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Processor questions
I'm just making sure I'm doing everything right, but here's what I got going on:
I need a processor upgrade, done, so I look for an Intel Core i7-920 blah blah, one of those strong ones. Cool. But I realized one thing - Socket Type required for i3, i5 and i7 processors is LGA 1366, my motherboard or cpu, I do believe..? has LGA 775, which isn't going to cut it. I was told. Budget doesn't matter, I'm going to get graduation money in a week, but to you computer geeks, would this work out for me? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.381165 A motherboard supporting LGA 1366 sockets, and the CPU of course?
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05-25-2010, 06:58 AM | #2 |
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i found a 3.2 ghz quad core plus i think it was an asus motherboard for 314 dollars: best deal i found on a decent computer. If i can find the link ill post it here.
Although that mobo is pretty sick Last edited by reaper18; 05-25-2010 at 07:03 AM. |
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I bought an i7 920 in march. I got these as well:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-049-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-028-_-Product total 600 bux through a local retailer with some sweet deals, not sure newegg total :effort:. runs rrrreal well so far edit: that mobo is real fine, but be aware you'll want some new RAM, DDR3 1333 would probably be your best bam/bux for that mobo. Last edited by Dexter; 05-25-2010 at 07:56 AM. |
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Why would I need more ram? For passing requirement options or just for safe keeping, I already have 4gb of ram.
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You ideally want to run the i7 with triple channel memory. Dual channel is perfectly fine and very well performing currently but it's more of an investment thing. If you overclock or get a faster processor you'll probably hit dual channel limits first.
this sums it up for me: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/16...it/index7.html Note the date tho. tl;dr if you have the bucks get some new fast triple channel. Dual channel will work but will probably be your first bottleneck as I understand it. |
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Oh, it's one of those go for it if you have the budget things.
Hm..
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You can call me a beginner, but here goes.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131641 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231306 seems.. okay. The first one says Quote:
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ya that's what Im talking about. Using more then one video card in your computer. But nevermind, at least two seems de facto standard now :P $200 seems to be the sweet spot
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"Gamer Ram" tends to say things like "SLI RAM!"
Honestly I don't think it's anything more then drawing gamers in. Also, 4GB of ram handles most things an average gamer/user will need to do under windows 7. My rame usage tends to sit a bit high at just under 50% just doing the basics, but even when I'm gaming I never see ram become an issues. The only reason you would need more then 4GB is if you plan on doing VM stuff. Then I would get 8GB+ without even thinking about it. With 4GB of ram I've video chated on skype while playing TF2 with firefox open. |
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I found an article on Tom's hardware that the triple-vs-dual channel was more Intel vs AMD than any actual performance difference. Yah, triple lets you use three sticks of RAM in tandem, dual only allows two, so I can see how that would add up. But say you have 6 1GB sticks, then you've got the same amount of ram that is accessible by both dual and triple channel whatchamacallits.
I went dual since I got a Phenom but the new AMD processors are cheap as hell. If you want to save money on that, they're supposed to be comparable to the same model of i7 for gaming. That's just what I've found here and there, doesn't make it the law. |
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