Is this a good PC?

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Hey,

Does this look good?

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/mHFmVn

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http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/acer-ka210hq-20-7-lcd-monitor-acka210hq

[duckwithanokhat]

IMO there isn't such a thing as a "good PC" but ik you don't really care about that so I'll tell you what you want to here:

 

Its a good starting PC, however that PSU won't last you long in terms of future-proofing and reliability because its old.

[mikat]

get 1x8 gb and that link from officeworks points to another pcpp

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2 minutes ago, mikat said:

get 1x8 gb and that link from officeworks points to another pcpp

I've gotten the 2x4GB RAM for free already, and thanks for picking up on that link

[EarthboundHero]

What's your budget?

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9 minutes ago, rm -rf said:

Hey,

Does this look good?

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/mHFmVn

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officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/acer-ka210hq-20-7-lcd-monitor-acka210hq

AU$750 (US$565)

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2 minutes ago, EarthboundHero said:

What's your budget?

AU$750 (US$565)

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8 minutes ago, duckwithanokhat said:

IMO there isn't such a thing as a "good PC" but ik you don't really care about that so I'll tell you what you want to here:

 

Its a good starting PC, however that PSU won't last you long in terms of future-proofing and reliability because its old.

What PSU would you recommend?

[duckwithanokhat]

2 minutes ago, rm -rf said:

What PSU would you recommend?

How much would you like to spend on your PSU?

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1 minute ago, duckwithanokhat said:

How much would you like to spend on your PSU?

Under $50

[EarthboundHero]

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/zChvLk

This will be much better, and upgradable in the future.

[duckwithanokhat]

 

1 minute ago, EarthboundHero said:

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/zChvLk

This will be much better, and upgradable in the future.

^This is what I would recommend.

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Just now, duckwithanokhat said:

 

^This is what I would recommend.

 

2 minutes ago, EarthboundHero said:

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/zChvLk

This will be much better, and upgradable in the future.

Though down to a dual core?

[EarthboundHero]

Just now, rm -rf said:

 

Though down to a dual core?

With Hyper-Threading. It will perform much much better in a vast majority of games.

[duckwithanokhat]

Just now, rm -rf said:

 

Though down to a dual core?

Was kind of lazy, but I meant just the EVGA PSU.

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2 minutes ago, EarthboundHero said:

With Hyper-Threading. It will perform much much better in a vast majority of games.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2000554/hyperthreading-worth.html

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1 minute ago, duckwithanokhat said:

Was kind of lazy, but I meant just the EVGA PSU.

Oh okay, thanks. So you think it would be bad to go down to a dual core?

[EarthboundHero]

Just now, rm -rf said:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2000554/hyperthreading-worth.html

It will perform better, you can ask anyone on this forum.

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@BurblingBarbacoa Is the Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor better than the AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor?

[BurblingBarbacoa]

23 minutes ago, rm -rf said:

@BurblingBarbacoa Is the Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor better than the AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor?

Yep. By a fair bit. go for the 6100

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15 minutes ago, BurblingBarbacoa said:

Yep. By a fair bit. go for the 6100

Though what if I already have DDR3 RAM?

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 hours ago, rm -rf said:

@BurblingBarbacoa Is the Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor better than the AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor?

definitely, but a few games are hating on dual cores currently though. and dx12 is claiming to use more than just 2-4 cores.

[BurblingBarbacoa]

16 hours ago, rm -rf said:

Though what if I already have DDR3 RAM?

There are motherboards that support ddr3 however I'm pretty sure they stress the memory controller. I would just keep the ddr3 for maybe a future secondary build or somthing. Just get some ddr4

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On 07/04/2016 at 0:29 PM, BurblingBarbacoa said:

There are motherboards that support ddr3 however I'm pretty sure they stress the memory controller. I would just keep the ddr3 for maybe a future secondary build or somthing. Just get some ddr4

I've found this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/331822863818 and a motherboard that fits the socket.

Does this seem like a good decision?

[BurblingBarbacoa]

20 minutes ago, rm -rf said:

I've found this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/331822863818 and a motherboard that fits the socket.

Does this seem like a good decision?

For some gaming yeah. Done expect to pair it up with a super high end card for do editing with it. I would reccomend trying to get a i5 2500k. It fits the socket. Make sure your motherboard supports overclocking so you can squeeze some preformance out of the older chip.