In my opinion that thing is overdimensioned. You're trying to build something for gaming for more than 3 years, I'd rather build a rig for half the price and game with it for 2 years and use the other half then to build another updated rig.
The mo…
An Am3+ Mobo+Phenom II 945 (or 965 if you know how to OC) gives you more bang for the bucks than an intel core i5.
But that's just my 50 cent and someone below me will try to crush this comment. I'd like to give any valid proof for my comment but …
Problem is that Intels LGA 1156 was released in september 2009 and I don't know when amd's am2+ / am3 socket was released, but it was and still is living way longer than intel's stupid sockets which get changed just to make customers buy their brand…
Intels new CPUs called Sandybridge will require a new socket called LGA 1155.
Which means that the old socket LGA 1156 is abandoned.
Source (german though, I'm sorry)
http://www.computerbase.de/news/hardware/prozessoren/intel/2010/april/erste_…
If your only concern is gaming, I would not recommend an intel system. Intels Core i5 socket is already abadoned by the way!
If you are able and know how/want to overclock then go for a Phenom II 965 + Scythe SCMG-2100 cooler (scythe mugen 2).…
Originally posted by heerobya
Originally posted by 2slow4flo
Originally posted by heerobya
Tigerdirect price still beats the newegg for 8gb ddr3 mem w/ quad core i5 proc and 1gb vid card w/ 1tb hard drive...
http://www.tige…
An amd processor suits you better if you are not using heavy multimedia suites like Adobe Media Suite etc.
Amd gets you 90% of the power of the best core i7 processor in most games and sometimes the phenom II even surpasses Intel.
But stick …
Originally posted by heerobya
Tigerdirect price still beats the newegg for 8gb ddr3 mem w/ quad core i5 proc and 1gb vid card w/ 1tb hard drive...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5611886&Sku=G180-0…
Originally posted by dfan
Originally posted by 2slow4flo
Originally posted by neorandom
new games require driver updates, and we all know how ati puts out a new driver less often a lawyer tells a truth.
hardware wise both sides h…
Originally posted by neorandom
new games require driver updates, and we all know how ati puts out a new driver less often a lawyer tells a truth.
hardware wise both sides have always had their good and bad, but nvidia wins in driver updates hands d…
Amd/Ati here, used Intel/Nvidia before.
If you decide to get a new rig you have to think about what you need it for and how much money you got.
The best performance per money for gaming is offered by Amd (Phenom II x4 945 or 965 for overclockers) a…
The HoN interface is VERY customizable, heres a screenshot of mine (click on link for bigger screen):
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/9648/shot0012si.jpg
Originally posted by AgentAnarkii
Originally posted by 2slow4flo
I'm actually no fanboy, Nvidia had the better drivers, physx, cuda and soon tesselation.
But Atis recent 5000 series blows everything Nvidia has away, and YOU need to see that. Ei…
I'm actually no fanboy, Nvidia had the better drivers, physx, cuda and soon tesselation.
But Atis recent 5000 series blows everything Nvidia has away, and YOU need to see that. Either buy an ati card or waste more money for less performance on an …
Ati >> Nvidia
There's NO logical reason to buy a nvidia graphics card RIGHT NOW.
They're behind ati in tearms of performance per money and Ati got DX 11 support.
Get over it fanboy, or wait till Nvidia releases the 400er series.