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help me buy a new comp
Tjoohej:
For a Monitor, i can Highly recommend LG w2363d, 23-inch, 120hz, 3D if you use it, wich i don't. And watching movies and looking at pictures also works very well, plus it's made for gaming since u get 0 input lag.
A review for this monitor can be found at http://www.flatpanelshd.com/review.php?subaction=showfull&id=1280136712 where they also share the screen settings that works best.
kitamesume:
ok give me a breather and let me catch up. *breaths* -sigh-
--- Quote from: Nyking754 on July 18, 2011, 07:48:52 PM ---games i play- final fantasy 14 (big fan of the series), warcraft, starcraft, League of legends, crysis, GTA4, Cod
and i dont want to update my video card every few months so i want one that can last for at least a year and is able to play games that is coming out next year
i might consider getting a ssd but how much faster is a ssd? :-\
also i need a large storage for anime and torrenting reasons as ill be leaving my comp on all day
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a single SSD is like two raptors on raid-0(raid-0 = multiply it's performance by the number of disks in the array), whats raptors you ask? think about a bicycle(HDD) racing against a motor cycle(raptor).
you dont need that much HDD free space internally, stack up some external HDDs(3.0 USB based if you can), those work beautifully.
--- Quote from: Nyking754 on July 19, 2011, 01:04:28 AM ---^^ no idea how to do that but i just checked out this processor that might be able to save me some money,
just wondering if it is good
AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz 4MB L2 Cache Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU AD3850WNGXBOX
i know its not as good as my current build but im wondering if this card is good for now and if i could upgrade to the newer stuff later on when this card is out of date
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AMD Llano is bad, i mean horrible, the only thing it's worth a buy if you arent getting a GPU, which is i doubt as their ondie is not that great for gaming. their most powerful ondie pretty much is only equal to HD6570.
PS: the phenom II outruns the Llano, because Llano are based on Athlon II.
--- Quote from: krumm on July 19, 2011, 12:23:35 AM ---
--- Quote from: Nyking754 on July 18, 2011, 10:53:37 PM ---hey many of u guys are telling me i should over clock my comp and i know what it is but how do u do it and how effective is it? ???
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Overclocking is good for people that want to get every bit of power out of their computer, but most of the time you will only notice a true improvement on benchmarks and nothing else. I prefer to down-volt my self, but most people will say that is stupid.
It is not hard to get a basic overclock if you decide to do so, and there is not much risk if do not up the voltage.
If you want to over clock I recommended an unlocked CPU because it makes things easier.
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wait, who's saying its stupid? i`m not saying its stupid, i currently am doing it on my i3-2100(duh i cant overclock it, might as well downvolt it) i`m running it @ 0.650volts at idle.
Lupin:
--- Quote from: Nyking754 on July 19, 2011, 01:04:28 AM ---^^ no idea how to do that but i just checked out this processor that might be able to save me some money,
just wondering if it is good
AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz 4MB L2 Cache Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU AD3850WNGXBOX
i know its not as good as my current build but im wondering if this card is good for now and if i could upgrade to the newer stuff later on when this card is out of date
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Is it good enough? Yes but there are way better options with minimal cost increase. Look for those instead.
Upgradability of the FM1 socket is probably very slim. The next gen APUs will probably use a new socket (FM2?).
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 19, 2011, 05:57:02 AM ---AMD Llano is bad, i mean horrible, the only thing it's worth a buy if you arent getting a GPU, which is i doubt as their ondie is not that great for gaming. their most powerful ondie pretty much is only equal to HD6570.
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How is it horrible? The Llano platform is feature rich. Its cpu is good enough for common tasks. It also has 4 real cores compared to intel's i3 two. It's ondie gpu is more powerful than your punny i3 2100's. There are better processors yes but Llano isn't horrible.
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 19, 2011, 05:57:02 AM ---PS: the phenom II outruns the Llano, because Llano are based on Athlon II.
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Phenom II and Llano are targeting different consumer price points. Phenom II targeted the mainstream, Llano the low end. Llano replaces Athlon II. Comparing them is outright dumb.
kitamesume:
well i meant look at them, 120$ or 140$, you could get a phenom 955 for like 120$... cheaper mobos too... well yes there are cheaper FM1 mobos(70+$) but do remember theres cheaper AM3 mobos(50+$) as well =P
[140$] AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz 4MB L2 Cache Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU
[120$] AMD A6-3650 Llano 2.6GHz 4MB L2 Cache Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU
[120$] ASUS F1A75-M PRO FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX - 4×240pin | PCI Express 2.0 x16 2(x16, x4)
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[120$] AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz
[90$] ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - 4×240pin | PCI Express 2.0 x16 2(x16, x0 or x8, x8)
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[80$] AMD Athlon II X4 630 Propus 2.8GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
[90$] ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - 4×240pin | PCI Express 2.0 x16 2(x16, x0 or x8, x8)
[100$](70$ after rebate)ZOTAC ZT-40503-10L GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
imho if you're getting a GPU then their prices are unjustified OR might as well pick the cheaper athlon and fetch a card for the same price >,>
overclocking Llano seems to be a bit sketchy too because everything on the entire mobo is tied to the same reference clock.
but do note, i`m not hating it, its just that the pricing is ridiculous. if they manage to stuff in a HD6770 for the same price then put it on my cart XD
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: Nyking754 on July 18, 2011, 07:48:52 PM ---i might consider getting a ssd but how much faster is a ssd? :-\
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It's quite ridiculous. Once you switch over, there's no going back. What might take minutes on an HDD would take mere seconds on an SSD. You know those Windows updates that take several minutes? It's done in a flash on SSDs.
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