Posts by Rachel Rogers8

Thanks to everyone for all the advice

I’m done with the USA side of things... I've officially made my move over to Intel.

And as for the RAM speed, honestly, I'm just thinking ahead toward a future build... if I'm going to be swapping out the CPU or upgrading other parts in a year or so, I might as well grab faster memory right now so I'm not stuck. That’s why I wouldn't even consider settling for 1600 MHz.

I decided to go with faster RAM and a slightly beefier motherboard just so this rig actually lasts me a while. You know, if I decide to sink more money into it in a year or two, I want at least a few of these parts to still be useful instead of being total paperweights.

I’ve really gotta sit down and overthink every single detail before I pull the trigger on what I'm grabbing :P

And honestly, I went with Micro Center because it's right there in my neck of the woods near Indianapolis, plus they let me split the cost into monthly payments on my credit card, which makes things way easier.

So, I recently picked up an ATI HD 7850 (2 GB ddr 5)

And now I’ve decided it’s time to go out and grab a processor, a motherboard, and some RAM to go with it.

Since I'm trying to bundle all three of these components for under $1000 (and honestly, I really want to get them from Best Buy), I was hoping you guys could weigh in on my choices:

CPU: Intel Core i5 3350P BOX, LGA 1155, 3.10GHz, 7MB cache, QuadCore - $476
http://www.bestbuy.com/artikl-050.606.247

Motherboard: ASUS P8H77-V Le, iH77, DDR3, sound, S-ATA, RAID, G-LAN, VGA, PCI-E 3.0, CrossFireX, HDMI, DVI, D-SUB, USB 3.0, ATX, LGA 1155 - $243
http://www.bestbuy.com/artikl-050.306.865

RAM (set of 2): PC-15000, 4 GB, KINGSTON KHX1866C9D3/4G HyperX Genesis, DDR3 1866MHz - $158/each
http://www.bestbuy.com/?naziv=memorija-...kl=051.210.324

Basically, the goal is to hit that 8GB RAM mark and pair it with a decent enough CPU and board.

Do any of you have ideas for a better graphics card, or maybe a better combo for the CPU and memory that would still fit within a $450 budget?

Also, do you think this specific motherboard/CPU setup paired with that GPU will actually let me squeeze out the maximum performance those parts are capable of?

Thanks

I mean, I honestly cannot believe there isn't a single place on the internet to just download this thing. If it doesn't exist, then I swear, this is going to be the first thing in my entire life that I actually can't find anywhere online somewhere

So, I’m talking about those little kiosks you see everywhere in bars and coffee shops, you know, the ones playing music or those arcade games...

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone here actually knows where someone might be able to find the software for those things?