, gfx and some video editing.

fill me in guys

What the guy told you is wrong.

Quad core processors don't just use 2 cores 80% of the time. If you are using vista it will balance the load on all 4 cores 100% of the time. If you use XP forget about it, it will never balance the load because its not threaded for quad core of even dual core.

about 99% of programs are written for single core and that will just about never change because most apps don't need to be threaded. Only things like Photoshop, Premier Pro, 3D Max, etc. need to be. With vista you can have 4 apps open and it will use a processor for each app, you do not have to worry that its not threaded.

Quad Cores don't run that hot. I have a Mac Pro here with 2 quad core xeon processors and it runs cooler then some dual core systems. I have a dual xeon dell here as well and it runs cooler then that as well.

But with what you are going to do, (unless your talking HD video) you don't need a quad core, save the money and get a core 2 duo.

You also don't need anything close to 8GB of ram. Go with a max of 4. and do it in 2, 2GB sticks so you can upgrade later.

ok...but do killer NIC cards really do that much to be worth the extra $$$

thanks dlewis...i didnt think so. just makin sure. 

how do you know this?

if you set it up right i assume it would do alot..or am I assuming wrong?

i don't know

less lag, ping, sounds awfly good

you spend $220 on a nic so you can have a few MS shaved off your ping time, big deal. How about you just join a server thats closer to you.

It doesn't make that big of a difference in your ping time. If you have a good solid connection with a good upload and download speed, this nic is then a complete waste of money

Since its all done on your processor it doesn't matter which one you get.

Nic's are all just about the same.

what are you talking about 8800gt hard to get and amd cards more rare?

DLewis that is what the killer does, it has an onboard processor upto 400 MHz and 64 megs of built in ram to process this information to save the processors from doing so, and it stores the packets it needs for the game on the nic card instead of the hard drives so it doesn't have as much work to do in order to get thing running.

check out the videos on the killernic.com page or on youtube type in killer nic

Sometimes you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink!

yeah that's what i figured. I'm just looking at all the options there are.

I've been told that no one needs a quad core cpu, that a dual core 3.0 will run more efficiently and will run circles around a quad core...... Something about windows only using 3.5 gig of ram and you don't need 4 or 6 or 8 gig...........I don't get it lol. Also told me that Asus mobo's aren't really as good as everyone says they are.

I am either thinking about going with the dual core 3.0 and 4 gig ram, or the quad with 4 gig of ram. He also told me that if you're using a bigger monitor(which i am using only a 17 flat right now but hope to get up to at least a 22 wide) that if you run dual gfx cards that the games will run slower, so it's best to go with just 1 good card. ie. 8800gts or gt i forget what he said. I need a gfx card that will accept VGA for the time being. I would like to have hdmi or dvi to conver to hdmi so i can run it around the corner and over to our 40" 1080p lcd samsung.(not really needed but woud be nice for movies) instead of having movies on my 500 GB external and playing them off my laptop onto the TV.

he said he can run crysis and other games on all full bore settings with his 3.0 2 gig ram setup that he has in the shop on display.

I also want to swap out my 2 250GB ide's for 1 or 2 sata's...I'm thinking a 200GB or so for the windows and applications, and then a bigger one for all my movies and pictures and other files that I currently have in my pc right now.

Fill me in guys.

what mobo would you go with, cpu, ram, gfx card....middle of the road 8GB capability for the future if I needed it, gfx card to last and work for anything I would need it for(I'm not a heavy gamer but I enjoy lag free, glitch free gameplay with I do play a game), I do video editing, picture editing, computing, surfing, online playing.ie CS S
COD4,maybe crysis, nitto legends, and others.

1800$ in just gfx cards....PHUCK THAT LOL

yeah i've used asus in the past and always liked them.

here i'll post a setup i'm thinking about and you tell me what you guys think.

  MBM-680ILT-Q6600 :: XFX GeForce 680i LT SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor 2.40GHz OEM (5.2 lbs) 
         
 O261-8040 :: OCZ ReaperX Dual Channel 4096MB PC8000 DDR2 1000MHz Memory (2 x 2048MB) (0.75 lbs) 

not a good mobo?

can it be overclocked?

fill me in guys

if you have links to comparable units let me know

SURE WHAT THE HELL LOL.

wants:
the ability to upgrade to 8 gig ram if needed in future,
gfx card capable of handling almost anything a novice gamer can through at it
I'm thinking quad core
a mobo that will allow for overclocking a lil
i'm thinking a i like that antec nine hundred case(it will keep everything nice and cool)
500w ps?
what gfx i don't know.


or does any of this sound off?