Originally Posted by fuloran1 your wish list is empty. And for your budget, I would go AMD. I know he wants intel, but for what he is doing I don't see how he would see a huge difference. |
Originally Posted by fuloran1 your wish list is empty. And for your budget, I would go AMD. I know he wants intel, but for what he is doing I don't see how he would see a huge difference. |
Originally Posted by Penicilyn For the money you're talking about you'll want an AMD rig instead of i5. It'll be faster than s775 and has a good upgrade path. I would go with this. GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128392 AMD Athlon II X4 620 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103706 OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227495 XFX HD-575X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5750 1GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150448 Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148395 Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371015 Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-066-_-Product |
Originally Posted by om3n Ok thanks- I will suggest this to him. but what about an SSD? That's something that he definitely wants And also, instead of the video card and mobo you suggest, what about THIS MOTHERBOARD with onboard video to save money? this won't be a gaming pc and will have no need for a video card from what he says |
Originally Posted by mocha989 if he went core i5 it would beat any AMD build out there |
Originally Posted by fuloran1 Yeah, but why? I mean, the guy doesnt game, he wont be using heavy apps, he just wants "fast". AMD will do everything he needs and do it a lot cheaper, and do it "fast". |
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Originally Posted by WintersFury The AMD build you have there looks good. But why put a quad core in if all he's doing is web surfing? That's massive overkill, you can get a dual core 240 for $30 less which he could use for a nice wireless keyboard / mouse or bigger monitor. As for the mobo, while the 790G and 785G are very similar, the 785 is supposed to have better performance. So if he were going to stream some HD video or the like it should accelerate it better. You could also go with less ram if you wanted to since he's not doing anything heavy with it. And I'm not sure what the SSD is going to do either. I'm sure it has the possibility of making web browsing a bit faster but I couldn't imagine it would do anything noticable for how much it costs. Solid build, but it just seems massively overbuilt for what he's going to use it for. Could save a fair bit of cash and get performance that feels just as good. |
