- May 28, 2018
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Hi there,
So I spent about 2 weeks reading about hardware, reading reviews and benchmarks on AMD vs Intel, on RAM, SSDs, and GPUs .. And I'm still stuck!!
The problem:
I need to buy a good PC that would last for at least 3 years, what I do is gaming (on a 23'' monitor running at 1080p, I never tried 1440, I don't mind playing on mid settings), but gaming is just 10% of my time, what I mainly do is web development, mobile development, and I was interesting in some other projects like contributing to Chromium (this involves compiling and building), and doing some security research, and also doing some machine learning and ai stuff.
What I know so far:
- Intel Core i7 8700 is good for gaming, not good for multi tasking, AMD R7 2700 is the inverse, but how is good and bad here? I'm running an AMD phenom 2 x4 945 processor, I don't really know what is good and bad in that comparison!!
- Running 16GB of ram at 2400 bus speed is awkward, better run it at 3000 for smoother performance
- Getting an SSD is a priority, an NVMe M.2 one that is running at full bandwidth, some mobos with some CPUs don't provide full capacity to the components (talking about a PCIe multiplier, x16 x8 and x4, some people mentioned that sometimes components can run on less than they are expecting for full speed, you can get an NVMe M.2 SSD and still run at speeds like a SATA SSD)
- GPU .. That's too expensive, better use mine until I have the money to buy a new one, mine is Radeon HD6770 :/
- PSU .. Got a cooler master elit 650W, should be enough
- Case .. Got a trash bin that I'll use as a case because I don't have money hahaha
What I'm looking for:
A good build based on the above information, I'm currently limited to 800USD (Maybe I can squeeze it up to 1000USD in a while) for just a MoBo, a CPU (and it's cooling if necessary), and 16GB of RAM, and an SSD, for the SSD I'm good with the Samsung EVO 970 500GBs or 250GBs
What will make me feel comfortable:
A feedback from someone who has already worked with both CPUs for similar tasks to what I do, because benchmarks are sometimes not accurate, personal experience is always accurate and clear.
Thanks for reading up
So I spent about 2 weeks reading about hardware, reading reviews and benchmarks on AMD vs Intel, on RAM, SSDs, and GPUs .. And I'm still stuck!!
The problem:
I need to buy a good PC that would last for at least 3 years, what I do is gaming (on a 23'' monitor running at 1080p, I never tried 1440, I don't mind playing on mid settings), but gaming is just 10% of my time, what I mainly do is web development, mobile development, and I was interesting in some other projects like contributing to Chromium (this involves compiling and building), and doing some security research, and also doing some machine learning and ai stuff.
What I know so far:
- Intel Core i7 8700 is good for gaming, not good for multi tasking, AMD R7 2700 is the inverse, but how is good and bad here? I'm running an AMD phenom 2 x4 945 processor, I don't really know what is good and bad in that comparison!!
- Running 16GB of ram at 2400 bus speed is awkward, better run it at 3000 for smoother performance
- Getting an SSD is a priority, an NVMe M.2 one that is running at full bandwidth, some mobos with some CPUs don't provide full capacity to the components (talking about a PCIe multiplier, x16 x8 and x4, some people mentioned that sometimes components can run on less than they are expecting for full speed, you can get an NVMe M.2 SSD and still run at speeds like a SATA SSD)
- GPU .. That's too expensive, better use mine until I have the money to buy a new one, mine is Radeon HD6770 :/
- PSU .. Got a cooler master elit 650W, should be enough
- Case .. Got a trash bin that I'll use as a case because I don't have money hahaha
What I'm looking for:
A good build based on the above information, I'm currently limited to 800USD (Maybe I can squeeze it up to 1000USD in a while) for just a MoBo, a CPU (and it's cooling if necessary), and 16GB of RAM, and an SSD, for the SSD I'm good with the Samsung EVO 970 500GBs or 250GBs
What will make me feel comfortable:
A feedback from someone who has already worked with both CPUs for similar tasks to what I do, because benchmarks are sometimes not accurate, personal experience is always accurate and clear.
Thanks for reading up
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