It just doesn't make any sense to me. You're going to drop $833 on a processor and $333 on RAM, yet you'd still shell out 500 🤣 for a GPU . I honestly don't see why you'd bother with an Intel Core i7, because in my opinion, an Intel Core i5-4440 is definitely the way to go for gaming, especially when paired with 8GB of RAM .
I’d say just go with an IPS monitor. Honestly, with a budget like yours, it feels like a total waste to settle for a TN panel instead. Also, I'm pretty sure that R9 290 isn't going to fit inside a Zalman Z9.
I suppose it might be best to just stick to what you originally laid out in your first post, though maybe you could swap the graphics card for the gigabyte 280x instead.
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 Processor, 3.00GHz, 512KB, 3MB, Haswell 1 x MSI H87M-E33, Socket: 1150, Intel ® H87, 2xDDR3 1333/1600 1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 260 x OC, 2GB GDDR5, 128bit, 28nm 1 x 4GB DDR3 Corsair, 1600MHz, CL11, Value, CMV4GX3M1A160C11 1 x TOSHIBA 1TB, 7200rpm, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB, DT01ACA100 1 x CORSAIR 430W Power Supply, CX Series 80+ Bronze, EPS12V v2.3, 80+ 1 x Zalman ZM-T2 plus sveukupno micro tower case. 189(W) x 427.5(H) x 364(D)mm 1 x Samsung SH-224DB sat Bulk Black DVD Writer, SATA
1 x AOC i2470Swq 23.8", IPS WLED, HDMI, 6ms 1 x OEM Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1 1 x Intel Core i5 4440 1 x Asrock H81M-HDS, Sck 1150 1 x HDD SEAGATE Barracuda 7200 (3.5",500GB,16MB,SATA III-600) 1 x SSD SAM 120GB 840 EVO Basic 1 x Kingston DDR3 HyperX Blu, 1600MHz, 8GB 1 x MSI Video Card Radeon R7 250 GDDR5 1GB/128bit, 1000MHz/4600MHz, 1 x XFX Pro 450W, 80+ 1 x LITE ON IHAS122 DVD-RW 22x Super Multi, SATA, Black, Bulk 1 x MS PHOENIX case without PSU
I mean, read speeds are probably going to be more important to you since that's what you'll be using most often; you won't be doing much writing compared to that. If I were you, I'd just grab a 120GB model now while the price is still reasonable. At the end of the day, any SSD is going to be significantly faster than any HDD you could throw at it.
not really, because you could probably pick up a brand new machine for roughly the same amount, and it would come with a much more capable graphics card
1 x Intel Core i5-3470 soc 1155 1 x 1 x ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 motherboard 1 x Gigabyte R9 270 OC, 2GB GDDR5, HDMI, DVI 1 x Kingmax 1x8GB DDR3 1600 FLGG 1 x XFX Pro 450W, 80+ 1 x LG GH24NS sat Bulk Black 24x optical drive 1 x 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM Hard Drive (3.5", 16MB, SATA III-600) 1 x Zalman micro tower case black
Hey, we could definitely save some cash on the roaster. $40. I mean, sure, let’s aim for a budget around $2,000 to $2,500, but spending $5,500 just doesn't seem to make any sense to me.
1 x AMD Trinity A8-Series x4 5600 1 x MSI A88XM-E35 (FM2+,DDR3,SATA III,USB3.0,VGA,HDMI, DVI) mATX 1 x MEM DDR3 4GB 1866MHz, HyperX Fury KIN 1 x Toshiba 1TB,7200rpm, 32MB HDD 1 x Chicony Active 350W ATX PSU 1 x NaviaTec MATX PC Case, NO PSU 1 x Spire Kepler Rev.2
I honestly don't think an FX chip will ever truly beat an Intel Core i7, regardless of whether the software is actually capable of utilizing all eight cores or not
1 x Intel Core i3-4130, 3.40GHz 1 x ASUS H81M-E, 1150, Intel ® H81, DDR3, 2 slots, 1333,1600 MHz 1 x DDR3 4GB (1x4GB) Kingston, 1600MHz, CL9, Hyper X, KHX1600C9D3B1/ 1 x HDD WD 1TB, Caviar Blue 10EZEX, 1000 GB, SATA3,64 MB, 3.5", 24mj 1 x Samsung 120 GB 840 evo Basic, SSD disk, Capacity 120 GB, 2.5" 1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 260 x OC, 1GB GDDR5 128bit, 28nm 1 x Zalman ZM-T1 PLUS micro tower case. 189(W) x 427,5(H) x 364(D)mm 1 x Samsung SH-224DB sat Bulk Black, SATA 1 x CORSAIR 430W, CX Series 80 + Bronze, EPS12V v2.3, 80+
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I guess the requirements for wow aren't really that intense, so an i3 should be perfectly fine even for some heavier games. Because of that, I'm thinking it might actually be better to skip the beefier CPU and GPU and just throw in an SSD instead, just to make the whole computer feel faster overall.
crimsonstag84 said:Personally, I’d probably just grab a Pentium G4560 + H110 combo with 4GB of RAM for about $283 $283 rather than dropping 400 to $150 on some old LGA 775 quad-core setup. 🙂
The G1820 is actually a bit more capable than an E8400, 8500, or 8600, I guess.
Plus, you actually have a path to upgrade to a really beastly s1150 processor later on.
The only thing to consider is whether you're still running a SATA HDD or if you're stuck with (P)ATA...
Definitely. You can get a Celeron G1610 brand new with a three-year warranty, integrated graphics that handle HD movies just fine, and a cooler included $77 🙏 It seems like a steal considering everything you get, and eventually, that same socket lets you pop in an i3, i5, or i7 processor.
From what I’ve managed to read—and I haven't gotten through everything, there's a massive amount of text here—this computer isn't being used for anything particularly demanding. So, I guess a Pentium is more than enough for what's needed. Things probably won't change drastically enough in the next two years to force anyone to just toss it out