Which PC?

Technology and Gaming Help and Support
#1

I’m planning to buy a new computer, and I have rounded up two options. Which one of this is best in your opinion and why? Should I change a component for a better one?

Have in mind that here in Argentina we have lots of taxes for tech stuff so everything is much more expensive than in other countries.

Notice the price difference. I’ll be buying the GFX card later on.

#2

and youre not getting an i7 because…

#3

…it’s more expensive?

I’m already pushing the limits of my budget.

#4

both are quad cores, intel has better architecture, it will last longer

I think it’s worth the price difference

#5

Thanks. Is everything else OK? Has anyone here had any experience with the other pieces of hardware?

#6

Well I have an ASUS m4a77d. I don’t know exactly how much of a close relation it is to yours, but hell, if you’re using ASIs that’s good in my book

#7

Changed the option 1 a bit to reduce some costs.

#8

Where did the graphic cards go?

#9
#10

I personally wouldn’t have dropped to the i5-2400, the 2500 can’t be much more and it’s faster. There are cheaper H67 boards about, MSI have the cheapest last time I checked.

Are you building this PC yourself? It would be significantly cheaper to do so.

Make sure the ram is 1.5v, 1.65v ram is out of spec according to intel for the Sandybridge chipsets.

#11

I can get the 2500 but it’s significantly more expensive.

I am building it myself, and those are the cheapest prices around here.

Thanks for the voltage recommendation.

#12

I’d go with an even slower i5, if you get a P or X chipset you can overclock it to your heart’s content without messing up the ram frequency.

#13

You must get the K version of the processor if you want to overclock heavily as overclocking on the normal versions do not have the multiplier completely unlocked, the K versions are more expensive too.

#14

How about you look at some benchmarks and learn a bit about the tech jennyjohnson before commenting. The Phenom II x4 965 barely competes with the i5 760, it’s miles behind the Sandybridge processors.

Quit reviving old threads.

#15

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