New Gaming PC Choices.

How can I get all that in-depth info? I know like, what kinda cpu, gpu, etc is, but not sure like, how many mhz my ram is.

http://www.gtopala.com/

or if it's prebuilt, the model # and or service tag. wanna pm the latter imo.

If you absolutely had to choose between the three of those, I'd recommend the third one. I'd still get a GTX650 or Radeon 7770 to replace the card in there however.

AMD processors are rather subpar at gaming performance in my experience, I used to run a 6-core Phenom 1045T x2 at 3.2GHz, by switching to my 4-core 4.5GHz Intel 3570k I saw between 15-25fps gains in FFXIV, Guild Wars 2, and TERA.

Not saying you have to, but it would *highly* benefit you to consider learning about computer parts and building your own from scratch! You'll learn a lot about all the parts and generally take better care of your PC knowing you built it yourself. Not to mention you'll get exactly the performance you're going for. You don't even have to go balls to the wall to begin with.

For about the same price as any of those PCs (base prices listed), you could build a system like the following.:
Intel i5 3470 - $200
ASRock Z77 Pro3 motherboard - $85 (I use this)
Corsair CX600 PSU - $60 (I use this too.
8GB 1600MHz RAM - $50
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM Hard drive - $90
Cooler Master case of your choosing - Est. $110
DVD+RW Combo Writer - $25
Windows 7 - $100
EVGA GeForce GTX 650ti - $150

I don't know how much difference in price there is between here and Europe, but this comes out to around $850 US dollars, or £522

is there a free copy of that?

Try out CPU-Z

it's free and gives some good info.

Example on my PC:

AMD FX 6100 Six core processor 3300 mhz
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Western Digitial 1TB
8 GB Ram (2x 4 GB) 667 MHz (667x2 =1333)

Says the Manufacturer is STT and model is supertalent?

Any other info you need I can look it up.

get the 2nd one

and buy a graphics card to put into it and you will be good.


several reasons:

mainly, because it doesn't come with preinstalled windows 8, you can load up windows 7 and not have to go through that headache of an OS,

the processor is better than the other AMD's, and in MMO's like ff14, you really want a solid processor or you will be shorting yourself.

all you really need to do with the 2nd computer is buy a graphics card (i can recommend you a 120$ gfx card) and install windows 7 (can get this free if you bootleg)

and that computer should last you about 2-3 months before your cheap prebuilt PSU dies on you :)


so tldr; build your own if you can lol.

Motherboard is ASrock n68.
700 w power supply

The AMD 8150 there is actually the worst of the 3 for gaming performance, it's a first-gen bulldozer. Sure it can clock high, and has 8 cores for the most overall multitask-processing power, but even the 6200 has better architecture and is higher clocked/better value, considering no game will be using all 8 cores consistently.

Depending on what you want info for, this ranges from unfortunate to not horrendous. GPU is sort of slow, and Bulldozer CPUs are rather slow for gaming so I'd never go for one over a 2500k or so unless you're on a budget. The rest is fine though.

Was wondering how it would do for gameing. Was interested in playing XIV when its up again.

Agreed, but if you'd go with a 2500k you might as well consider an Ivy Bridge 3570k for the same price just because it runs on less power, and with the improved IMC your RAM is guaranteed to be stable at 1600MHz out of the box. They'll overclock to 4.2GHz~ on stock voltage too if you have sufficient cooling.

PS - as an added bonus, Ivy Bridge processors have hot bundle deals with Z77 motherboards.

might wanna check out this for part compatibility.

in regards to that software: I use it as part of Hirens Boot CD, never actually downloaded it individually, but it should be free for non-commercial use.

In regards to your PC Kimble: card is a bit old, and the board is cheap junk, and the CPU is also old (and overrated).

Your RAM is STT? tad bit whack.

It could probably handle XIV though, if your monitor isn't huge/not at the highest settings.

Does it support SLI?