Hey guys i plan on building a new system for gaming/burning dvds, i would like to play most games atleast at medium settings, i don't plan on overclocking much, but would like to leave that option open. tell me what u guys think and btw i have a $650 budget. Thanks
That RAM has 9-9-9-24 timings . Thats a measure of how many of those MHz it takes to find and transfer a bit of stored data . Lower is better with RAM timings , and so is lower voltage
The timings are how many clock cycles it takes to access data, so if something has CL 7 versus 8 it takes one less cycle to access the data. Latency is much more important than speed.
rest looks good. have you thought about the cpu cooler? i love my Scythe Mugen 2. good cooler is important especially if you plan to overclock. i find amd stock coolers to be too loud.
Well I'm not going to be OCing right off the bat, so I'll buy a cpu cooler later on. as for the thermal paste got some @ home. That is a nice board though now got me thinking
Thanks for your suggestions Batuchka, do you think the x3 will be a better choice than the 550?
I will mostly be using this comp for starcraft/starcraft2 (when it comes out), uploading, and downloading 3+GB files, Streaming and burning movies, was also hoping i could use PC as htpc so i can connect it to my 32" LCD through HDMI