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| Thread ID: 125810 | 2012-07-20 09:31:00 | New PC Build - Component Help | hsvman12 (12360) | Press F1 |
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| 1289764 | 2012-07-22 05:05:00 | Thanks for all the great advice. So, it seems worthwhile spending a bit more to get the 3570, but not the 'k' version. Any thoughts on whether its better to get the 7770 or GTX560? Also, any thoughts on a motherboard - she won't be needing all the extras. |
hsvman12 (12360) | ||
| 1289765 | 2012-07-22 05:47:00 | Thanks for all the great advice. So, it seems worthwhile spending a bit more to get the 3570, but not the 'k' version. Any thoughts on whether its better to get the 7770 or GTX560? Also, any thoughts on a motherboard - she won't be needing all the extras. Don't know brands, but do make sure the chipset is compatible with the mobo. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1289766 | 2012-07-22 06:05:00 | Ah, motherboard, which brand & which chipset? This has always been the hard part for me when building a new system. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1289767 | 2012-07-22 06:14:00 | Easiest way is to have a look at the motherboard, cpu and ram bundles that suppliers have and go from there. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1289768 | 2012-07-22 06:42:00 | Thats where the confusion comes in for me. Taking the i5 for example, you will get it paired up with mobos with a veriety of chipsets, p67, z68, x77, z77, x79 & z79. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1289769 | 2012-07-22 07:10:00 | Go Z77, it's the newer one and combines features of the older ones. Don't worry too much though they all work fine, I have a P67 board and it's not missing anything important. Asus and Gigabyte are popular, look for a combo deal as pine-o-cleen suggested it'll save you money and solve compatibility questions. On the CPU front, any desktop i5 will perform much the same to the point where you'd struggle to tell the difference. (Considering an i3 can handle almost all current gen games perfectly well) Even overclocking my 2500K to 4.1 honestly doesn't make the computer feel any different because the whole family has power to spare. My 2c - Get an Asus MB, i5 CPU(any), 4 or 8 GB of RAM, and a GTX560, and you'll be happy. It all adds up to a solid mid-range machine with CPU horsepower to spare. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1289770 | 2012-07-22 08:16:00 | +1 | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1289771 | 2012-07-22 08:47:00 | My appologees to hsvman12 for stealing the thread. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1289772 | 2012-07-22 08:52:00 | Thanks for all the great advice. So, it seems worthwhile spending a bit more to get the 3570, but not the 'k' version. Any thoughts on whether its better to get the 7770 or GTX560? Also, any thoughts on a motherboard - she won't be needing all the extras. The 7770 is basically a 460GTX (performance wise), but replaces the 6770/5770 which were the true entry level gaming cards. The 560 GTX is a tad bit better (seeing as it replaced the 460) www.anandtech.com |
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