so i am thinking of buying a new pc for Christmas so i have a few questions first of all my budget is around £1300 for the pc. should i go for intel or amd and if intel the new haswell cpu or older ones, is ddr4 much better than a top range ddr3 also which GPU is good nivdia or amd. i dont care about a case to be honest. i have a monitor mouse and keyboard in mind. the computer will be used for gaming mainly. also cooling is liquid cooling worth the hassle and would i even need it? lots of thanks if you have read this many more if you have answered it, by the way i no it is a bit soon for Christmas shopping but im a big kid
The new DDR4 is great. Double bandwidth as that of ddr3, but also really overkill for today's standards. A case is important as it keeps the components nice and cool .
I'm going to guess this a gaming pc...
AMD or intel?: Well you could start a long and non productive debate with that question... My personal opinion is that intel cpus offer a more stable performance but you pay an extra cost for that...
AMD or nvidia?........... Well after the latest nvidia addition i think gtx 970 is the best premium performance choice , but who knows what will amd come up with till christmas(maybe nothing...)
DDR3 vs DDR4- When it comes to gaming ram wont be a bottleneck, ddr4 is very expensive at this time and you will not see that much of a performance boost, especially in games.