Alright, I may be getting the following soon. Since I am not as savvy as some of you with computers, I ask these questions:
Alright, here goes:
Intel® Core™ i7-975 processor Extreme Edition(8MB L3 Cache, 3.33GHz)
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 4 DIMMs
500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5
What motherboard?
Also, The i7 920 is good enough, you can just overclock the 920 (Goes to 4ghz quite easily)
X58 I believe. Dell.
That is serious overkill.
Well, my (6 year old) computer just bit the dust today and I can’t play any games. Everything else works, but when my computer tries to run a game and put my video card under pressure, I get BSOD. I know it’s not the card, cause I just got it about 7 months ago. I was talking to my brother and he said he could get me a new Dell for around $1,500 (I believe he said the i7 920 now that I think about it). I am willing to pay this much, but my question was, is it worth it?
It really depends. I personally think that the i7 series is overkill, as processors play less a part in games as they used too.
Alright then. I’ll ask him what other processors I could get. I’m not even going to go near that damn Dell site and try and figure out what my options are.
EDIT:
I do alot more then game on my PC. I run two restaurants and a small photography company. But the computer I have now can handle everything I need there for now.
Exactly.
If processors are playing less parts in games, and the i7 will never be needed for anything else, it really is a pointless option.
Well I got $2,000 set aside for it so I guess I’m good either way.
Home-made custom PC > all
Also, as cameron said, you should better buy a i7 920 and overclock it.
I noticed a couple causes for real concern even with the very limited information provided.
That processor IS overkill for most anyone, but it does tell us the mobo is an X58 mobo.
One of the main reasons to go with the i7 900 series processors and the x58 chipset is the ability to use triple channel memory. This system has a pair of dual channel memory kits. While that isn’t really going to limit you, it does imply it is one of the cheap ass x58 mobos that do not have triple channel memory configuration. So you are getting a really low end board for that super high end processor. On that alone I would say avoid that system.
Just avoid dell, tell your friend to build you a proper PC that won’t break down due to cheapness.
Not to mention the customer service…
since theres lots of computer whiz kids ITT, i might as well ask what you all think of
Phenom IIx4, Radeon HD 4850 (512MB.), 4GB DDR3 RAM, 750GB hard drive
Main purpose is running Blender/Zbrush, secondary purpose is playing TF2
That is more than enough for them type of things. The HD 4850 is great card, and nothing more is needed for TF2.
The price of 4850s have gone up for some reason.
That is weird. 4870 is better in anycase.
ATi also just released the 4860. Pretty weird since I thought they stopped making new 4000 series cards with the release of the 5000 series.
The 4860? lulwut.
Not quite 4850 but not quite 4870?
Edit: Apparently it was Sapphire that came up with the idea.
Supply issues.
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