Build question

[spinnizle]

im haveing an problem on what i shuld get for my new build/upgrade i all ready have a case mobo and dvd drive so this is the two options ive came up with

#1 #2

cpu c2q q8200 oc posible cpu pentium e5200 overclocked to 3.5ghz

ram 2gb gakill 800 ram 4gb gskill 800

mobo g31m-es2l same

gfx xfx 4770 same

psu corsair 400watt same

witch one do you think i have a moniter res of 1280x1024 i will be playing games like mwf2 cod4 gta4 utlll crysis wow thanks

 

[ares1214]

that would work and all, but idk what your budget is, but take a look at this setup:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.308610

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.298971

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231318

this system would kill that system handily, but i dont think it would cost extrordinarily more (maybe 100-200$ more, i really dont know)

 

[spinnizle]

my post was messed up basicley im askin witch is a beter gaming combo a quadcore 2.33ghz and 2gb ram or a dualcore 3.5ghz and 4gb ram

 

[ares1214]

ooo i was kinda confused by your post, but...i would say a 3.5 GHz with 4 gigs is better. 2 gigs is really small, and would probably bottleneck that cpu. also, not that many things make full use of quad cores, so a really fast dual core is virtually the same as a sluggish quad core. hope that helped!

 

[spinnizle]

yeah im in a compition with my dad and so far im winning so with this stuff i will kick his a55 but as from a longevity stand point is the dual core a good idea becouse lga 775 is getting phased out ddr2 is getting phased out so im also trying to figre out should i get the quadcore now and up grade my ram later or shuld i get the ram now and the quad core later witch do you think will have the higest price increse the ddr2 or the quadcore

 

[ares1214]

well the quad core is 775 and it would probably be using ddr2 aswell

 

[spinnizle]

yes i know

 

[ares1214]

quad core @ 2.33+ 2 gigs ram< dual core @ 3.5+4 gigs ram< quad core @ 2.33+4 gigs< 3.2 GHz amd p2 955+ 4 gigs of ram

 

[spinnizle]

is that in order from worst to best

 

[ares1214]

didn't you attend math class, < is less than so yes it is in order of worst to best