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fengwei05

Hey guys, my birthday is near so im going to get a lot of money. And i've already thought about what to spend em on. So i wanna buy a new computer, and im not so good at computer parts, whats good and whats bad etc.

So i was just curious if you guys could give me some advice, maybe some links if possible. All i want is a nice and fast computer where i can watch movies and play games in high quality. Also one where i can do my homeworks. I got around 1300 USD to spend, if its not enough then tell me :b

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XGrave

based on what you have~1300$ it should be plenty and if you already have a hard drive monitor keyboard mouse and audio thats available its going to be kickass as a system



hope you have a monitor and keyboard/mouse/speakers

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Sakumo

The main difference in performance is that I gave you an OS to run with, a weaker CPU in video encoding, photoshopping, etc. but not gaming, in some places, this actually beats the on that GraveX choose. Graphics card is about 20% BETTER. CPU cooling is basically a mini watercooling set up, but you don't have to do maintenance, from what people say, it's quiet as hell. Also, I didn't include a DVD drive, cause I assume you can salvage it from your current PC.

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fengwei05

Thanks guys looking good, well i already got mouse, keyboard, monitor, harddisks, audio (Logitech Z-5500) and a dvddrive aswell.

So yeah.

BTW, i got a question. Is more ram better?

Edit: Sakumo can u pm me the link for the computer you posted? im think i might buy it.

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SnOwBunZz

Not always.

Too much RAM can decrease perfomance (up to 15% iirc).

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fengwei05

Ohh okay thanks snowbun

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XGrave

ram also depends on its speed 800 ddr2 has nothing on 1600 ddr3

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fengwei05

XGrave

Can you explain more about the ram speed for me ?

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XGrave

too busy at the moment, but here:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/26-RAM
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-clock-speed.htm-CPU

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Sakumo

Since he's busy, I'll put this in layman's term, since I'm gonna start my project after my shower, which is after this. Basically, it follows the same rules as CPU's. Higher memory size(suppose you can say it's cache for CPU) and higher clock speed(ghz for CPU, currently mhz for RAM(currently)) equals better RAM. I won't go too far in depth with an example because it gets confusing if you learn it all at once. So, with that said, 800mhz is obviously slow than 1600mhz. But there's the DDR2 and DDR3 difference, which is basically just generations for RAM. Like in humans, the newer generation suppose the older generation in X thing, but for RAM, the # after "DDR" means the different generation, the higher it is the better.

If you want to add latency in the mix, just post a reply.

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