what would be the best pc for being super fast, super smooth at gaming and quick at processing?
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I would like it to be good and cheap (mainly for gaming)
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Answer by Jim
I just put this computer together for a lady here, for around$ 1000, you might be interested in the build:
Well, if you are sub-$ 1000 you probably are smart to go with an AMD based computer. The AMD X 4 965 Black CPU is probably the best you can hope for and keep the other costs under control. AMD is coming out with a 6 core processor in May (sometime next month), but in order to take advantage of that extra two cores, you have to have multithreaded applications. The critical aspect of SIMS3 game is Pixel Shader 2.0. Most of the middle range video cards will run Pixel Shader 3.0 or better these days, so that is not the problem. You want to DEFINITELY stay away from LOW END VIDEO CARDS – this is the killer. You want to have either an ASUS or a GIGABYTE motherboard. Stay away from MSI, they have slid down the hill as far as I am concerned. Generally, 6 gigs of RAM is sufficient if you are talking Windows 7 Ultimate edition 64 bit.
Notice here, this is the list of the best AMD cpu’s on the market right now, 4 cores:
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/p…
And the top of the line is the 965 as you can see, which is an AM3 socket cpu.
I would suggest that you build the computer yourself to save money. You will generally save about $ 100 – $ 150 by building it yourself and it takes about 12 steps and 3 – 4 hours to put one together.
It can take a day or two to install the operating system and troubleshoot basic problems, but generally speaking, Windows 7 is very stable. You want a 64 bit operating system version and not the crappy 32 bit version.
The real costs in a computer are the CPU, motherboard, video card, RAM, followed by the case cost, power supply, cpu cooler and thermal paste for the CPU.
$ 180 – AMD 965
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
$ 130 – Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H
This is Gigabytes best AM3 cpu motherboard right now and it even supports the upcoming 6 core processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
This motherboard can support up to 16 gigs of RAM of the following:
Support for DDR3 1866(OC)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
If I were you I wouldn’t go with the highest speed RAM in order to maintain stability, so either 1333 or 1066 DDR3 RAM, 4 gigs of ram taking up two of the four slots should be sufficient for now to play SIMS 3:
$ 124.99 Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model 996832 – Mushkin tends to be a high end gamer ram and this has a cas latency timing of 7 so it should be one of the best ones.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
$ 64.99, Zahlman AM3 Fan/Heatsink Cooler for CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
$ 55.99 – Western Digital 500 Gig hard drive
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
$ 180 – Antec 900 Case with 650 Watt PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
$ 139.99 – ATI HD 5750, MSI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
$ 21.99 – Samsung DVD Writer
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
You can get a tube of thermal paste, which you will need for the CPU and heatsink from Newegg.
$ 1.99.
I am limited to the number of links I can make, so just look it up under thermal paste on Newegg.
OK – Now, this would be a great computer for playing your SIMS3, and I did a lot of price comparisons to get here. This comes UNDER your $ 900 at $ 899.
Now the last problem I forsee, is that it DOES NOT include the operating system cost. I can’t get around this without downgrading you on a lot of the parts to something INFERIOR. So I am going to leave this the way it is and give you a link to Windows 7 OEM Edition, $ 99.99 on newegg UNTIL 4/30 and this is a good deal, will save you some money, but you have to buy it by 4/30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Well, that is the best I could do for you with the time I have. I know it runs $ 100 over what you wanted, but its better than some junk computer of lesser quality.
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