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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #45 on: Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 23:22:51 PM »
I wouldn't go for that Thermaltake. It's about who manufactured the internal guts. HEC made that Thermaltake, while they're not always bad, they're not as good as Seasonic. I would still go for the Corsair one.

AMD vs Intel is always an ongoing debate. In a nuthsell; AMD is for budget and Intel is for high performance. I wouldn't trade my 6-core AMD for a quad Intel. You can't go wrong with either really. You can just look at the facts. Any quad core will be good for most all games these days.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #46 on: Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 23:45:03 PM »
Skrewy always buys his computer stuff by sorting parts on that website by most expensive first.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #47 on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 00:13:21 AM »
You know so much about me Skrewy.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #48 on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 05:10:03 AM »
Quote from: Spanky on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 20:43:29 PM
Also, I wonder why you wouldn't go AMD for cheaper:
Because the i5 2500K wipes the floor with any CPU AMD has made when it comes to gaming.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #49 on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 06:49:58 AM »
Major, there's no question about it. AMD is far from Intel at the moment - well, been quite some time now.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #50 on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 13:03:14 PM »
It's not wrong as long as it's built in a decent way (durable and nicely assembled) and it's practical enough so that you don't get mad for cleaning and/or replacing parts.

Quote from: Spanky on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 20:43:29 PM
I wouldn't touch an MSI motherboard. Also, I wonder why you wouldn't go AMD for cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996
Less than half the price of the Intel, yet it's still a quad that's actually clocked faster than the Intel. It might perform slightly less but you could still get a 6-core for less than that quad Intel:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106010

I prefer the last Thuban's and Phenom's to the Fx series. Affordable yet offering good performance. The last steps were also optimized in terms of voltage so while they weren't as good as Intel Sandy Bridge they still were better than the first steps of Phenom 2.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #51 on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 13:31:29 PM »
I don't know about Intel's middle end chips wiping out all AMD chips, if that were true, AMD wouldn't have much of a market. There really is nothing wrong with AMD. I've got a 6-core Thuban (1090T) clocked at just over 3.8GHz and it's going to be quite a while before I need to upgrade. I've tried a bunch of modern games and the CPU just laughs at them, maybe around 50-60% load at most. My GPU has always been my bottleneck and I think it would be for you as well.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #52 on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 13:40:25 PM »
So why not look at benchmark stats for cpu's? It's not the most reliable way of measuring things, but there is some validity in some sense. 2nd gen Intel i chips are actually pretty damn good. Some 3rd gen chips are out already and are slightly better than the 2nd gen.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #53 on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 15:13:32 PM »
Quote from: Spanky on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 13:31:29 PM
I don't know about Intel's middle end chips wiping out all AMD chips, if that were true, AMD wouldn't have much of a market. There really is nothing wrong with AMD. I've got a 6-core Thuban (1090T) clocked at just over 3.8GHz and it's going to be quite a while before I need to upgrade. I've tried a bunch of modern games and the CPU just laughs at them, maybe around 50-60% load at most. My GPU has always been my bottleneck and I think it would be for you as well.
For gaming it's true. For multitasking of course a six core CPU is going to win when using programs that take advantage of it. And yes, Intel is far ahead of AMD when it comes to performance CPUs. AMD has a market because they are affordable and good for a ton of things, including gaming. They're just not as good as Intel for gaming and raw power.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #54 on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 16:18:36 PM »
That may be but a lot of people still game with Phenom quads. AMD chips certainly don't bottleneck gaming unless you're using a dual-core. AMD is certainly the most performance per dollar. Sure, if I had an unlimited budget, I would go Intel and not look back but a lot of us have to live in the real world and afford things on a budget.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #55 on: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 17:30:40 PM »
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #56 on: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 17:41:22 PM »
Not sure on GPU, I'm not too up to date on them but check out this link:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

Also, on the memory, go for this kit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
It's newer. If you can, push for this kit instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231548
Tighter timings at the same voltage means more performance.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #57 on: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 18:08:39 PM »
Well if someone buys my wireless headset i'll probably just buy the GeForce GTX 560 after all.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #58 on: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 19:33:16 PM »
Quote from: eKC0mm on Thursday, June 28, 2012, 18:08:39 PM
Well if someone buys my wireless headset i'll probably just buy the GeForce GTX 560 after all.
I hope you mean GTX 560 Ti (or 560 Ti 448, which costs a bit more than the old model). With same small-mid budget you could also think AMD's 6950 or 6970.
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Re: Thinking of building a new pc
« Reply #59 on: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 20:02:00 PM »
lol i don't mean the TI, its significantly more then what i was originally planning to buy (the gtx 460 or 550TI).

Unless someone wants to give me some Computer science job in the New York area. That's as good as i think it'll get for now :(

EDIT: i know there is tons on CS jobs currently. I just haven't gotten around to actually looking yet.
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