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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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dandan23
Malaysia101 Posts
looking for a good dvd reader and burner.. since is kind off cheap compared to a blu ray reader T.T .. wouldnt mind spending abit more for a good range of dvd writer and burner not sure which is a good one compared to the rest. LG/Samsung/Asus/Liteon.. | ||
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BEARDiaguz
Australia2362 Posts
Thanks. (note, parts will be taken from http://www.pccasegear.com) | ||
Womwomwom
5930 Posts
Anyway, telling us that she's a professional architect doesn't mean much if you don't tell us what programs she uses and the scale of her work. If she's dealing with large scale projects that constantly churn through data, which is required to be absolutely precise and accurate, she might want to look into ECC memory and you can't find that at pccasegear. Can't she just get work to buy her a workstation from Dell/HP/Lenovo? High end professional computers are all generally top notch and its often economically superior to deal with large computer vendors than do a DIY professional computer. You normally get warranty unseen in the DIY market, you can get bulk buy bonuses, and you can often haggle with vendors since they don't want you going to another company. | ||
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Zeller
United States1109 Posts
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=57521&CatId=4928 pros/cons? | ||
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deconduo
Ireland4122 Posts
On April 17 2011 00:21 Zeller wrote: Is this a good purchase for gaming? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=57521&CatId=4928 pros/cons? CPU is overkill, hyperthreading doesn't help in gaming at all and you'll probably want to disable it as it can cause problems. GTX440 is a pretty useless GPU, at 1080p you won't be able to run many games past low settings. 8GB of RAM will only help if you are streaming, for normal play 4GB is plenty 5400rpm hard drive is bad. Its a terribly balanced system for gaming. | ||
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Zeller
United States1109 Posts
On April 17 2011 00:29 deconduo wrote: CPU is overkill, hyperthreading doesn't help in gaming at all and you'll probably want to disable it as it can cause problems. GTX440 is a pretty useless GPU, at 1080p you won't be able to run many games past low settings. 8GB of RAM will only help if you are streaming, for normal play 4GB is plenty 5400rpm hard drive is bad. Its a terribly balanced system for gaming. Thanks, is there any pre-built PC's on tigerdirect that are actually good for gaming? | ||
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deconduo
Ireland4122 Posts
On April 17 2011 00:36 Zeller wrote: Thanks, is there any pre-built PC's on tigerdirect that are actually good for gaming? At a quick glance, not that I could see. Anything half decent is way overpriced. This: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7195103&CatId=4928 Was the first one I saw that would be any good. | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
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djcube
United States985 Posts
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deconduo
Ireland4122 Posts
On April 17 2011 01:40 a176 wrote: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7239617&CatId=114 Noooooooooo. The X6 is horrible for gaming too. The 6850 is much better than the GTX440, but on a 1k budget it shouldn't be in consideration at all. | ||
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deconduo
Ireland4122 Posts
On April 17 2011 01:51 djcube wrote: Hey, everyone, what's the best mobo+cpu combo that's available in the US for around $300 (mainly for sc2 and streaming; no overclocking)? Also, is there anything new in the upcoming horizon (3-4 months or so) that I should look out and perhaps wait for? Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.631830 | ||
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djcube
United States985 Posts
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Zeke50100
United States2220 Posts
On April 17 2011 01:51 djcube wrote: Hey, everyone, what's the best mobo+cpu combo that's available in the US for around $300 (mainly for sc2 and streaming; no overclocking)? Also, is there anything new in the upcoming horizon (3-4 months or so) that I should look out and perhaps wait for? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.631830 No USB 3.0, though. Really, an i5-2400 with any motherboard should fit the $300 requirement, and would be fine for streaming+SC2. EDIT: Bah, deconduo beat me to it >.< In the next few months, though, AMD is coming out with their Bulldozer processors. It's rumored that they can compete with Intel CPUs; however, even if they don't, they're bound to drive down prices of some processors. | ||
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Skullflower
United States3779 Posts
On April 16 2011 12:18 Myrmidon wrote: Intel Core i5-2500 - $214 (unfortunately not really much cheaper than the 2500k) http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=57963&promoid=1317 Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H - $107 http://www.ncixus.com/products/59163/GA-H67MA-D2H-B3/Gigabyte/ Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 1GB - $244 (in practice, negligibly worse than the 2GB variant) http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=58501&promoid=1317 Mushkin 2 x 4GB DDR3 RAM - $81 http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=55544&promoid=1317 Cooler Master HAF 912 - $54 http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=55583&promoid=1317 Seasonic S12II Bronze 620W - $66 (was cheaper than 520W variant) http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=52174&promoid=1317 Antec High Current Gamer 400W and Neo Eco 450C are pretty much the same design as the S12II Bronze but are just the lower-wattage variants, but they weren't much cheaper. You don't need the extra capacity, but this was just a good deal in general. A cheaper HDD alternative that's mostly as good is Western Digital Caviar Blue - $41 http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=58402&promoid=1317 You may want to get an SSD to boost overall system performance through better access times, at least for whatever you store on it (OS, applications, whatever else will fit). Some options: OCZ Vertex 2 50GB - $91 http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=51945&promoid=1317 Corsair Force 80GB - $168 http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=59021&promoid=1317 Intel 320 120GB - $228 http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=60546&promoid=1317 All are decent for the price. The Intel one should have the highest reliability, if you're concerned about that and all the anecdotal evidence around. If you'd like a quieter case that's a little nicer than the HAF 912, you can try the NZXT H2. There's a small combo with the i5-2500 and the H2 it looks like: http://www.ncixus.com/products/60210/H2 BLACK/NZXT/ Thanks alot  I really appreciate all the help guys. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
1) Octo-core (4 modules) beats or ties Core i7-990x in multi-threaded performance, but for much lower cost 2) Hex-core (3 modules) is close to Core i7-2600(k) in multi-threaded performance, but for lower cost 3) Quad-core (2 modules) is cheaper than i5-2500k by a decent bit and can also be overclocked, unlike Intel's cheaper CPUs 4) As an overgeneralization, instructions per clock is not better than Sandy Bridge, since that wasn't the emphasis in the design (many small and cheap to produce cores is) So for somebody not overclocking at a CPU+motherboard budget of $300, I don't think an i5-2400 + mobo will be beat, or at least not beat badly. Maybe you'll be able to get a hex-core Bulldozer CPU for that kind of money? I don't think you'd get buyer's remorse over having an i5-2400 though. It's probably | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On April 17 2011 01:57 djcube wrote: Is the only difference between the 2400 and 2500 the clock speed and are the differences noticeable? Also, is there like a centralized place that shows the difference between all the intel processors? Like I see the i5-2500 and i5-760 are the same price, but the 2500 seems to outperform the other on all benchmarks. The only difference is clock speed and turbo-boosted clock speed. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html | ||
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djcube
United States985 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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