Hello everyone, My name is Cory and I am a new member here but have been reading posts on here for a few weeks, everyone here is very informant.
I have had an urge to build a new pc for myself, I have been a mac user for about 7 years, and just want to get back on windows and try the new OS and maybe start playing some games. I have been researching about brands and new technology for a little bit now, I have been out of the PC world for a long time and I just need to learn more before I start a build. But one processor that I like is the AMD Phenom X3 720, I am on a budget, and I have read some reviews that this is a fast processor, either at the tri core or quad core (if I get lucky and get a chip that I can unlock the fourth core). I am anxious to start overclocking also, never tried it before but I will be researching more on that.
So anyway, if I go with that processor, I want to find a motherboard that would be best for it and also what memory I should get, I'm not sure if I should go ddr3 or ddr2, if I will be using this build for some gaming and also some small design work, mostly on illustrator but also photoshop, is it better to put more memory in it, I have noticed most computers are only getting 4g put in it now.
I have a ton of questions but I dont want to ramble to much right now, so any help from you guys would be greatly appreciated
I have had an urge to build a new pc for myself, I have been a mac user for about 7 years, and just want to get back on windows and try the new OS and maybe start playing some games. I have been researching about brands and new technology for a little bit now, I have been out of the PC world for a long time and I just need to learn more before I start a build. But one processor that I like is the AMD Phenom X3 720, I am on a budget, and I have read some reviews that this is a fast processor, either at the tri core or quad core (if I get lucky and get a chip that I can unlock the fourth core). I am anxious to start overclocking also, never tried it before but I will be researching more on that.
So anyway, if I go with that processor, I want to find a motherboard that would be best for it and also what memory I should get, I'm not sure if I should go ddr3 or ddr2, if I will be using this build for some gaming and also some small design work, mostly on illustrator but also photoshop, is it better to put more memory in it, I have noticed most computers are only getting 4g put in it now.
I have a ton of questions but I dont want to ramble to much right now, so any help from you guys would be greatly appreciated