$700: Fourth Tier Gaming Build I changed a few things in the Fourth Tier Gaming Build which include the addition of the SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive allowing more hard drive space while using a quality hard drive. As well I have changed the Radeon HD 5770 for a MSI N460GTX Twin …
$600: Third Tier Gaming Build
$600: Third Tier Gaming Build The AMDPhenom II X4 955 Black Edition is probably the best bang for your buck processor for gaming. The Phenom II X4 955 is a true quad core processor, with a 6 MB L3 cache, and has an unlocked multiplier. This processor can be very easy to overclock and can run as fast as the Phenom …
$530: Second Tier Gaming Build
Check out the $530: Second Tier Gaming Build! With the Intel Core i3-540 costing roughly $105, it can be a great processor for a solid gaming build. This processor beats out the Athlon II X3 445. If you want a higher clock rate for about $15 dollars more, then I would suggest going with the Intel core i3 – 550. …
$400: Entry Level Gaming Build
Check out the $400: Entry Level Gaming Build! With the Athlon X3 450 3.2GHZ costing roughly $89.00, you cannot go wrong with this triple core, high clock rate (lot’s of room for overclocking) processor. This processor should allow most modern games to play well, at decent settings. The Radeon HD 4650 graphics card at its very low price point of …
Cheap Gaming PC (Intel): Running Most Games w/ Ultra&High Settings
Here I will lay out a simple gaming build utilizing the Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz Quad-Core Processor and as the NVidia GeForce GTX 460 graphics cards are cheaper now, I will be using these as well. Build 1: $750 @ Amazon 1. Processor: Intel Core i5 750 Processor 2.66 GHz 8 MB LGA1156 CPU I5-750BOX 2. Power Supply Unit …
Cheap Gaming PC (AMD): Running Most Games w/ Ultra&High Settings
So you want to play your games on ultra high resolution/quality, but don’t have a ton of cash? Games like Starcraft 2, World of Warcraft, the new Fallout new Vegas etc. will all play great at 1080p resolutions on ultra graphics with these builds. When looking into a gaming PC you want to look for decent processing power, around 4Gb …
A Basic/Cheap Home Theatre PC (HTPC) Build w/ Blu-ray
So you are wanting to build a cheap basic HTPC build to set beside your entertainment system/television for your basic entertainment needs. This means that you can create a PC that will play full 1080p video but is missing all the fancy whistles such as a separate sound-card, tv-tuner, tv-recording, video encoding, video recording etc. This is not to say …
Interested in CPU, SSD, and GPU Benchmarks?
If you are then you should visit AnandTech‘s benchmark page. It has a simple to use interface that allows to select two different CPU’s, SSD’s, or GPU’s and then configures a comparison ratings chart with categories like “Video creation”, x264 HD Encode Test, “Windows Media Encoder 9 x64”, “Far Cry 2 playback”…etc. As well the comparison chart includes the overall …
New: The Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6870
Looking for a new mid range graphics card, well then wait no further! The Radeon HD 6850 and 6870 are in. Meant to replace the older Radeon HD 5000 series graphic processors compare to the 6850 and 6870 as follows (Taken from: guru3d): Specifications Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 5850 Radeon HD 6850 Radeon HD 6870 GPU Juniper XT Cypress Pro …
Home Theatre PC (HTPC)
I would like to introduce another build you may consider building: The Home Theatre PC (HTPC). A HTPC is just a basic computer that is mostly of personal preference in terms of the added components, so when starting your HTPC build you want to include the basic components for building a PC which include: 1. A Computer Case: This is purely …
AMD Phenom II X6 – Six-Core: But Why Six-Cores?
Six cores has been said to be overkill for the average consumer, and in fact will create a slower performance on the apps that cannot use them (Daemon news). This is because at the moment few apps are abel to utilize all six cores. The AMD’s come with a 6MB L3 cache with software for software based turbo when you …
Cheap and Solid Intel i7 860 Builds
I derived a couple Intel i7 860 2.8 GHz builds, so take a look and see what you think. The prices in both could be lowered a tad if you were to choose a cheaper computer case, different power supply, less than 4GB RAM, different/less than 500GB hard drive, or a cheaper video card than the Radeon HD 4870. I …