It's Almost Time To Build A New Computer
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I may have to do things incrementally, as I can afford them, but it's time. Thanks to previous guidance from CP members, I've decided on a i5 CPU, rather than wasting cash on the i7 series, and I'm looking at motherboards other than SuperMicro for the first time. The price tag on those has gotten so out of whack with the rest of the market, I'm not sure they really want to remain in business. Servers maybe, but they obviously have no interest in being competitive in the desktop market. GigaByte and Asus are now in the running, though I haven't made up my mind. A question that still remains is, if I select Windows 7 64-bit for the OS, what software can I expect to stop working? All of it, some of it, or just Visual Studio? :)
Will Rogers never met me.
I have no doubt that a chap of your experience and wisdom will have already thought of this but just in case: Ensure that the new motherboard has USB III, Sata III and triple channel memory.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I may have to do things incrementally, as I can afford them, but it's time. Thanks to previous guidance from CP members, I've decided on a i5 CPU, rather than wasting cash on the i7 series, and I'm looking at motherboards other than SuperMicro for the first time. The price tag on those has gotten so out of whack with the rest of the market, I'm not sure they really want to remain in business. Servers maybe, but they obviously have no interest in being competitive in the desktop market. GigaByte and Asus are now in the running, though I haven't made up my mind. A question that still remains is, if I select Windows 7 64-bit for the OS, what software can I expect to stop working? All of it, some of it, or just Visual Studio? :)
Will Rogers never met me.
Don't go to the dark side... stick with WinXP. :-D
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Roger Wright wrote:
I've decided on a i5 CPU, rather than wasting cash on the i7 series
I am just curious why people don't go for AMD processors. I have checked the CPU benchmarks and AMD processors take most of the top positions in 'Best Value' (price-performance) CPU's. I bought an AMD-ASUS combo 5 years back and have no problems with it till date (I have heard a lot about CPU getting heated up very quickly). Just bought another AMD processor a week back. The installation stuff is still remaining. Will complete it today or tomorrow. And I am quite hopeful about the performance.
..Go Green..
No kidding. I have the Athlon II x4 630 in my system and an nVidia GTS 450 1 GB video card. Pretty much everything I throw at it runs buttery smooth with the exception of GTA 4 which stutters a little. Still looking for some configuration suggestions for it on the GTA Forums site, but the effect is only mildly distracting. For everything else, no problems what-so-ever. :) Flynn