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RE: Computer Help Please?

Hey what a coincidence! I'm a system builder myself and I just got finished ordering parts for my brother's PC.

First off, if you're looking to be frugal -- which you should always be when shopping for computer parts, cutting edge now will be obsolete in a year -- then NEVER EVER buy the "latest and greatest", buy just below it. For instance, the 580s are VERY expensive now... but the 560 is about half the price even though it's quite a bit more than just half as powerful.

What you need to do first is figure out what kind of CPU you need. Honestly, the i5 you have now should be just fine. You need to figure out what kind of socket that cpu requires if you're going to be upgrading your motherboard... though really you should only upgrade your mobo if it doesn't support the amount of ram you want (I recommend 4 or 8 gigs... 4 is probably enough for just a few apps going at a time with a game, or you should choose 8 if you want to err on the side of caution).

I don't know what kind of mobo you have right now, but you need to make sure the ram you buy will work in that motherboard. If you buy DDR3 ram, the mobo needs to support that. If the ram is DDR3 1333, then the motherboard needs to support 1333 speed ram.

If you have a motherboard with dual channel memory (you'll see 4 slots for ram, not just 2) then you should buy FOUR sticks of ram, not just 2... it's actually faster to have all the channels filled than just 2. (so for 8 gigs of ram, you should get 4 of the 2gb sticks... or DIMMS as they're known). As far as brands go... I HIGHLY recommend corsair, and I discourage G.Skill... that cheap crap failed on me within 6 months.

EDIT: Oh and as long as your motherboard now has a PCI express x16 slot... you should be able to use any graphics card you like in that thing.

Hope this helps!
(This post was last modified: 06-21-2011, 04:09 AM by GraphicsKid.)
06-21-2011, 04:08 AM
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Computer Help Please? - by Krimbo - 06-18-2011, 02:11 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by Tanshaydar - 06-18-2011, 02:37 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by Krimbo - 06-18-2011, 03:43 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by dph314 - 06-18-2011, 05:55 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by TFEF - 06-18-2011, 10:27 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by Krimbo - 06-18-2011, 10:42 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by TGST - 06-18-2011, 10:49 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by Krimbo - 06-18-2011, 10:50 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by TGST - 06-18-2011, 10:56 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by Krimbo - 06-18-2011, 10:57 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by TGST - 06-18-2011, 11:19 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by Krimbo - 06-18-2011, 11:50 AM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by TGST - 06-18-2011, 01:30 PM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by Krimbo - 06-18-2011, 02:06 PM
RE: Computer Help Please? - by GraphicsKid - 06-21-2011, 04:08 AM



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