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Started by Nick Kerbaugh | | 18 answers
im not sure what to look for when building a computer, but i just signed up for computer science and wanted to get this built for school, I will also be gaming with it and I start school on 9/02/14. This is what i have so far. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pjkerb/saved/nDM48d I was wondering if I could cut back on the motherboard a bit, or if i needed a better one. Also do I need a new hard drive, network card, sound card, or anything else not there. Or can I take at least the hard drive and sound card from my current computer its a cheap emachines el1358g-51w its 2 years old, but the hard drive is 1 tera-byte. Also I wasnt sure if I posted in the right place. Thank you in advance for the help. Then I have this unfinished list if this would be able to keep me around $550-$600. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pjkerb/saved/zfGbt6
Lastly this is the last thing which video card should i use for gaming and what are the differences
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr...
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-10037...
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9270xedfc
I appreciate any help i can get. Let me know if I posted in the wrong place and I will fix it.
Lastly this is the last thing which video card should i use for gaming and what are the differences
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr...
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-10037...
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9270xedfc
I appreciate any help i can get. Let me know if I posted in the wrong place and I will fix it.
SnakeGTX
August 25, 2014 9:25:40 PM
Nick Kerbaugh
August 25, 2014 7:31:07 PM
SnakeGTX
August 24, 2014 5:32:58 PM
Nick Kerbaugh said:
so what would be the better choice this alone http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... or this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... with a 1GB HDD and these http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pjkerb/saved/PJD7YJ
Really, the second build would be better at gaming. The first one has just about the best Intel CPU, so its going to do great with anything other than gaming, but if you were to get a new GPU, it would be really good.
Now, the second build I see has an extremely low PSU wattage for that system. Like, it will probably come not working in the box. And the PSU that you found on PcPartPicker is a very low quality PSU. Here is the PSU I recommend (I have the same PSU, and no issues for 8 months straight.)
In my opinion, I'd say build your own for $750. But if you had to choose between these 2, then go with the Dell for future upgrade, and just a more solid computer.
Nick Kerbaugh
August 24, 2014 5:09:05 PM
so what would be the better choice this alone http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... or this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... with a 1GB HDD and these
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pjkerb/saved/PJD7YJ
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pjkerb/saved/PJD7YJ
Nick Kerbaugh
August 22, 2014 5:45:33 PM
SnakeGTX
August 22, 2014 2:57:08 PM
Nick Kerbaugh said:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pjkerb/saved/CVytt6 i just tried yours snake with a few tweaks how does this look or should i stick with what your lists if i pick one i just switched to the radeon card because the motherboard is crossfire ready and not sliLooks good. Though the GTX 650 is quite a bit worse than the GTX 750 Ti, you can see here. And it has no storage, but since you didn't include it into the other builds, I am going to assume that you don't need it.
I also forgot to mention one perk of having the better CPU. One of the nice things about it, is if in the future you wanted to increase performance, you could easily just buy a new GPU. But with starting out with a lower CPU, then in the future when you would want to increase performance, you would have to buy a new CPU, and GPU.
But if you will never want anything more powerful than the R9-270, then go with Rationale's build.
Nick Kerbaugh
August 22, 2014 2:39:44 PM
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pjkerb/saved/CVytt6 i just tried yours snake with a few tweaks how does this look or should i stick with what your lists if i pick one i just switched to the radeon card because the motherboard is crossfire ready and not sli
Nick Kerbaugh
August 22, 2014 2:36:42 PM
ok i like both builds from the two of you but which one should i get i have up to 600 to spend but with rationals should i add an sdd thank you two for all of the help. but which card is better the 750 ti or the r 9 270 and would the processor bottleneck it since its only a dual core, and i think i read somewhere that the r9 270 cant use a micro atx motherboard or it might have been something else
Rationale
August 22, 2014 12:31:44 PM
"In GameSpot's own testing the card [GTX 750 Ti] ran the likes of Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite at over 60fps on high settings. It also ran the beta of the new mech-based shooter Titanfall at 58fps at 1080p with 2XAA on, a feat not even accomplished by the Xbox One."
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/149-nvidia-gtx-750-ti-...
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/149-nvidia-gtx-750-ti-...
SnakeGTX
August 22, 2014 12:21:21 PM
Nick Kerbaugh said:
The links aren't there because i changed them or deleted them they are now these. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pjkerb/saved/syRYcfhttp://pcpartpicker.com/user/pjkerb/saved/fQNxFT
one is cheaper because i wanted to see if i could get what i wanted cheaper
As Rationale said, AMD isn't really better than Intel, except for the specs of the CPU. AMD, I'm sure puts all the stuff they say they put in their CPUs. What I've seen, is even a dual core Intel processor outperforming a 6 core AMD. When you see something like that, you know something is wrong. I'd say AMD doesn't really do a good job on optimizing their CPUs, and that causes a lack of performance.
One problem with your build is that, that you have a very powerful GPU, and a very weak CPU . This is what people call a bottleneck. So pretty much, if one vital part of the system is slower than the rest, then the computer can only be as good as that one part (kinda confusing). So, like the CPU is going to hold the GPU back. This will probably cause some performance loss, and cause the GPU to only preform as good as maybe a R9-270. An example of a bottleneck would be having a system with GTX 780 Ti (best card) with a single core processor.
My build, was more focused on having a powerful CPU, so in the future, you could upgrade to a better GPU.
I checked on this website, and they say that even a 750 ti can max Titanfall, easy. You can check too, but you might have to create an account or log in.
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