swynx
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I've been lookin at the bare bones kits on tiger direct lately I have pretty much every thing figured out besides the processor.
At first I was gonna settle with a dual core. They have high clock speeds I want 3.00+ but then I read some reviews saying get a quad core. But a lot of quads r under 3g. So I found the amd triple core at 3.1 gigs. It seems about right and for a good price.
I'm trying to build a computer that I can play most all games on. I know games like crysis 2 take a lot to play but for the most part I wanna play ror on high graphics or like dirt 3 or gta on high graphics. I'm just not sure which processor to get some ppl say quad cores r no good for gaming but then I see gaming comps with like an i7.
Over clocking has crossed my mind but idk if its for me. My price range for a bare bones kit with a 1gig ddr3 graphics card is less than 500. With an amd triple core 8 gigs ram a new tower with 500 watt psu and a 1 gig gpu I've got it down to 350ish $. I'm just not sure if a triple core at 3.1 will do what I need or if I should just get a quad core. I've also looked at a hex core (6) processor for amd but idk if it would be any good for gaming.
I'm not a hard core gamer but I do like playing all games at a decent fps rate I hate lag and I love to multi task on my computer. Have some java game up while watchim youtube and have trs site over there and a few email and chat clients open.
Thanks!!
At first I was gonna settle with a dual core. They have high clock speeds I want 3.00+ but then I read some reviews saying get a quad core. But a lot of quads r under 3g. So I found the amd triple core at 3.1 gigs. It seems about right and for a good price.
I'm trying to build a computer that I can play most all games on. I know games like crysis 2 take a lot to play but for the most part I wanna play ror on high graphics or like dirt 3 or gta on high graphics. I'm just not sure which processor to get some ppl say quad cores r no good for gaming but then I see gaming comps with like an i7.
Over clocking has crossed my mind but idk if its for me. My price range for a bare bones kit with a 1gig ddr3 graphics card is less than 500. With an amd triple core 8 gigs ram a new tower with 500 watt psu and a 1 gig gpu I've got it down to 350ish $. I'm just not sure if a triple core at 3.1 will do what I need or if I should just get a quad core. I've also looked at a hex core (6) processor for amd but idk if it would be any good for gaming.
I'm not a hard core gamer but I do like playing all games at a decent fps rate I hate lag and I love to multi task on my computer. Have some java game up while watchim youtube and have trs site over there and a few email and chat clients open.
Thanks!!