Hi all,
I'm going to build my first rig in a month. It's going to be a budget gaming rig. I've already been through a fair bit of the forums here and the rest of the internet. I cannot for the life of me figure out which CPU to get-intel or AMD.
Both sides have been lambasting each other over which is superior but that just confuses me more.It refers to overclocking and i'm not familiar with that scene at all.If it helps,i won't be overclocking in the near future,at least not until i learn more and decide to.Stock speeds should suffice,i hope.All i want is a CPU that would handle games in a relatively decent manner.And i by decent i mean a good compromise between visuals and performance. No point in getting good performance when the visuals get hit badly and vice versa. I'm coming from a Xbox 360,if that helps.
I'm intending on running games at full HD resolution(1920 by 1080). Probably run games like Skyrim,BF,CoD and the such. And run the usual suspects like MS office and general web surfing.No video/photo editing of any sort
I've narrowed down my GFX card to either the Radeon 7870 or the GTX 660. As you can see from my lack of knowledge throughout the entire post,i don't want to be upgrading year on year.I intend to build a rig that won't need too much upgrades and last me a couple years.What i can tell you is that i do intend on adding another GFX card at a later date in a Crossfire/SLI configuration(i only know the term,not how it works yet). In this kind of configuration,i'll be adding the same make of GFX card that i used initially.With this in mind,i don't want to get a CPU that will be underpowered(is that the correct term?) for this.
Seeing that i intend to getting a discrete GFX card,onboard video on the MB is not required.Try to scrimp money there. So,depending on what kind of recommendations you experts can give,i'll then choose later.
I wish i can give you a proper "budget" but i live in Singapore so the prices here inflated and we don't have any of the MIRs or discounts that you guys periodically enjoy.I'll let you guys know what my budget is though,800SGD which is approximately 630USD.But like i mentioned,prices here are inflated.Here's an example.The cheapest Radeon 7870 i found here is approximately 259USD.
I'm going to build my first rig in a month. It's going to be a budget gaming rig. I've already been through a fair bit of the forums here and the rest of the internet. I cannot for the life of me figure out which CPU to get-intel or AMD.
Both sides have been lambasting each other over which is superior but that just confuses me more.It refers to overclocking and i'm not familiar with that scene at all.If it helps,i won't be overclocking in the near future,at least not until i learn more and decide to.Stock speeds should suffice,i hope.All i want is a CPU that would handle games in a relatively decent manner.And i by decent i mean a good compromise between visuals and performance. No point in getting good performance when the visuals get hit badly and vice versa. I'm coming from a Xbox 360,if that helps.
I'm intending on running games at full HD resolution(1920 by 1080). Probably run games like Skyrim,BF,CoD and the such. And run the usual suspects like MS office and general web surfing.No video/photo editing of any sort
I've narrowed down my GFX card to either the Radeon 7870 or the GTX 660. As you can see from my lack of knowledge throughout the entire post,i don't want to be upgrading year on year.I intend to build a rig that won't need too much upgrades and last me a couple years.What i can tell you is that i do intend on adding another GFX card at a later date in a Crossfire/SLI configuration(i only know the term,not how it works yet). In this kind of configuration,i'll be adding the same make of GFX card that i used initially.With this in mind,i don't want to get a CPU that will be underpowered(is that the correct term?) for this.
Seeing that i intend to getting a discrete GFX card,onboard video on the MB is not required.Try to scrimp money there. So,depending on what kind of recommendations you experts can give,i'll then choose later.
I wish i can give you a proper "budget" but i live in Singapore so the prices here inflated and we don't have any of the MIRs or discounts that you guys periodically enjoy.I'll let you guys know what my budget is though,800SGD which is approximately 630USD.But like i mentioned,prices here are inflated.Here's an example.The cheapest Radeon 7870 i found here is approximately 259USD.
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