Rmatevish
Beta member
- Messages
- 5
- Location
- Somewhere near Sonoma
After 9 lovely years of upgrading my old computer, the third mother board to be housed in her breast has died. I've decided to build a system from the ground up - preferably something with staying power, as I don't want to build a new system for a long while. I have a budget running from 800 to 1100, 1300 max, and I'm looking to build an
allaround good system. I have a few questions though,.
1. I do some gaming, and I'm going to put newfangled dual graphics cards into the system. What would the performance gain be from a 2x9400GT to 2x9500GT, or would I be better off purchasing a more powerful single card.
2. I've herd that if you're running SLI you should get the i7 over the quad core. What are the actual advantages of this.
3. DDR3 - it would make sense to me that springing for a tri channel mobo would better utilize the ram. Is this true?
allaround good system. I have a few questions though,.
1. I do some gaming, and I'm going to put newfangled dual graphics cards into the system. What would the performance gain be from a 2x9400GT to 2x9500GT, or would I be better off purchasing a more powerful single card.
2. I've herd that if you're running SLI you should get the i7 over the quad core. What are the actual advantages of this.
3. DDR3 - it would make sense to me that springing for a tri channel mobo would better utilize the ram. Is this true?