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| Thread ID: 121469 | 2011-10-27 05:01:00 | Getting a computer built | mycatiscold (16604) | Press F1 |
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| 1240256 | 2011-10-27 21:55:00 | Are you wanting to go AMD as a preference? they make good midrange gear but currently intel is the performance king. Your specs have definately improved, with the PSU being the main sticking point. Consider also an i5 2400 (or 2500k if you like overclocking) currently about the best bang for buck CPU's available. My reccomendations: Get a good PSU, the press F1 communtity will beat you about the ears with that advice until you comply. Corsair is a favourite of mine and well regarded here. Asus and Gigabyte are the most popular motherboard and GPU vendors with good reason, with a slight bias towards asus personally. At least 4Gb RAM and possibly even 8Gb if you are using 64bit OS (you should be) Look for features you will use, USB3 is gaining ground and buying a machine without it at this stage might be something you come to regret if you plan on keeping this machine a good length of time. Computerlounge is a great online vendor who will build to order, if you prefer to use your local shop that's fine but I'd reccomend pricing up a similar specced system online to see how it compares. Might give you some bargaining power. |
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| 1240257 | 2011-10-28 02:33:00 | I'd personally spend a bit more and get a Phenom II 9x5 series CPU, or go down to an Athalon II X4 processor. Phenom II X4 840 == latest Athlon II X4 (they just renamed it, has the same die/cache/etc) |
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| 1240258 | 2011-10-28 03:24:00 | www.xpcomputers.co.nz This is the shop I am thinking of getting it built at btw. |
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