What he needs:
AMD 6 Core
DDR3 Ram
Motherboard
Power Supply
Video card is optional, has to be Nvidia. Current is an GTX260
Budget of around $800, can go a little over.
List has to be on [url]http://newegg.ca[/url]
[QUOTE=TicTac;23120056]What he needs:
[b]AMD 6 Core[/b]
DDR3 Ram
Motherboard
Power Supply
Video card is optional, [b]has to be Nvidia[/b]. Current is an GTX260
Budget of around $800, can go a little over.
List has to be on [url]http://newegg.ca[/url][/QUOTE]
bolded the stupid things
It's all a preference, he prefers AMD for his CPUs and Nvidia for his GPUs.
No need to have AMD Phenom II X6 if his current need is not 3D software, video encoding, etc... Phenom II X4 (955/965) is enough for current games.
As for your graphic card, if he want a Nvidia card, he can go with the GTX 470. Otherwise, the actual ATI HD 5xxx series are a better alternative for the money (5750/5770/5850/5870 depending of his games and his display resolution)
This build is for me BTW. If you help me get good parts I'll love you forever. (Not really)
what are you gay or something
everyone knows amd + nvidia = yellow and obviously intel + nvidia is better because intel + nvidia = cyan.
(I just realized something, ATI/AMD, NVIDIA, Intel = RGB.)
On a 800$ build, try to avoid nVidia. The only card's I would call worth it, is the really high-end ones.
What are you going to use it for? The AMD X6 is a good choice only if you're actually going to use all 6 cores, if not get an i7/i5/PII X4.
[QUOTE=pebkac;23121457]What are you going to use it for? The AMD X6 is a good choice only if you're actually going to use all 6 cores, if not get an i7/i5/PII X4.[/QUOTE]
i7 is only a good choice if you're going to use all 8 threads. if you're not using the 6 cores in the AMD x6, what makes you think you would be able to use an extra two threads?
OP, go PII 965 or i5
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[QUOTE=Odellus;23120766]what are you gay or something
everyone knows amd + nvidia = yellow and obviously intel + nvidia is better because intel + nvidia = cyan.
(I just realized something, ATI/AMD, NVIDIA, Intel = RGB.)[/QUOTE]
:psyboom:
Just get another GTX260. It would be pointless getting a new GPU instead...
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[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23122172]
OP, go PII 965 or i5
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Phenom II X4 955 not 965
[QUOTE=derlicious;23122623]Just get another GTX260. It would be pointless getting a new GPU instead...
[editline]12:02PM[/editline]
Phenom II X4 955 not 965[/QUOTE]
955 is better if you're overclocking. Otherwise its all about priorities.
Well it's only 0.2GHz faster which isn't exactly worth £30
[QUOTE=Odellus;23120766]what are you gay or something
everyone knows amd + nvidia = yellow and obviously intel + nvidia is better because intel + nvidia = cyan.
(I just realized something, ATI/AMD, NVIDIA, Intel = RGB.)[/QUOTE]
So me having a Intel and an ATI means its purple?
My computers so pimping.
Don't look at brands.. look at performance, price and features for each component individually and from a neutral position. Leave your bias at the door.
He's getting the Phenom II x6 because he does a lot of high definition video rendering / encoding.
Fair enough
[QUOTE=WecksyRex;23127948]He's getting the Phenom II x6 because he does a lot of high definition video rendering / encoding.[/QUOTE]
In applications that use all 6 cores, it does have pretty kickass performance for the price, especially when you count in generally a bit cheaper AMD motherboards. Go for it. As for the graphics card, unless he does a lot of gaming and the 260 doesn't give him high enough framerates, just keep the 260. If he needs a new card and it needs to be Nvidia, then the 470 is a decent choice and quite a big upgrade over the 260. Its price is somewhere between the 5850 and 5870, and so is the performance. Its only disadvantage is rather high power consumption.
He's already bought the computer, and has saved a bit by salvaging from his old one. Got a GTX465, 2.8ghz Phenom II x6, and 8gb ddr3 @1600.
[QUOTE=derlicious;23123602]Well it's only 0.2GHz faster which isn't exactly worth £30[/QUOTE]
You can do a .2GHz overclock very easily on stock cooling anyways.
That's what i fucking mean
[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;23134894]You can do a .2GHz overclock very easily on stock cooling anyways.[/QUOTE]
like I said, it's all about priorities.
After a while, the 6 cores will come in handy, games will get better and you will need better equipment to play them.
[QUOTE=WecksyRex;23132364]He's already bought the computer, and has saved a bit by salvaging from his old one. Got a GTX465, 2.8ghz Phenom II x6, and 8gb ddr3 @1600.[/QUOTE]
He should have kept the gtx 260, the 465 isn't that much of an upgrade comparatively, especially for what he paid. He would have been better off spending the extra money on the 3.2 Ghz Phenom II X6.
[QUOTE=Sir Colton;23139421]After a while, the 6 cores will come in handy, games will get better and you will need better equipment to play them.[/QUOTE]
this is such a weak hexacore by the time that games are actually made with 6 cores in mind, this thing will be totally irrelevant.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23120160]bolded the stupid things[/QUOTE]
I don't understand why this post got boxes?
The Hexa-cores aren't even close to being necessary yet. A decent quad-core can still play games and render/compile and such just as well. I'm not saying its on par with a quad-core. But the gain isn't enough to be significant.
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[url]http://secure.newegg.ca/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=14073532[/url]
[QUOTE=ghostofme;23141864]I don't understand why this post got boxes?[/QUOTE]
I'm going to go ahead and assume everyone mistook me saying that it has to be nvidia is stupid for blind fanboyism.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;23142706]I'm going to go ahead and assume everyone mistook me saying that it has to be nvidia is stupid for blind fanboyism.[/QUOTE]
That was odd, I agreed with the post you made, obviously you've upset the six-core-NVIDIA-fanboy squad.
[QUOTE=Odellus;23120766]what are you gay or something
everyone knows amd + nvidia = yellow and obviously intel + nvidia is better because intel + nvidia = cyan.
(I just realized something, ATI/AMD, NVIDIA, Intel = RGB.)[/QUOTE]
lol this was rated dumb
[QUOTE=Odellus;23144619]lol this was rated dumb[/QUOTE]
Because you are dumb :love:
Also never realized that though.
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