- Apr 17, 2013
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This will be a long post, prepare yourself...
This is going to the first computer I will be building and I need some guides on choosing the best parts. I figure I should build a new pc since my older computer(11yrs now) is having a hard time playing newer games and even video streaming.
Other than gaming I want a computer that will be able to let me stream a lot of videos as well as movies.(Can't even watch youtube in 720p without lag) Be able to download a lot of things at once, and be able to let me tab a lot of pages which I find myself doing a lot of times for some reason. (it does lag my computer slowly and works my cpu to death)
I'm on a small budget but I'm hoping to play battle field 3 on medium at the least by the time this comp is built.
I've chosen 2 graphics cards so far.
Radeon HD 6670 1GB ddr3 and MSI Nvidia GTX 460 ddr5
I was thinking about 6670 at first but I've been hearing it will not be able to run on medium.
460 isn't too much more and I've heard a lot of good things but I don't want to spend more money than I need to if I can work with the 6670.
As for ram I'm looking into either
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (ot sure if makes a difference 9-9-9 timing)
or
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (9-9-9-24 timing)
They're both 2 sticks of 8gb each, the motherboard I'm picking up handles up to 16 so I plan on filling up both slots. Right now I have no clue if 16 is too much for what I use it for...(Gaming, video streaming, downloads) or maybe it's too little?
I heard that windows 7 32bit os limits memory to 3.6gb so I'll most likely pick up the professional 64bit version.
for processor...
Intel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo)
(not sure specifically which intel processor I want but
heard that i5 quad core and ivy bridge is good for gaming)
Then I hear about the i5 25000k I don't know which one I really need though.
Any suggestions will be appreciated, thanks and sorry for the long post.
This is going to the first computer I will be building and I need some guides on choosing the best parts. I figure I should build a new pc since my older computer(11yrs now) is having a hard time playing newer games and even video streaming.
Other than gaming I want a computer that will be able to let me stream a lot of videos as well as movies.(Can't even watch youtube in 720p without lag) Be able to download a lot of things at once, and be able to let me tab a lot of pages which I find myself doing a lot of times for some reason. (it does lag my computer slowly and works my cpu to death)
I'm on a small budget but I'm hoping to play battle field 3 on medium at the least by the time this comp is built.
I've chosen 2 graphics cards so far.
Radeon HD 6670 1GB ddr3 and MSI Nvidia GTX 460 ddr5
I was thinking about 6670 at first but I've been hearing it will not be able to run on medium.
460 isn't too much more and I've heard a lot of good things but I don't want to spend more money than I need to if I can work with the 6670.
As for ram I'm looking into either
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (ot sure if makes a difference 9-9-9 timing)
or
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (9-9-9-24 timing)
They're both 2 sticks of 8gb each, the motherboard I'm picking up handles up to 16 so I plan on filling up both slots. Right now I have no clue if 16 is too much for what I use it for...(Gaming, video streaming, downloads) or maybe it's too little?
I heard that windows 7 32bit os limits memory to 3.6gb so I'll most likely pick up the professional 64bit version.
for processor...
Intel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.3GHz Turbo)
(not sure specifically which intel processor I want but
heard that i5 quad core and ivy bridge is good for gaming)
Then I hear about the i5 25000k I don't know which one I really need though.
Any suggestions will be appreciated, thanks and sorry for the long post.
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