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Another round of "help deacon build ____ a PC"

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Deacon:
Got a friend, he is looking to get into PC gaming.
He wants a good computer (like, forward compatible with future games good; i told him no. lol) and I know nothing about them.
SO
once again, I am enlisting the help of you fine peoples
and asking;

Can you help suggest a good, MAXIMUM $750 USD computer? Future upgradability is a must, because he doesn't know specifically what he wants yet.

I asked him "What sort of games do you want to run well?"
to which he replied "I don't know, theres alot of them"
so
yeahidon'tknow



He was looking at a prefab and said this

--- Quote ---
me: well its not the best
but
it works

Him: right, whats the best for 750 though

me: building yourself would be

him: yeah good point
but im lazy
slash dont really want to risk a gamecard or motherboard not working together
or something like that

me: no no
you won't do that
just check compatibility before you buy


him: and also for some parts i dont know whats good and whats almost the best
--- End quote ---

Deathie:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.722571


As for how it'le run games


"Here is a video of Crysis 2 gameplay at 1920x1080 on Extreme graphic setting."
Crysis 2 Gameplay Extreme Graphic Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1GB (PC)

Cake Faice:
What Snivy posted right there is pretty good, if not the best.

Although if your friend's limit is capped at $750, not a dime over, you could choose all the parts separately and choose a cheaper and faster Phenom II Quad core and save $50-60 over that Hex Core Phenom II.

Deacon:

--- Quote from: Face Cake on October 03, 2011, 04:33:07 PM ---What Snivy posted right there is pretty good, if not the best.

Although if your friend's limit is capped at $750, not a dime over, you could choose all the parts separately and choose a cheaper and faster Phenom II Quad core and save $50-60 over that Hex Core Phenom II.

--- End quote ---

What would be the difference in performance for that? The quad core vs. hex core... why is the quad faster, why is the hex "better"
in both short term and long term, please

Supertoaster:

--- Quote from: Deacon on October 03, 2011, 04:39:37 PM ---What would be the difference in performance for that? The quad core vs. hex core... why is the quad faster, why is the hex "better"
in both short term and long term, please

--- End quote ---
cake face, correct me if I'm wrong, but 6 slow cores vs 4 faster cores, and most games only use 1 or 2 cores.

With hex core you will probably be able to multitask much more (but you will still be able to a lot with quad core).

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