4wheeling
Im building my own computer mainly for gaming.
My question is should I invest more money into a processor or a graphics card?
Answer
For gaming, the graphics card and CPU are about equally important, as the other poster mentioned, you can get an 1GB ATI card for relatively cheap (I would reccommend the Radeon 4670, available from NewEgg.com starting at $70). As far as the processor goes, you do want to have a nice one, but the amount of cores is not as important as the L3 cache when it comes to gaming. A triple core processor with an L3 cache will handle games better than a quad core without. I would personally reccomend the AMD Phenom X3 720. It is a triple core, 2.8 GHz with a 6 MB L3 cache (6 is a pretty good amount) at $120. The thing about processors and gaming is that many games are not yet programmed to utilize many cores, so you could have a 6 core processor and it may or may not perform as well in a game as a dual core. Anyway, I recently built my own rig around those 2 components and I do not have any lag at all playing games like Combat Arms, Borderlands etc.
For gaming, the graphics card and CPU are about equally important, as the other poster mentioned, you can get an 1GB ATI card for relatively cheap (I would reccommend the Radeon 4670, available from NewEgg.com starting at $70). As far as the processor goes, you do want to have a nice one, but the amount of cores is not as important as the L3 cache when it comes to gaming. A triple core processor with an L3 cache will handle games better than a quad core without. I would personally reccomend the AMD Phenom X3 720. It is a triple core, 2.8 GHz with a 6 MB L3 cache (6 is a pretty good amount) at $120. The thing about processors and gaming is that many games are not yet programmed to utilize many cores, so you could have a 6 core processor and it may or may not perform as well in a game as a dual core. Anyway, I recently built my own rig around those 2 components and I do not have any lag at all playing games like Combat Arms, Borderlands etc.
Help building a gaming computer / selection of graphics card?
Harps
I am building a gaming computer , hopefully top tier.
I already have : A case , speakers , case fan , keyboard , mouse.
spending limit : 1,300$
what Im going to buy:
Disk drive:Newegg.com - ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - CD / DVD Burners
Hard drive:Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Solid state drive: (for operating system other misc.)Newegg.com - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Motherboard:Newegg.com - MSI P67A-G43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM:Newegg.com - Patriot G Series âSector 5â Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model PGV38G1333ELK
Power supply:Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
CPU:Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
Monitor:Newegg.com - Gateway FHX2402Lbid Black 24" 1920x1080 2ms Full HD LED BackLight LCD monitor Slim Design 250 cd/m2 1000:1
What I need: gaming graphics card , preferably under 300$
Also , please offer suggestions..
Answer
With that system, (which is rather nice, BTW) you don't want to put in an less card than the Radeon HD 6850 or GeForce GTX 460. Both of those can handle FullHD gaming for around $180.
With a $300 budget, I'd get the Radeon HD 6950. This article and review may help you decide what's right for you: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card-radeon-hd-6990-geforce-gtx-590,2912-4.html
With that system, (which is rather nice, BTW) you don't want to put in an less card than the Radeon HD 6850 or GeForce GTX 460. Both of those can handle FullHD gaming for around $180.
With a $300 budget, I'd get the Radeon HD 6950. This article and review may help you decide what's right for you: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card-radeon-hd-6990-geforce-gtx-590,2912-4.html
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