I am looking to buy or build (preferably buy) a new pc mainly for home use, I will possibly use it for light gaming too so a dedicated graphics card is nice but not completely essential.
I am struggling to find a pc for around £300 (inc. win 7) that will offer everything i need. I have not been looking for anything spectacular (Amd athlon II x2, 2-4gb ram, 500gb hdd) and yet the best i can find is pc's around these specs without an OS or are from sites that seem to have just as many unsatisfied customers as satisfied.
Does anyone know a fairly low priced site, in the uk, that is trustworthy or has good reviews?
Get a quote core, and if you get an I7 Sandybridge the clock speeds won't be lower.
If you are looking at gaming a quad isn't necessarily used in all games now but they will be soon. I just replaced my Core2duo that was running at 3.45 ghz and see a big increase in performancewith a quad core.
whitey_rolls
£230+ solely for a CPU is a bit expensive for my budget ;)
[QUOTE="JM_MUFC"][QUOTE="Deadly_Fatalis"]If given the choice, it is really advised to go with a Quad.SoraX64
Even if the clock speeds are significantly lower? One thing i am wondering is, would a game such as left 4 dead (which i believe requires a 3ghz dual core minimum) be able to run on a 2.66ghz quad due to the fact that there is more cores? I'm sure it would be fine. But if I had a quad core CPU that was only 2.66GHz, I would just overclock it. Thats a good point, although personally i prefer not to overclock.
If given the choice, it is really advised to go with a Quad.Deadly_Fatalis
Even if the clock speeds are significantly lower? One thing i am wondering is, would a game such as left 4 dead (which i believe requires a 3ghz dual core minimum) be able to run on a 2.66ghz quad due to the fact that there is more cores?
This time i am wondering whether a quad core is actually, at this moment in time, worth buying over a dual core processor. Currently quad core processors are used by few to no applications/games so really you have 1-2 cores just idling around waiting for technology to catch up with them, considering that quad cores usually have a reduced clock speed per core wouldnt that mean on current applications a dual core at a higher clock speed is better than having a quad core processor at their lower clock speeds?
That said, is it worth spending that extra £40-£60 to buy a quad core now to future proof your computer rather than a dual core and needing an upgrade later on?
I can wait until December if there are specific pieces of hardware that are worth waiting for (uni awaits), though I want to get an idea if I should be buying anything now. Any help would be appreciated guys
dark_sk8_crow
If you are going to be waiting until december i dont think you should be buy anything yet unless you see a piece of hardware you are intending on buying at a significantly discounted price, prices by december will have likely dropped so if you hold out you should get more for your money :) .
Yes, Laptops are more prone to overheating.. Especially if your performing some high end application such as a video game or render etc. By a laptop generic design, they all have issues dispelling heat. The stronger the laptop, the more ehat it will produce and the more work is needed to dispell the heat. Many laptops though have some crazy heat tolerances but it is still a major issue with said hardware.jedikevin2
I also just noticed that all the fans on my particular laptop are on the bottom facing down towards the desk, which i dont think is helping me to dispell heat.
Laptops definitely run hotter than desktops, however, 60°c is ok for a laptop.C_Rule
Also another question i have is: Are laptops more or less prone to overheating than a desktop? My desktop ( now deceased :( ) used to keep very cool but since i have moved to a laptop, a fairly shocking one at that, i have noticed some pretty high temps (occasionally hitting 56-60C). Is this just due to my bad laptop or is this the general consensus?
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