pghtech
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I have been out of the PC world for a few years, and am going to be building a new PC that I want to do some gaming with, and always like a fast machine. I would like to build the best machine that I can and get the best bang for my buck. I don't want the latest and greatest but something fast and that will perform well with games. Last time I build a machine I spent around $800.00. I would like to keep it the same or less would be even better. I don't want to break the bank but am willing to invest in something that is worth wild. I asking all you guru's that live this stuff everyday to give me your opinions and tell me what you would build today if going to build a new machine.
CPU
I've always been an AMD guy mainly because of the price, and last time I build up a system they were ahead of the game. From what I've been seeing now, it looks like Intel is back on top with the Core 2 Quad Processor.
What are some recommendations one that?
MotherBoard
As far as the motherboard goes, I guess this is really going to depend upon the video card, so I will wait to get some feed back before I make a choice on that. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Video Card Okay last time I built a PC PCIE was the new and hott thing out and now I hear all kinds of stuff about SLI and Crossfire. I can't lie I have no clue what any of that is about. But from what I've been reading is that neither is worth the investment and a single card performs almost as well.
Recommendations?
Memory
Memory, at first I figured the latest would be the greatest, but from what I read DDR3 is over priced and doesn't perform much better than DDR2. With that said not a very hard choice, just don't know if there's any brand that is better than the other.
Hard Drives I don't think much has changed in that world with the exception of capacity I did the new solid state drives, they seem a little pricey I will mostly go with a RAID set up to improve the speed. Last machine I built up I used the WD raptors and found the speed and performance to be great but, they were pricey and unreliable at the time. Any feed back on that?
Case / PWR Supply
I don't really care about looks, but a little bling never hurts, I am def going to make sure I get something that's 450W or better. Is that sufficient now a days, I assume with all the new additions in technology comes heat and more power requirements.
CPU
I've always been an AMD guy mainly because of the price, and last time I build up a system they were ahead of the game. From what I've been seeing now, it looks like Intel is back on top with the Core 2 Quad Processor.
What are some recommendations one that?
MotherBoard
As far as the motherboard goes, I guess this is really going to depend upon the video card, so I will wait to get some feed back before I make a choice on that. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Video Card Okay last time I built a PC PCIE was the new and hott thing out and now I hear all kinds of stuff about SLI and Crossfire. I can't lie I have no clue what any of that is about. But from what I've been reading is that neither is worth the investment and a single card performs almost as well.
Recommendations?
Memory
Memory, at first I figured the latest would be the greatest, but from what I read DDR3 is over priced and doesn't perform much better than DDR2. With that said not a very hard choice, just don't know if there's any brand that is better than the other.
Hard Drives I don't think much has changed in that world with the exception of capacity I did the new solid state drives, they seem a little pricey I will mostly go with a RAID set up to improve the speed. Last machine I built up I used the WD raptors and found the speed and performance to be great but, they were pricey and unreliable at the time. Any feed back on that?
Case / PWR Supply
I don't really care about looks, but a little bling never hurts, I am def going to make sure I get something that's 450W or better. Is that sufficient now a days, I assume with all the new additions in technology comes heat and more power requirements.