Gaming Computers and CPUs *now with new question*

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by Einion

Long as you don\'t need the latest-and-greatest FPS 3D awesomeness a decent machine can do for years and years though, and PC games often greatly surpass their console counterparts in a few ways - input device(s) if nothing else!

Einion

i disagree. i had a comp made up just when vista came out and you could no longer buy pc\'s without it, so that must have been a few years ago. i can still play all the new fps\'s atm. pc\'s are waaaaaaaay better than consoles

 

[BPI]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Components,1/CPU,1/

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu,2398.html

Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: August \'09

Table of contents

* 1 – Introduction
* 2 – Best Gaming CPU: $50-$100
* 3 – Best Gaming CPU: $100-$150
* 4 – Best Gaming CPU: $150-$200
* 5 – Best Gaming CPU: $200 And Up
* 6 – Conclusion
* 7 – More on this topic


How do you tell CPU question. It\'s all reading I\'m afraid but the hard work\'s been done, example article on relatively respectable site above. Compare AMD to Intel? use a website. Compare within same brand? Gist = Model number within a range (steps with pricing so easy to see) BUT most recent range is superior. Always look to cost for the clue, an Intel Celeron E3300 2.50GHZ is not equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.50GHz for various reasons but if you don\'t want to learn why just use the price difference as the clue to which is superior. And that\'s enough from me on the subject, back to painting :beer: B.

 

[hestan101]

Originally posted by BPI
Hi Hestan, I intend this to be short & quick lol

Are you equating the clock speed of the CPU with performance? If so, stop it. Intel marketed that way for ages so it\'s a common misconception. Your 3.0ghz Phenom isn\'t better than an Intel i7-920 2.66ghz just because the number is higher.

Lifetime Warranty - they don\'t tend to mean your lifetime. They\'ll replace the goods within the lifetime of the product ie as long as they still manufacture it. It\'s good, just not as good as it may sound Corsair is a perfectly respectable memory brand though.

A quick Google puts that motherboard in the £50 region. You\'re buying a respectable PC, it should be a £100 model (I haven\'t checked, just recommend you check what other AM3 socket motherboards there are out there & where yours sits in the list)(I\'ve checked now, find a better board).

USB ports are like the sound, should have 8 or so as standard anyway.

What brand is the Power Supply?

Buy an after market cooler after you\'ve got the PC at home. Only reasons for replacing are overheating (you\'re not overclocking so unless you store the PC wrapped in a sleeping bag next to a radiator it should be fine) or noise (subjective, why spend £50 on a kilo of copper if you don\'t need to?).

Don\'t buy 2 graphics cards, buy a better single. Nice case. It\'ll work as is B.

Thanks BPI. For the processor and mother board, i cant change them, as the CPU only has the options for AMD upgrades, and the motherbaord simply doesnt have any upgrades. i know i could go to another site, but im loathe to, as i cant get a 3.0ghz CPU, 8gb RAM and 2gb graphics card for ANYWHERE near this price anywhere else ive looked. for the CPU, for intel i7 ive looked at costs so large, iv\'e decided AMD is going to have to do, as its still a quad core CPU afterall, and the Tom\'s Hardware site states it as one the best cpu for $170 and im prepared to compromise for the sake of the graphics and RAM. the mother board on the other hand, it is slightly worrying that for a PC with powerful components costing large amounts of money should have them all bolted into a board costing 65 quid.when it comes to mother boards, im a complete novice, before literally now, theve been the unglamorous part of the PC all the gubbins is stuck onto, and any one made after 2003 will do. however, this evidently not the case. if i carrry on with the mother board quoted, what dangers are there? are we talking the components not going quite as fast as they can, not going 20& as fast as they can, or potential PC melting accidents? also, i cant say thankyou enough for your tolerance with a computer illiterate foll like me:beer:

 

[BPI]

Motherboard should be just fine, base level are £25 + VAT. It\'s just not using latest speed memory, blah, blah, blah. Less future upgrade potential but you aren\'t into it enough for that to really matter. It is an Nvidia chipset motherboard though so get the Nvidia graphics card, more features to play with if you do (and you\'re paying for them after all). If anything is going to melt through fault rather than wear it\'ll be pretty quick, certainly within your years cover. B.

 

[mickc22]

Dunno if I\'m a bit late....

Have you had a look on the YoYo Tech website? Looks like some nice deals both on bundles and complete machines
Quite a bit of info over at bit-tech too

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by freakinacage
i disagree. i had a comp made up just when vista came out and you could no longer buy pc\'s without it, so that must have been a few years ago. i can still play all the new fps\'s atm. pc\'s are waaaaaaaay better than consoles

Is the \"decent machine\" bit the problem? Any machine bought in, say, 2007 that was capable of playing at 1240 x 1024 with everything maxed out is not my definition of merely decent

Einion