Is this a good combination for custum built computer?

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alex

Theses are the components;

-San Disk 256GB SSD
-Seasonic G series 550-watt power supply
-corsair carbide series 200r atx mid-tower case
-GeForce GTX 770 GPU
-Intel core i7-4770 CPU
-Asus Z87-K motherboard
-Crucial 8bgx2 Ram

Does anyone notice any bottle necking, not enough power, or incompatible products. Recomendations are great! I mostly play minecraft, possible some other games on steam, and I computer coding so alot of compiling code.

Also I am a little over budget so If I need to go back a little some where; where should that be?

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No bottleneck whatsoever... The i7-4770 can take dual GTX 780ti or GTX Titans in SLI or two Radeon R9-290X in crossfire without bottleneck... Hell it will easily take next year's GTX 880 (two of them) in SLI without bottleneck... By the way, even i5-2500 can take a single GTX 770 without bottleneck...
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(A) CPU suggestions:
Do you have i7-4770 (non-K) or i7-4770K...? Since you have a Z87 motherboard, I would advise you get the i7-4770K (it is like USD 10 more) so you have the capability to overclock it in future... Also, do you plan on video editing, video rendering, photoshop, game engine dev kits like UDK and CryEngine 3...? The i7 will come in handy in these tasks thanks to hyperthreading (40% better than say an i5-4670K in these tasks)... But if this rig is solely for gaming, then an i5-4670K is more than enough... In fact, in gaming, there is only a 5% or so difference in performance between an i5 and i7... In most games, they are actually on par... i5-4670K can also handle dual GTX 780ti or GTX Titans in SLI or two Radeon R9-290X in crossfire without bottleneck... Again, next year's GTX 880 will also be no problem for it... I have seen an i5-2500K tested with a GTX 690 without issue... So i5-4670K will also probably handle dual GTX 880 in SLI no problem... I would downgrade to an i5-4670K if this is only for gaming... But if you do video editing, video rendering, photoshop, game engine dev kits like UDK and CryEngine 3, then get an i7-4770K...
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(B) GPU:
The GTX 770 can max out all games of 2013, including Crysis 3 and Metro Lat Light (two most demanding games this year) as well as most (if not all) extremely demanding titles of 2014 such as Watch Dogs and Witcher 3 on max detail settings at 1920x1080 with anti-aliasing no problem... Enjoy...
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(C) You might want to upgrade to a slightly stronger PSU... 650W with 50 Amps on the +12V rails is the weakest you should be getting considering you are purchasing a high end CPU and GPU... The Seasonic G Series 650W, Corsair VS650, Cooler Master GX 650 are the weakest PSUs you should be getting... All three are high quality and reputed...
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What upgrades should I look into to get my computer more gaming friendly?

Dork

I have a Dell Inspiron 570 with an AMD Sempron 140 Processor 2.70 GHz, 8GB RAM, and a 64-bit Operating System a la Windows 7 Home Premium. I know I will probably need a better processor, so any cost efficient suggestions? So far this ol' desktop of mine has a 4.4 rating. I wouldn't mind bumping that up.
Oh shnap forgot to add what my GPU was. My GPU is an ATI Radeon HD 4200.

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Definitely looking at a processor upgrade.

Cost effective cpu upgrade would be the Athlon II X4 645. Goes for $59 w/o cooling fan on eBay. Fan goes for ~$25.99 (your Sempron cooler won't provide enough cooling).
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=Athlon+II+X4+645&_sacat=0&_from=R40

OR, you can get the Athlon II X4 640 w/fan at newegg for $80.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871

You can pick up a Phenom II X4 955 w/o fan on eBay from $75 and up, but the gaming performance difference between it and the Athlon's above will be minimal.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=phenom+II+x+4+955&_nkwusc=Phenem+II+X4+955&_rdc=1

Dell Inspiron 570 specs
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/insp560mt/en/cs/cs_en.pdf

Gaming CPU Hierarchy Chart
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

Your systems BIOS will need to be updated BEFORE YOU INSTALL THE NEW PROCESSOR to make sure it's recognized and fully functional. Here's the link-
http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&cat=sup&k=Inspiron+570+Desktop&rpp=12&p=1&subcat=dyd&rf=all&nk=f&ira=False&~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False

Your systems' integrated graphics will suck for most modern games, so if you want to install a graphics card, here's a link for
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: January 2013
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

All of those cards will have different power requirements and your Dell's 300W power supply will likely need to be upgraded. Whichever card you decide on, you can find out it's power requirements from AMD's or nvidia's websites by searching, for example, Radeon HD 6670 or GeForce GTX 550 Ti and look under the System Requirements tab (for AMD) or Specifications tab (for nvidia).

Don't go cheap on the power supply, when cheap ones go bang they usually take other components with them. Almost anything from Antec, Corsair, Enermax, SeaSonic, Silverstone, OCZ or XFX would be a good choice.
http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

You can find a multitude of "how to" videos on youtube, for-
how to install a socket AM3 processor
how to install a power supply
how to install a graphics card

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Is there any rational reason for a casual user to choose a Mac over a PC?

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Jesse Pink

I donât like computers very much. In fact, they rather bore me. But even I can put together a basic PC that can do what I want it to â surf the web and do a bit of gaming.

I built my current semi-powerful computer about a year ago and spent $700. If I had to guess, if I bought a similarly powered PC retail I may have spent twice that or more. A similarly powered Mac may cost $2,000 or more. I donât even know.

From what I understand, itâs very difficult, maybe impossible, unless you really know your stuff, to effectively build your own Mac â and even if you can, the component parts are more expensive.

Even if the Mac OS is more stable, so what? If Windows goes kaput, formatting everything and starting over is a pain, may take a few hours, but nearly anyone can do it.

Thus, is there a good reason for a casual user to use a Mac?

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First of all, building a mac is quite simple. Essentially you are building a pc, and as the other answerer has stated there are programs which make it rather easy to install the mac OS. Now in my personal opinion, there is literally one reason to own a mac, and that is some of the exclusive software. For example, music production on a mac is generally superior thanks to programs such as logic pro, etc. Other than that, a PC just gives you so many more options. If one is a basic computer user with very limited knowledge, a mac generally makes things extremely easy for you, but in my opinion, its 2013...anyone could/should be able to function on a computer. PC takes the cake by far, not to mention that all of apples products are EXTREMELY overpriced as well. Hope I helped.

I'm looking to upgrade my desktop to improve gaming performance. What should i upgrade?

Frank

Hello everybody. I mainly play Arma 2 OA (Day z and Wasteland) the problem I'm experiencing are as such. When I'm pretty much anywhere I'm lucky to be getting 10 frames per second and if I'm in a major city If i get 5 Frames it's a very good day for me! What I would like to know is what component of my computer should i upgrade for a significant increase in my frame rates and general gaming performance? A gentleman I was speaking with told me that i should upgrade my motherboard, graphics card and try to get 16gb of ddr3 ram. Being new to upgrading computers I don't have a clue whether or not that is sound advice. So I was wondering if you wonderful people would be able to help me out? I'm able to supply my current computer specs if you ask me for them. Thank you very much in advance! (Just remembered something before I hit continue I'd like to play Arma 3 *for wasteland* and obviously the day z standalone.) Thanks again.
cpu - AMD A8-3820.
motherboard - Medion MS-7748
Ram - 4096MB ddr3
Graphics card- Amd Radeon HD 6550d 512mb

Any other specs you'd like?

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EDIT:
You added your info.

A spec that would be helpful is your monitor resolution because that plays a huge factor in your gaming performance because if your monitor is 1280x1024 it's going to require a lot less than gaming in 1920x1080.

The A8 APU is actually kind of bad because of it's low clock speed, but we can work with that. Gaming depends more on the video card anyways. Also, I wouldn't upgrade your whole system because your computer is pretty new and it'd be kind of a waste. 4GB is enough for gaming.

I still stick with my video card recommendations. The APU+discreet AMD GPUs are just not really that great imo so don't get a cheap AMD video card to match your APU and expect great results. Again, I recommend GeForce cards to take advantage of PhysX. It's pretty cool if you play games that actually use it.

The other guy recommended the 7770 and 7850 which are $100 and $180 respectively. Not bad choices, the 7770 is between the GTX 650 and 650 Ti. The 7850 is between the 560 Ti and the 660 (performance-wise).

If you email me your monitor resolution, I'll be better able to suggest the right card for you, but to be safe, I'd get a GTX 560 Ti which would basically handle almost every game on high setting. It's better just to go a bit higher than you actually need so that you won't have to upgrade later when a newer more demanding game comes out down the road. justain@gmail

Original answer:

For a gaming computer, these are the minimum requirements:

Dual core 3 GHz or higher (preferably an AMD quad core or Intel i3 or i5 cpu)
4GB DDR3 1600 ram
Good video card (depends on what games you want to play)
Power supply that can handle your video card

So Arma 3 is the most demanding game that you listed. Arma 3 uses PhysX so you should get a NVidia card to take advantage of the PhysX eye-candy. It says get a GTX 260 or better. They don't sell those anymore. I would recommend either the GTX 650, GTX 650 Ti, GTX 560, or GTX 560 Ti (I sorted these in lowest to highest to make it easier). If you can afford it, the GTX 660 and 660 Ti are better options, and you probably won't have to upgrade your video card for at least 4 years.

If you don't have a dual core with 3GHz, then you'll have to upgrade your CPU and Motherboard, and probably your ram as well. Like I stated above, you're going to want an AMD quad core, Intel i3 (2nd generation or higher), or Intel i5 (2nd generation or higher) CPU. You can tell which generation an intel cpu is by the 4 digit number following the i3, i5, or i7. The first number of that 4 digit # is the generation number. So an Intel i5-3570k is 3rd gen, i3-2120 is 2nd gen, i3-770 is 1st gen. Anything else is a dinosaur. Choosing your motherboard is just making sure that it'll work with your CPU. Choose one from Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and Asrock and you'll be good. Make sure it has SATA3, USB3.

CPU part 2: The best CPU for gaming is the Intel i5-3570k. It's $220 at newegg. I think the prices on Intel CPUs might drop soon because Intel's new CPUs (Haswell) is coming out June 2, 2013. With that said, you can get an AMD quad core CPU for around $70-130, and the motherboards are a bit cheaper than Intel mobos, so that might be a better option. For gaming, the Intel i3s (dual core with hyperthreading) are actually very similar and slightly better than the AMD quad cores, and i3 CPUs are cheaper than AMD quad cores so that's another option. Just make sure you get the 2nd gen cpus (Sandy Bridge) or 3rd gen (Ivy Bridge).

Ram, all you need is 4GB of 1600MHz DDR3 ram, but 8GB is usually like $10-15 more so you might as well just get 8GB (2x4GB modules so that you can run them in dual-channel).

Power supply: Get a Corsair or Antec 430w or 500w PSU. The 430w PSUs will be good enough for the video cards I listed, but it's always good to have a little headroom on your PSU. Also, get a Corsair or Antec. Thermaltake is okay. They are the best PSUs for the price. A lot of PSUs lie about how much wattage it can produce, so a 500w PSU can actually be a 250w PSU. There are hundreds of different PSUs so I can't give advice on all of those, so just stick with Antec/Corsair and you'll be good.

If you decide to get an i3+motherboard+ram+GTX 650+PSU, that should run you around $300 total.
If you decide to get an i5+motherboard+ram+GTX 660 Ti+PSU, that should run you around $600.

the i5+660Ti option will more than double the gaming performance and you'll be able to play basically every game on the market on max settings.

The i3+650 option will be more than enough for your needs now, and it will be an extremely good day for you.

If you have any further questions, email me at justain@gmail

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