Philip Booth said:
Spkos said:
I'm planning to buy this computer for my business and I need to know whether it can cope with maybe 5 years of constant use without major slowdown. I will be running a few games e.g.. BF3, Skyrim and COD. I'm on a tight budget which is why I'm considering AMD for the first time. Will this be able to function as well as a i3 ivy bridge CPU? Would this computer have any hardware compatibility issues? The rig that I'm getting will have 8 gigs of ram, the AMD A8 6600K, windows 8, 1Tb of storage and a wireless upgrade. I have a budget of $700 Australian dollars. Would you recommend a dedicated graphics card?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AMD-Quad-Core-A8-5600K-3-6GH...
You are right that you need a quality graphics card like Nvidia for your PC, hopefully you find it within your budget. Hence, you check first your motherboard should support the graphics card or not.
The motherboard should support most high to low end graphics cards, it is an AMD A75
The specs are;
* Dual Channel DDR3
* SATA III 6Gb/s ports & USB 3.0 ports onboard
* 6 x SATA ports, Support Raid
* Up to 13 x USB Ports (Rear 6 + Front 3 + Mid-Board 4)
* PCI Express x16 slot
* Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub & DVI-D
I'm considering a GTX 660Ti which I will buy if graphics poweress isn't good enough for me ( maybe in a couple of months when I can afford it) The more important question is whether the power supply is enough (550w) and what sort of games would I expect to play at 1080p on high?