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06-22-2013, 10:03 AM
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You may want to re-evaluate your build. I'm not sure you will be able to run everquest..
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06-22-2013, 12:00 PM
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Hey owl root let me throw one more wrench in da gears, what if I went amd? I've heard nothing about how inferior they are to Intel (which seems to of been the case since 2007at least). I can see myself able to shave my price down another $200 bucks if I went with an amd CPU/mobo and a radeon GPU. At 650 bucks we are talking some serious savings over a gaming laptop, but would it compete with the Asus g73 laptop I bought 2 years ago?
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06-22-2013, 12:29 PM
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Here is my mobo and CPU that i use on my PC:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138345 and CPU is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103886 Took 10 seconds to unlock 4th core in Bios. Ive used this combo on 3 other builds and never had issues with unlocking 4th core and having a nice setup for under 150 bucks. I'm not one to go for style/Huge gaming rigs i prefer more cost effective builds that suit what i need. You dont need to spend more then 500 bucks if all your looking for is a PC to run p99. I can do that on a dual core that i picked up off craigslist for 100 bucks.( i actually use my 100 dollars craiglist PC as my media center which replaced my ps3 and is 100x more efficient.)
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06-22-2013, 12:40 PM
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Ive always thought that at the same price point (read: not the same advertised clockspeed per se) AMD outperforms Intel. You can get a AMD Phenom 2 Quad core for < $100. Youll have to get another mobo obviously, but I would say do it, especially if you are trying to be budget conscious.
I just built a new budget box as well: Video - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130718 SSD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226236 Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813135345 CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103727 RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226337 Those were the critical pieces, I bought an optical drive, case, and power supply, but the PS replaced the one in my previous build, as I am keeping the Antec kilowatt, and my 2 500 gig drives, as well as my displays. I spent less than $650 on it all. The RAM was a bit of overkill, but as someone earlier referred to, I wanted to play with some ramdisk stuff. | ||
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06-22-2013, 01:29 PM
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Why on earth would you buy an i3? Just get a decked out AMD board with an X4 or X6, or get one of the AMD APU's (A10 most preferably). You'll save $50-100 and it will be way better for games (especially running the APU with an AMD GPU in crossfire mode). Edit: just for example - I got a Gigabyte 970A-UD3 board + an AMD X4 955 for under $175, then I OC'd the 955 from 3Ghz to 4ghz using air cooling. If you want to save money, AMD is the way and the truth. Their GPUs are also >>> NVidia atm (ex: you can get an AMD 6850 1GB that will smoke the 650ti for less $$)
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06-22-2013, 01:34 PM
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I spent $625 on my AMD build that I described in the above post, and I can run BF3 on Ultra @ 45-60 fps depending on the area. I can run anything on max settings and never dip below 40FPS.
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06-22-2013, 04:05 PM
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AMD totally viable
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Score: 9,139 $179.99 AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core Score: 8,181 $153.61 (the processor in OP:) Intel Core i3-3225 @ 3.30GHz Score: 4,379 $130.94 As I said, twice the computing power for just a bit more, but now taking a closer look with AMD it's an even better deal than going the i5 route. These aren't hyperthreaded either, so a definite plus. | ||
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