New house, new PC, need Help....
wow, it's been a very very very very long time since i owned a desktop pc.
as some of you might know, i'm working in shanghai right now, and i bought an apartment recently, and moved into it not too long ago. since i haeve a stable place to stay and call home now, i want to get a desktop to do my computing at home (getting sick of using a laptop at home)
i have been out of the building computer loop for a couple of years now, and i need some of your help to pick out some hardwares.
i need the following.
cpu, mobo, ram, psu, hdd, optical drive(DL dvd burner), the essential stuff,
i already got mouse, keyboard, speaker, monitor and such
I'm looking to spend less than 5000 chiness yuan (about 750 dollars), i do some gaming, some web surfing, some photo processing, just the general stuff, nothing too specific. (and if the components you pick is capable to install os x on, that would be great)
thanks in advance.
as some of you might know, i'm working in shanghai right now, and i bought an apartment recently, and moved into it not too long ago. since i haeve a stable place to stay and call home now, i want to get a desktop to do my computing at home (getting sick of using a laptop at home)
i have been out of the building computer loop for a couple of years now, and i need some of your help to pick out some hardwares.
i need the following.
cpu, mobo, ram, psu, hdd, optical drive(DL dvd burner), the essential stuff,
i already got mouse, keyboard, speaker, monitor and such
I'm looking to spend less than 5000 chiness yuan (about 750 dollars), i do some gaming, some web surfing, some photo processing, just the general stuff, nothing too specific. (and if the components you pick is capable to install os x on, that would be great)
thanks in advance.
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CPU: Intel Core i5-655K Clarkdale 3.2GHz 4MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Unlocked $199.99
HEATSINK: Thermalright MUX-120 $44.99
RAM: OCZ Blade SuperTuned 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $79.99 after MIR
PSU: PC Power and Cooling 750W $139.99
HDD: WD Black 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6.0Gbps $89.99
DVD: Samsung DVD +/- RW $16.99
total: 690.94
just a quick intel build I threw together with alot of options for different config
what has a better price performance ratio right now, amd x6 or intel i5???
my guess is AMD is winning the price/performance war. intels win the overall speed battle
there are many more, more knowledgeable than I on this matter
most of the things are a big more expensive here (some people don't realize how cheap things are in the u.s)
there is newegg.com.cn where i will get most of the things (too bad there isn't a english version of new egg china)
as for the psu, newegg china doesn't offer PCP&C anyways, but they got corsair and ocz, what wattage i should be looking to get?
i don't do any heavy coding, so looks like the intel would be a better fit for me.
like you said here, if the i5 is better for general use (my usage will compose mostly of light gaming, since i do a lot of gaming on xbox and ps3, photo processing, some cad, and multimedia viewing and web browsing.
from the looks of it, the i5 for cpu and the gpu of gtx460 would be a good choice for me.
If your fighting for every pennies worth, the Athlon II quads you can buy for under a hundred are a good deal. Use your video card for video coding and to carry the heavy load gaming and you will have a plenty powerful machine while maintaining your budget.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103882&cm_re=athlon_ii_x4-_-19-103-882-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161338&cm_re=Radeon_5770-_-14-161-338-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226135
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136544
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129024
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118039
This gets you there and leaves you enough cash to buy a fresh copy of Windows 7.
about the ram, is it better to go with ddr3 1600 than 1333?
and for the psu, what wattage would be recommended? 600? 700?