Q. I've been looking on sites like dell.com, and you know other computer websites, and it seems that if you buy a older pc model with newer parts than it is alot cheaper and would run better, is this true?
A. It depends upon how you plan to use the computer.
If you write papers using windows wordpad or Microsoft Word, use spreadsheets, powerpoint presentations, chat and IM, email and perhaps listen to music or watch an occassional You Tube
or other television, and you facebook or online date, an older PC with at least a Pentium 4 at 2 gigahertz is sufficient, and an 80 gig hard drive. Minimum 512 megabytes preferably 1 gigabyte.
However, if you plan on storing music and videoes, and you want to burn CD's or DVD's or you want to use a TV tuner card, you need at least 2006 year technology, which means an Athlon dual core or an Intel core 2 duo. You would need at least 1 gigabyte of ram too. This is
also important if you want to run an operating system such as Window 7 or Vista (Vista had problems, only get it if it is already installed on the older computer you are buying) .
HOWEVER, if you are a gamer, especially if you play highly graphical role playing online games
such as Star Wars - The Old Republic, YOU WILL NOT LIKE AN OLD COMPUTER.
I am not a gamer so I don't understand this fully, but those who play that game are always complaining about processors that seem extremely fast to me. If you are a gamer or plan to
be one, you need a 4 core 8 thread intel processor such as an i7 955 and an extremely powerful
graphics card. That means 2011+ technology such as a radeon hd 6850 graphics card and either
an intel i5 or i7 processor, OR an AMD Phenom ii x4 processor from 840 to 955 or higher. If it is
x6 or x8, that is even better. The x number is the number of processor cores on an AMD processor. If you want to watch Blu Rays or other 1080p multimedia, you need an extremely
powerful processor, although intel i3 or AMD Athlon ii's of at least 2.5 gigahertz should be sufficient.
IF YOU ARE NOT A GAMER, those expensive processors are unnecessary, a simple dual core
is more than enough to accomplish every nongaming task I can imagine (with the possible exception
of multimedia, converting a movie from one file format to another- or working with high definition
video content.
In 2012, you don't, for any task, want any processor older than a Pentium 4, except possibly
if you run Ubuntu or other Linux, a Pentium iii of 1 gigahertz will run ok, for basic tasks.
I would only buy a Pentium III box if it were $12 or less. Pentium 4 boxes upto 1 gigabyte of ram
and up to a 120 gig hard drive WITH A LICENSED COPY of Windows XP should be $110 or less
new and $50 with the licensed XP if used. If you have to get your own Windows XP, then the box should be $40 or less, not including your monitor or including a CRT monitor.
If you write papers using windows wordpad or Microsoft Word, use spreadsheets, powerpoint presentations, chat and IM, email and perhaps listen to music or watch an occassional You Tube
or other television, and you facebook or online date, an older PC with at least a Pentium 4 at 2 gigahertz is sufficient, and an 80 gig hard drive. Minimum 512 megabytes preferably 1 gigabyte.
However, if you plan on storing music and videoes, and you want to burn CD's or DVD's or you want to use a TV tuner card, you need at least 2006 year technology, which means an Athlon dual core or an Intel core 2 duo. You would need at least 1 gigabyte of ram too. This is
also important if you want to run an operating system such as Window 7 or Vista (Vista had problems, only get it if it is already installed on the older computer you are buying) .
HOWEVER, if you are a gamer, especially if you play highly graphical role playing online games
such as Star Wars - The Old Republic, YOU WILL NOT LIKE AN OLD COMPUTER.
I am not a gamer so I don't understand this fully, but those who play that game are always complaining about processors that seem extremely fast to me. If you are a gamer or plan to
be one, you need a 4 core 8 thread intel processor such as an i7 955 and an extremely powerful
graphics card. That means 2011+ technology such as a radeon hd 6850 graphics card and either
an intel i5 or i7 processor, OR an AMD Phenom ii x4 processor from 840 to 955 or higher. If it is
x6 or x8, that is even better. The x number is the number of processor cores on an AMD processor. If you want to watch Blu Rays or other 1080p multimedia, you need an extremely
powerful processor, although intel i3 or AMD Athlon ii's of at least 2.5 gigahertz should be sufficient.
IF YOU ARE NOT A GAMER, those expensive processors are unnecessary, a simple dual core
is more than enough to accomplish every nongaming task I can imagine (with the possible exception
of multimedia, converting a movie from one file format to another- or working with high definition
video content.
In 2012, you don't, for any task, want any processor older than a Pentium 4, except possibly
if you run Ubuntu or other Linux, a Pentium iii of 1 gigahertz will run ok, for basic tasks.
I would only buy a Pentium III box if it were $12 or less. Pentium 4 boxes upto 1 gigabyte of ram
and up to a 120 gig hard drive WITH A LICENSED COPY of Windows XP should be $110 or less
new and $50 with the licensed XP if used. If you have to get your own Windows XP, then the box should be $40 or less, not including your monitor or including a CRT monitor.
What Parts Would I Need To Build A Desktop Computer?
Q. I want to build my own computer but I don't know what kind of parts I need for the monitor.
A. so far so good, my system:
newegg.com
- Intel 520 Series Cherryville SSDSC2CW240A3K5 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4 TH LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with Dual Thunderbolt
- CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10
- PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply, ATX12V v2.2/EPS12V, 135mm double ball bearing, 20+4pin, single 12V rail, 12 SATA power connectors, SLI ready, 5.9"x3.4"x6.3", 7yr warranty
- Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000
- 250Gb western digital hard drive (WD2500HHTZ), sataIII 6Gbs, 3.5", 10,000rpm
- used stock cpu cooler , since I am not overclocking, and choose non K cpu version, for virtualization advantages in case i want windows xp mode to run older programs. ran intel processor diagnostic tool and everything passed including memory. ran win 7 memory test ok also.
- motherboard came with F3 BIOS with screen shifted to the left blocking letters, downloaded F9 BIOS and used Q-flash in BIOS to update it, so ok now. flashing is way easier than it used to be.
- set BIOS to AHCI, created partition and let windows 7 pro 64 bit format SSD to NTFS.
- used sata 3 port 0 lower for SSD and upper port 1 for my WD hard drive.
- system is quiet and boots fast. everything is snappy including internet browsing. I had like 10 browser windows open and system showed 6Gb in use ?? good thing i got hooked up with 32Gb and explains why my old laptop can not surf the internet anymore with long lags/delays/page loads.
- I needed more than 6 usb ports, so ordered this "Biostar CABLEUSB3.0 USB 3.0 Cable Bracket". also ordered some usb 2.0 card slot bracket adapters, cheap but the bracket was to big, had to hacksaw it to fit the rear panel slot. did not realize they made 2 different sizes.
- no compatibility problems encountered, mouse/keyboard/printer/power supply all worked. i'm running my mouse and keyboard off the usb2.0 motherboard connectors to a four port card slot adapter bracket in the rear. they did work in the rear motherboard usb ports also.
- I can run morrowind off the onboard graphics no problem.
- verified TRIM enable, turned off system restore, indexing, prefetch/superfetch etc. etc. Now will wait and see how the SSD lasts/performs, since it is my first.
- my new system makes my midi keyboard sound really good, using pianissimo VSTi and reaper as my DAW. My old AMD system was 5-6yrs old.
- has a pci slot which i used for my firewire card.
- stayed away from 2011 socket boards, seems like alot of problems.
- my cheap GTX 460 sonic 1024M GDDR5 256bit dual DVI w/HDMI can run all my games, skyrim full resolution. but this is the most important computer part for gaming, I just have not needed to upgrade yet.
- can't wait to get a usb3.0 or thunderbolt external harddrive to speed things up.
- weak SSD documentation, download the intel SSD toolbox program from the intel website. it will list lifetime left, and do a check on the SSD.
- could not get easytune6 to install.
- set memory profile in BIOS to XMP to get 1600 timing.
chente
newegg.com
- Intel 520 Series Cherryville SSDSC2CW240A3K5 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4 TH LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with Dual Thunderbolt
- CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10
- PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply, ATX12V v2.2/EPS12V, 135mm double ball bearing, 20+4pin, single 12V rail, 12 SATA power connectors, SLI ready, 5.9"x3.4"x6.3", 7yr warranty
- Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000
- 250Gb western digital hard drive (WD2500HHTZ), sataIII 6Gbs, 3.5", 10,000rpm
- used stock cpu cooler , since I am not overclocking, and choose non K cpu version, for virtualization advantages in case i want windows xp mode to run older programs. ran intel processor diagnostic tool and everything passed including memory. ran win 7 memory test ok also.
- motherboard came with F3 BIOS with screen shifted to the left blocking letters, downloaded F9 BIOS and used Q-flash in BIOS to update it, so ok now. flashing is way easier than it used to be.
- set BIOS to AHCI, created partition and let windows 7 pro 64 bit format SSD to NTFS.
- used sata 3 port 0 lower for SSD and upper port 1 for my WD hard drive.
- system is quiet and boots fast. everything is snappy including internet browsing. I had like 10 browser windows open and system showed 6Gb in use ?? good thing i got hooked up with 32Gb and explains why my old laptop can not surf the internet anymore with long lags/delays/page loads.
- I needed more than 6 usb ports, so ordered this "Biostar CABLEUSB3.0 USB 3.0 Cable Bracket". also ordered some usb 2.0 card slot bracket adapters, cheap but the bracket was to big, had to hacksaw it to fit the rear panel slot. did not realize they made 2 different sizes.
- no compatibility problems encountered, mouse/keyboard/printer/power supply all worked. i'm running my mouse and keyboard off the usb2.0 motherboard connectors to a four port card slot adapter bracket in the rear. they did work in the rear motherboard usb ports also.
- I can run morrowind off the onboard graphics no problem.
- verified TRIM enable, turned off system restore, indexing, prefetch/superfetch etc. etc. Now will wait and see how the SSD lasts/performs, since it is my first.
- my new system makes my midi keyboard sound really good, using pianissimo VSTi and reaper as my DAW. My old AMD system was 5-6yrs old.
- has a pci slot which i used for my firewire card.
- stayed away from 2011 socket boards, seems like alot of problems.
- my cheap GTX 460 sonic 1024M GDDR5 256bit dual DVI w/HDMI can run all my games, skyrim full resolution. but this is the most important computer part for gaming, I just have not needed to upgrade yet.
- can't wait to get a usb3.0 or thunderbolt external harddrive to speed things up.
- weak SSD documentation, download the intel SSD toolbox program from the intel website. it will list lifetime left, and do a check on the SSD.
- could not get easytune6 to install.
- set memory profile in BIOS to XMP to get 1600 timing.
chente
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