Mid level gaming pc

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 6th, 2009 03:04 AM

So far so good. The Gigabyte board seems to be doing a good job auto-adjusting the voltage (if any). I haven't done anything on my end.

I'll keep it at 4 cores for a while.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 6th, 2009 05:41 AM

I stressed the pc with FSX and converting recorded tv shows to Divx and mp4. No ill effects with the unlocked 4th core. But, reading around...... I think I'll have to stick with either 4 cores at the stock 2.8ghz or revert back to 3 cores and overclock to say, 3.2ghz or higher. But not both at the same time. That would have to involve buying a new HSF. I don't really feel like taking apart the pc again when it's running very well.

For now, I'll stick to 4 cores * 2.8ghz.

I'll consider doing both when it's near my next upgrade cycle.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 7th, 2009 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by EQAddict

is the Intel Core i7 920 and X58 Motherboard combo any good ????

Well, it quicker than most Core 2 and AMD cpu's that came before it.

I considered buying an X58 motherboard and an i7 920. But, that would have been an additional $270 minimum at newegg.com for something that's really less and less important in a mid-range gaming pc.

**tidus1203** · November 7th, 2009 11:23 PM

Ang mamahal pa ng i7 sa Pilipinas, not worth it. I will buying mine next year hopefully mura na yan or maskin Quad Core mag mura na...

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 8th, 2009 01:26 AM

Get the i7 920 if you do a lot of 3d stuff or video-editing/encoding. That's where the i7's and many Core 2 Quads shine over AMD.

In gaming, it's more and more the video card. I wanted a 5850. But, every store was sold out. So, I settled for the lower power draw 5770.

My full pc upgrade cycle is also coming up sometime next year. That means an all new pc. I definitely will move up to i7 or even the i9 (6-core).

**tidus1203** · November 9th, 2009 02:11 PM

Overkill IMO. And IMO get an AMD kapag DDR3 memory gagamitin mo. Kasi yung mga DDR3 motherboards ng Intel super mahal lagpas P10,000... Samantala AMD motherboards with DDR3 compatibility meron as low as P5000-P6000 range lang...

**tidus1203** · November 9th, 2009 02:12 PM

Speaking of the PC I am getting one today or tomorrow. Forget na next yar, di na ako makaintay!

I will post the specs later... Its not as good as Jun's pero should be good for my cause!

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 9th, 2009 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by EQAddict

How about Core i7 860 ? Is this good enough? I just play games really. Never encode or do 3D.

Despite the smaller numbering of the i7 860, its clock speed is actually higher than the i7 920 (2.8hz vs 2.66ghz). I think the i7 860 has lesser hyperthreading pipelines.

Still, checking around.... the i7 860 seems to be as quick or quicker than the i7 920 in many non-gaming tasks. Needless to say, it destroys all current AMD cpu's. Average margin vs my Phenom II X3 720 is 20-30%.

On most current games, the margin is lesser say, 10-15% average which indicates the video card matters more.

Pricewise, the i7 860 is $1 more than the i7 920 and $171 more than my Phenom II X3 720. I also intended this pc mostly for gaming.

I'm at least a couple of years behind on my gaming. So actually, most games I'll be buying will be one to two-year old games except for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and either ArmA 2 or Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.

I game online mainly with relatives in a private server. We're all moving up from Battlefield 2 to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The only other online gaming I do is with FSX. No one in my group has plans to upgrade beyond FSX.

The good part is many of the older games like Mass Effect and Red Alert 3 are down to $20 plus games such as Fallout 3 will soon be heavily discounted.

**tidus1203** · November 9th, 2009 10:52 PM

Got my PC today, here are the specs...

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 (3.0Ghz)
Mobo: MSI 790-GX-G65 (AM3 and DDR3 compatible)
RAM: 2X 2GB DDR3 1333 Kingston (I figured at this stage 4GB is sufficient I have 2 slots left anyway, will buy as required)
HDD: 1TB Samsung 7200RPM SATA 32MB cache
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4670 1GB (I know kinda low spec but its so hard to find HD 5000 series here)

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 9th, 2009 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by tidus1203

Got my PC today, here are the specs...

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 (3.0Ghz)
Mobo: MSI 790-GX-G65 (AM3 and DDR3 compatible)
RAM: 2X 2GB DDR3 1333 Kingston (I figured at this stage 4GB is sufficient I have 2 slots left anyway, will buy as required)
HDD: 1TB Samsung 7200RPM SATA 32MB cache
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4670 1GB (I know kinda low spec but its so hard to find HD 5000 series here)

I thought you were going to get that 9800 GT/GTX.