- Apr 3, 2013
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So this is my situation. I want to upgrade my current Desktop. I wanted to save my current build and make new one from scratch but it seems I won''t be able so I'll keep my Case, DVD, PSU(Fortron 400W), HDD(Sata2 500GB) and add up to this.
In the past few weeks I was reading a lot of stuff about AMD/Intel and now I have the impression that there's no build, budget or not, where AMD would be prefered. However I want to post my main requirements for the new Desktop ( what I expect to get) and I hope to get suggestions for builds that will meet these requirements.
I've just started my career as a programmer so I intensively use Visual Studio 2010/2012 and now it''s frustrating because I wait too long for almost every operation I perform. So the main requirement is to get fluent workflow using Visual Studio.
The second most common thing I use my Desktop is watching films. With the current build I have no problem watching 720p movies but it's impossible to watch normally 1080p.
The third requirement is the one that increase the price of the build the most (I think) so this is where I really need your advice. Mostly the weekends I like to play e certain games - (mostly RTS, RPG - Civilization V, StarCraft 2). I am no longer gamer so I don't seek extreme performance but still want to be able to play these games (and similar to them) with an acceptable quality on my 23` 1920x1080 HP monitor.
I may be mistaken but I think in some articles as advantage to AMD is pointed exactly the faster execution of programs and videos, and also, even though my last build was long time ago in my mind AMD is the way to go when you want acceptable performance on lower price. However I've seen some benchmarks where even I3 beats the FX4170 so I'm really confused.
When you offer your builds please be as specific as possible. If I go with an Intel build I may decide to use the integrated GPU at least for a month or even more if I'm satisfied with what I get, and if I go with AMD I have to buy GPU which may result at price compareable to that of Intel build without GPU or even more, so please provide what MB do you suggest, what CPU, what RAM and how much of RAM memory. Another thing I'm wondering about is do I have to worry too much about the fact that the different MB offers different numbers for RAM slots and as far as I know it's better to have less RAM but occuping each slot then to have one stick of RAM.
So yeah, basically that's it.
Thanks in advance.
In the past few weeks I was reading a lot of stuff about AMD/Intel and now I have the impression that there's no build, budget or not, where AMD would be prefered. However I want to post my main requirements for the new Desktop ( what I expect to get) and I hope to get suggestions for builds that will meet these requirements.
I've just started my career as a programmer so I intensively use Visual Studio 2010/2012 and now it''s frustrating because I wait too long for almost every operation I perform. So the main requirement is to get fluent workflow using Visual Studio.
The second most common thing I use my Desktop is watching films. With the current build I have no problem watching 720p movies but it's impossible to watch normally 1080p.
The third requirement is the one that increase the price of the build the most (I think) so this is where I really need your advice. Mostly the weekends I like to play e certain games - (mostly RTS, RPG - Civilization V, StarCraft 2). I am no longer gamer so I don't seek extreme performance but still want to be able to play these games (and similar to them) with an acceptable quality on my 23` 1920x1080 HP monitor.
I may be mistaken but I think in some articles as advantage to AMD is pointed exactly the faster execution of programs and videos, and also, even though my last build was long time ago in my mind AMD is the way to go when you want acceptable performance on lower price. However I've seen some benchmarks where even I3 beats the FX4170 so I'm really confused.
When you offer your builds please be as specific as possible. If I go with an Intel build I may decide to use the integrated GPU at least for a month or even more if I'm satisfied with what I get, and if I go with AMD I have to buy GPU which may result at price compareable to that of Intel build without GPU or even more, so please provide what MB do you suggest, what CPU, what RAM and how much of RAM memory. Another thing I'm wondering about is do I have to worry too much about the fact that the different MB offers different numbers for RAM slots and as far as I know it's better to have less RAM but occuping each slot then to have one stick of RAM.
So yeah, basically that's it.
Thanks in advance.
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