[elky] Re: Building a PC
- From: Robert Adams <ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:11:00 -0600
Microcenter seems to be the place to buy a processor, in the "build
your own PC thread" at Slickdeals the first question you answer is "Do
you have a Microcenter / Fry's nearby?" Microcenter has the i5-750
@$150, i7-860 @$230 and the i7-920 @$200. These prices are well below
online prices, and are in-store only. The Fry's in Atlanta are far
from me, but if they have a killer deal I'll make the drive.
Not at the Frys here... Also figure in what the motherboard
and the expensive three packs of memory cost for the i series.
This chart puts the i5/i7s above any AMD CPUS:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu,2466-6.html
About two months ago the i7s were running nearly 1K. Way
overpriced at the time. I guess they finally figured out what it takes to
increase sales... Up until recently the AMDs were the best for the $
especially when overclocked. The i series from intel are very overclockable
so if you get a good price on them they are a much better deal.
Though I'll take the top AMD over the i5. I'd always prefer a
non intel product though.
I want good bang for the buck with an eye towards not upgrading for at
least 2-3 years. I bought my Shuttle thinking I would upgrade the CPU
and graphics (Athlon 64 3000+ at 1.8 GHz and Radeon X300)... but I
never played games so I never needed to.
Playing FSX well is the main thing with anything I build.
Very processor heavy. Almost all other games can offload the processing to
the video card. Course if I add extra monitors by using other computers
they don't have to be really fast like the main machine. You still run FSX
on the other computers but it's only having to generate one view as all the
other work is done by the main machine. So every monitor has it's own computer.
For you I'd stick with a decent video card and you can get
one that'll do what you want and a whole lot more for less than $100 these
days. You can get allot of video card for the $ these days.
I have never had a WD hard drive fail. I have rarely had any
components fail actually. They become obsolete way before they fail. I also
turn everything off when it isn't being used. So less of a heat issue over
time and it takes allot of elec to run computers constantly. I also shut
the power strip off cause they pull allot even turned off. They need to
rest and run better on a cold boot...
I absolutely hate sleep mode......
Robert Adams
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