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I am in the market to build my first PC. I just graduated, got a job, and now I find myself with plenty of time to indulge in the things that I am most interested in in hopes to really push what I know to the limit and expand on it. Let me start off by stating I am a complete Noob in hardware knowledge.
For this first build of mine I have set a $1500 budget but I've been told from a friend who has been helping me understand some of this stuff that my budget allows me to build a 'beast' of a computer that would be overkill. I have been told that the best thing to attempt to do is to make sure your PC will be used to its potential, instead of having far more potential than you will ever use.
So, I turn to you all for insight on what CPU would be best for me. I am having trouble understanding all the specs associated with the CPU's I have been researching. You probably all need to know what I am interested in and what I will be using the PC for which is Gaming (FPS, WoW, Rift) and Web & App design/programming with Adobe CS5 (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, After Effects). Also, I really want to learn some Development things where I'll be running a duel boot of Win 7 and Linux. I would say that as of right now I am a beginner in these subjects but I want to learn and expand on these things and I don't want to be held back by my PC.
Like I said I am a Noob therefore I am finding it hard to understand what is an obnoxious setup compared to a setup that will allow me to do exactly what I want with out wasting power. I want my PC to run anything I could throw at it from this present time and hopefully anything else that will come out in the next year or two. I'd like this to last up to or exceed 4 years without needing major upgrades.
I simply would just like to better understand this stuff so that I can choose my Motherboard which is what I am told you should always start off choosing. I've been looking at motherboards that have up to 3 slots for video cards and up to 4 slots for memory. I've been told it would be a great setup to run 2 NVIDIA GeForce 460's and up to 16gb of ram... I don't know if this information is useful for you guys but thats just some insight as to the direction I am headed.
What I have been looking at are the AMD's Phenom II x6 and x4, as well as Intel's i7 and i5 products. I would love some insight into these because a lot of what I see in the differences between x6 to x4 or i7 to i5 doesn't seem to be like much, other than prices. Each series has different products that seem to be similar to another series' products such as AMD's Phenom II x6 1090T and the x4 955 or Intel's i7-2600K Sandy Bridge and i5-2500K Sandy Bridge. So, whats your take on this? Thanks in advance.
I am in the market to build my first PC. I just graduated, got a job, and now I find myself with plenty of time to indulge in the things that I am most interested in in hopes to really push what I know to the limit and expand on it. Let me start off by stating I am a complete Noob in hardware knowledge.
For this first build of mine I have set a $1500 budget but I've been told from a friend who has been helping me understand some of this stuff that my budget allows me to build a 'beast' of a computer that would be overkill. I have been told that the best thing to attempt to do is to make sure your PC will be used to its potential, instead of having far more potential than you will ever use.
So, I turn to you all for insight on what CPU would be best for me. I am having trouble understanding all the specs associated with the CPU's I have been researching. You probably all need to know what I am interested in and what I will be using the PC for which is Gaming (FPS, WoW, Rift) and Web & App design/programming with Adobe CS5 (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, After Effects). Also, I really want to learn some Development things where I'll be running a duel boot of Win 7 and Linux. I would say that as of right now I am a beginner in these subjects but I want to learn and expand on these things and I don't want to be held back by my PC.
Like I said I am a Noob therefore I am finding it hard to understand what is an obnoxious setup compared to a setup that will allow me to do exactly what I want with out wasting power. I want my PC to run anything I could throw at it from this present time and hopefully anything else that will come out in the next year or two. I'd like this to last up to or exceed 4 years without needing major upgrades.
I simply would just like to better understand this stuff so that I can choose my Motherboard which is what I am told you should always start off choosing. I've been looking at motherboards that have up to 3 slots for video cards and up to 4 slots for memory. I've been told it would be a great setup to run 2 NVIDIA GeForce 460's and up to 16gb of ram... I don't know if this information is useful for you guys but thats just some insight as to the direction I am headed.
What I have been looking at are the AMD's Phenom II x6 and x4, as well as Intel's i7 and i5 products. I would love some insight into these because a lot of what I see in the differences between x6 to x4 or i7 to i5 doesn't seem to be like much, other than prices. Each series has different products that seem to be similar to another series' products such as AMD's Phenom II x6 1090T and the x4 955 or Intel's i7-2600K Sandy Bridge and i5-2500K Sandy Bridge. So, whats your take on this? Thanks in advance.
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