Building New Desktop have a few questions.

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Mkostin48

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Basically there are things that I understand and some things that I don't and some others I just want opinions.

First off,
What do you look for when choosing a PSU. I know you should go as big as you can afford but what other aspects should I look for other than Wattage?

Another thing is that some GPU's say DDR5 but I have not found a motherboard that says that? How do you determine what mobo can run those.

Also I have been looking at some CPU's and can't determine what makes a good one. Other then after choosing your mobo, should I choose a CPU first? I have been looking at the Intel i7 and the AMD Phenom 2 1100T. Any opinions.

Soon enough I will give you guys a full list of my options, overall what I hope to do is get the best I can now so that in the future I can upgrade individual components when I get the money.
 
Your power supply wattage would be determined by what processor and video card you would be using. Brands, Antec/PC Power & Cooling/ Corsair/ XFX/ Seasonic/ Silverstone.

The Motherboard supported memory (all new boards use DDR3) has nothing to do with what memory the video card has.

The Intel i5/7 and AMD Phenom II processor are both good. Intel right now has AMD beat clock for clock.
 
Do you think Intel is worth the extra 100 dollars?
and if you have dual or tri GPU's do they need to all be the same?
 
Mkostin48 said:
Do you think Intel is worth the extra 100 dollars?
and if you have dual or tri GPU's do they need to all be the same?
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If you can afford the extra $100 why not, if you're on a budget, stick with AMD.
And yes, multi-gpu's require tehm to be the same.
 
Not to steal Mkostin48's fire, but I have a question along these lines.

How do you now if your motherboard isn't powerful/good enough for a given GPU or CPU?

I also don't understand how you can tell which motherboard is better...
 
all motherboards of the correct sockets are powerfull enough, just some will perform better, it's just something you have to learn over time, took me a little while to pick up on certain numbers and speeds on motherboadrs, but that's generally why we're here, for when you don't know

and by "yes, multi-gpu's require tehm to be the same" he mainly means they have to be the same model like the gtx 460 won't work with a gtx 560, but also if one has less vram then the other, then both will opperate with the lower number, and also getting the exact same card is prefered, and ordering at the same time too so you are more likely to get them from the same batch, just tends to work a little better, but not a requirement, more af a preference than anything
 
JK29 said:
Not to steal Mkostin48's fire, but I have a question along these lines.

How do you now if your motherboard isn't powerful/good enough for a given GPU or CPU?
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Mothboards have a CPU supported list on the manufactures site. If the board has a PCIe X16 slot you can run any PCIe card, as long as your power supply can push it. Buy depending on your CPU you can bottle neck it.

JK29 said:
I also don't understand how you can tell which motherboard is better...
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Depends on your needs of what is a good boad for you or not. But other then that its the quality of the PCB/ Power phase seup/cooling/features.
 
@Jonnyp11 & StrangleHold: Thanks for the informative replies! I'll get a grasp of this stuff eventually..
 
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