- Mar 6, 2012
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Looking to gift a very light gaming build using old parts to a friend. She is a very casual gamer (e.g. she's played quite a bit of Skyrim on Xbox 360). Idea is to hook this build up to her TV via HDMI.
She does NOT care about, nor notices the difference, when it comes to framerate, anti-aliasing, load times, etc. as long as the game plays relatively smoothly (target: 30-60fps @ 1080p).
1. Overall thoughts about this build?
2. How much of a hindrance is the SATA II hard drive? It spins fast but cache is limited (and from what I understand, SATA II vs III throughput is negligible on mechanical drives).
3. I would still have to buy a few things including the motherboard. I'm struggling with a limited and overpriced selection of LGA 1155 boards on Amazon and Newegg. Any recommendations or advice? Again, looking to stay cheap.
Thanks in advance!
She does NOT care about, nor notices the difference, when it comes to framerate, anti-aliasing, load times, etc. as long as the game plays relatively smoothly (target: 30-60fps @ 1080p).
1. Overall thoughts about this build?
PSU: EVGA W1 500w 80+
Case: TBD
CPU: Intel Celeron G530 with stock cooler
Motherboard: TBD - see below
Memory: Crucial 4gb DDR3 1333mhzEVGA
Hard Drive: Western Digital Cavier SATA II 400gb 7200rpm 8mb
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2gb FTW edition
OS: Windows 10 Home
2. How much of a hindrance is the SATA II hard drive? It spins fast but cache is limited (and from what I understand, SATA II vs III throughput is negligible on mechanical drives).
3. I would still have to buy a few things including the motherboard. I'm struggling with a limited and overpriced selection of LGA 1155 boards on Amazon and Newegg. Any recommendations or advice? Again, looking to stay cheap.
Thanks in advance!
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