Comments on: Need help with a custom PC… What should I get? http://cubecpus.com/need-help-with-a-custom-pc-what-should-i-get/ Microprocessors go 3D Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:31:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Tim W http://cubecpus.com/need-help-with-a-custom-pc-what-should-i-get/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Tim W Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:43:50 +0000 http://cubecpus.com/need-help-with-a-custom-pc-what-should-i-get/#comment-312 My AMD Quad is amazing im using a 650W power supply with a Nvidia 8800GTS Super-clocked and it runs smooth as butter. ads far as RAM goes check your motherboard and see what the highest recommended rating is and use that, mine take Dual-channel 1066 and im about to upgrade to 8GB, with a Quad Core it will run very well. my video card si a 512MB and it runs amazing and looks good on my 22in widescreen but my uncle has a 1GB and runs it on a 30 something inch and it looks just about 2x better so depends on what your using it for. Gigabit is a brand, 10/100/1000 means the card can support 10mb/s, 100mbps, or 1000mb/s, so 10/100/1000 is best but it all depends on your network connection, also buy all of your stuff from newegg.com or microcenter.com if you have any more questions you can e-mail me at beyondthegates07@yahoo.com My AMD Quad is amazing im using a 650W power supply with a Nvidia 8800GTS Super-clocked and it runs smooth as butter. ads far as RAM goes check your motherboard and see what the highest recommended rating is and use that, mine take Dual-channel 1066 and im about to upgrade to 8GB, with a Quad Core it will run very well. my video card si a 512MB and it runs amazing and looks good on my 22in widescreen but my uncle has a 1GB and runs it on a 30 something inch and it looks just about 2x better so depends on what your using it for. Gigabit is a brand, 10/100/1000 means the card can support 10mb/s, 100mbps, or 1000mb/s, so 10/100/1000 is best but it all depends on your network connection, also buy all of your stuff from newegg.com or microcenter.com

if you have any more questions you can e-mail me at beyondthegates07@yahoo.com

]]> By: Uncle http://cubecpus.com/need-help-with-a-custom-pc-what-should-i-get/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Uncle Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:03:51 +0000 http://cubecpus.com/need-help-with-a-custom-pc-what-should-i-get/#comment-311 I'll answer out of order to get the easy one out of the way. Most any modern motherboard will have a Gigabit LAN onboard, and it's not something to have to worry about. As with any board, once you install it, make sure you have the latest drivers for it, from the board maker's website. Radeon HD 4850 is a very good card for the money. I used a Sapphire HD 4850, 512MB, and was able to run Crysis, Call of Duty 4 & 5, and both Ghost Recons at max settings with no problems. My current card is a Sapphire HD4870 1GB, and it's a great card. The difference in cost between it and HD4850 is minimal. DDR2 800mhz memory is so cheap now, why would you care about the difference between it and 667? Finally, I am a AMD man. I find that my AMD will do anything an Intel will do, and for a lot less money. The highest end Intels probably have a slight edge on AMD cpu's, but the cost difference is enormous. I run any current game I want to, at max settings, with AMD Kuma X2 dual core Athlon 64 Black Edition 7850. The cost at newegg is ridiculously low: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103678 500 to 600 watts is plenty, just make sure the power supply has at least 2 12 volt rails. The extra power is for graphics, and multiple hard drives and burners. The AMD cpu doesn't have that much effect on power. My current memory is 2 ea. 2GB sticks of 1066 DDR2 by A-Data. Works great. I’ll answer out of order to get the easy one out of the way. Most any modern motherboard will have a Gigabit LAN onboard, and it’s not something to have to worry about. As with any board, once you install it, make sure you have the latest drivers for it, from the board maker’s website.

Radeon HD 4850 is a very good card for the money. I used a Sapphire HD 4850, 512MB, and was able to run Crysis, Call of Duty 4 & 5, and both Ghost Recons at max settings with no problems. My current card is a Sapphire HD4870 1GB, and it’s a great card. The difference in cost between it and HD4850 is minimal.

DDR2 800mhz memory is so cheap now, why would you care about the difference between it and 667?

Finally, I am a AMD man. I find that my AMD will do anything an Intel will do, and for a lot less money. The highest end Intels probably have a slight edge on AMD cpu’s, but the cost difference is enormous. I run any current game I want to, at max settings, with AMD Kuma X2 dual core Athlon 64 Black Edition 7850. The cost at newegg is ridiculously low: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103678

500 to 600 watts is plenty, just make sure the power supply has at least 2 12 volt rails. The extra power is for graphics, and multiple hard drives and burners. The AMD cpu doesn’t have that much effect on power.

My current memory is 2 ea. 2GB sticks of 1066 DDR2 by A-Data. Works great.

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