What is a good processor for computer gaming, but is also affordable, what is the most important factor?
I am looking for a game processor, I would love to have the AMD Phenom 9850 quad core but is expensive, in comparison is this processor to much for what I need, as in is there another processor that I can get that will do what I want for cheaper. I am not an extreme gamer but almost there. Also what is the most important factor in looking for a processor?
Ummm… it really depends on what you are working with and what you consider low price.
Do you have a LGA 775 mobo? AM3? No motherboard?
If you are buying all new parts and want fairly cheap good new hardware.
The 9850 is really inexpensive at 120$….
http://www.google.com/products?q=phenom%209850&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf
Sooooo… I would say you are out of luck if you can’t afford that. Seeing as I have no budget to work with, all I can say is that 120$ for a quad core processor is not a bad deal… at all.
I would say go with the i7 860, it is 200$…
What makes a processor good? It really can’t be narrowed down to one thing, in fact it’s how many things work together.
The reason the i7’s are so good is because the use a QPI interface which is not the usual cache L1 and L2 etc that you find in most intel chips. Also the overclockability of the i7 Nine Series, you can get the 920 for 270$ and take it from 2.67 ghz to 4ghz on an air system. It also utlizes SLI components. And last but not least its motherboard x-58 which utilizes tri channel ram… Not just DDR3. There is ddr3 ram that is made for dual channel and is used for many processors including the i7 860 and i5 series, which makes them perform less.
I use the i7 as an example because it is simply the best processor in the market today… Until the i9 comes out in February.
If 120$ for a quad core is too expensive then you better start looking at dual cores.
Ummm… it really depends on what you are working with and what you consider low price.
Do you have a LGA 775 mobo? AM3? No motherboard?
If you are buying all new parts and want fairly cheap good new hardware.
The 9850 is really inexpensive at 120$….
http://www.google.com/products?q=phenom%209850&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf
Sooooo… I would say you are out of luck if you can’t afford that. Seeing as I have no budget to work with, all I can say is that 120$ for a quad core processor is not a bad deal… at all.
I would say go with the i7 860, it is 200$…
What makes a processor good? It really can’t be narrowed down to one thing, in fact it’s how many things work together.
The reason the i7’s are so good is because the use a QPI interface which is not the usual cache L1 and L2 etc that you find in most intel chips. Also the overclockability of the i7 Nine Series, you can get the 920 for 270$ and take it from 2.67 ghz to 4ghz on an air system. It also utlizes SLI components. And last but not least its motherboard x-58 which utilizes tri channel ram… Not just DDR3. There is ddr3 ram that is made for dual channel and is used for many processors including the i7 860 and i5 series, which makes them perform less.
I use the i7 as an example because it is simply the best processor in the market today… Until the i9 comes out in February.
If 120$ for a quad core is too expensive then you better start looking at dual cores.
References :
Are you under the impression that you can buy a new, faster processor and put it into your computer to improve your performance? This is not true! There are many kinds of "sockets" that processors plug into and they are not interchangeable!!
Generally, in today’s situation, you need to get a cpu, motherboard, memory, and video card combination. I don’t mean that you buy them as a package, but you have to get the individual parts that are meant to work with each other.
For building a PC, especially one for gaming, you should shell out a few bucks for "PC Gamer" magazine. Each month in the hardware section in the back of the magazine there’s a current recommendation for parts to build a system. They give a dream system for those with deep pockets, a medium system that should work for most games, and a budget system for those with limited resources. They also have reviews. The best thing would be to find it at the library where you can look over the back-issues to see the articles and reviews of hardware.
There is a review in Tom’s Hardware Guide (reference below) that came out recently, several in fact, that deal with the latest processors and one, in particular, is written with gaming in mind. According to the report, the new i5 processor can be the core of a very good gaming system at a very reasonable price.
You need to do a fair bit more research before you make an educated decision on what you want to do and what you can afford, but PC Gamer and THG are two good places to start. Anandtech and Extremetech are also good sources of info.
References :
http://www.anandtech.com/
http://www.tomshardware.com/us/#redir
http://www.extremetech.com/