Intel is the way to go right now. AMD can't get their head out of their ass and haven't since they got the jump on the 64bit processors 10 years ago.
Intel is the way to go right now. AMD can't get their head out of their ass and haven't since they got the jump on the 64bit processors 10 years ago.
I just didn't wanna spend $200+ on the CPU, but I guess that's where I need to go.
Should I definitely go Intel?...or would an AMD cpu be sufficient if I'm not going for hardcore gaming?
On a related note, my parents are buying my sis a laptop when she goes to college this summer and have told me I can have her desktop for my office. It is a POS right now, but since I don't have to buy it, I'm gonna put some money in it to make it good enough.
No games, just 'Net, email, word processing, but I like to have 10 windows up at once when I'm researching. I'm thinking Windows 7, a hard drive upgrade, and a bunch of RAM? Do I need to look into things like processors, etc?
You'll have to give us the model of the PC and at least the motherboard model # or CPU type. There will probably be constrictions on the amount of RAM you can install, but with a Windows 7 machine, used solely for what you want to use it for, you should be fine with 4GB.
You might not even need to replace the HDD, just give us the model of that as well.
I don't think I'd go with less than 8GB at this point. Especially if you like to keep a lot of apps running. RAM is ridiculously cheap right now, if you're getting DDR3 1333 it will be like $30-35 total.
I built a computer in high school and the results were kind of iffy.. It would randomly reboot, disconnect from the internet, and often times not even start. Computer builds are really interesting to me, but that initial project kind of discouraged me from continuing the hobby. I'm interested in building a home media PC that can serve as a DVR for my Directv box. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks in advanced.
Well I was going to wait until the week before Skyrim to order some new stuff, but realized if I wanted to play BF3 at all I needed to upgrade now. So I finally pulled teh trigger and got:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341049
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565
Now I've just got to get the SSD on teh wishlist for Xmas and I'll be set.
As far as putting in an HD Tuner card, throwing up an antenna, using Windows Media Center as a DVR, etc. - I have all that, and I never use it because it is just awful. The guide support is awful, the programmed recordings routinely fail, cut out, or record the wrong thing, channels take forever to tune, become inexplicably unavailable... It's just a huge PITA for anyone other than a true hobbyist.
Why'd you go with MSI?