new here, need advice on CPU

Rit

Member

• Feb 12, 2011

• #21

In general you get more for your money if you build your own computer. So if you are completely nervous about building a computer, just don't! It's not worth the risk of you doing something wrong and wrecking a part, wasting money and time.

But then again, if you take your time and ask questions, it can be done. Do you have any computer friends that could help you? The first time I did it, I consulted the internet and had a friend just watch me put it together and that's how I learned how to do it. Now it's just second nature for me to do something like that.

 

SuperDuperMe

New Member

• Feb 12, 2011

• #22

im ok with stuff like this, (things that take time patience and google lol)

i do a lot of work on my own guitars so i should be ok

its going to be a while before i accumulate the money to buy a decent set up anyway so in the mean time i shall read up... alot

next noob question then

what sort of stuff should i look into so that i can get the most out of computers?

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Rit

Member

• Feb 12, 2011

• #23

It kind of all depends on what YOU want your computer to be. Alot of people get the notion that they need the latest and greatest stuff. Like for me I just wanted a computer that can run my AutoCad and Solidworks programs with the 'occasional' gaming. I'm running a HD3850 for a video card and everyone laughs at me for it, but know what, it does what I need it to do and I found it on craigslist for $25.00 USD.

One thing I'd start recommending what you do is just start comparing parts and the easiest way to do that for CPU and GPU is this website. It's not always up to date, but at least you get a ball-park idea of where the parts perform. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/ Also, look at the programs you'd like to use and see what they're requirements are.

 

SuperDuperMe

New Member

• Feb 12, 2011

• #24

the pnly thing my computer would be used for is gaming and internet really

like i said earlier in the thread though i use my 360 for the newer games, i just wanted a pc for things like RTS games dawn of war etc.

and also old school fps' lol

but im thinking i might faze my console out in a year or two for a pc

 

linkin

VIP Member

• Feb 13, 2011

• #25

You could sell your xbox to add some extra funds, that way you can move to a superior platform

But in all seriousness, you could sell the xbox for some funds. And you can use your gamertag and play online in any games with games for windows live (and you don't have to pay for online on PC! as long as you have internet) like the GTA4 games.

 

SuperDuperMe

New Member

• Feb 13, 2011

• #26

i was thinking that but at the moment im on a mifi dongle, xbox live works great with little or no lag but on this computer i have now battelfield 2 is mostly laggy even though my ping is usually like 110 or so

could battelfield 2 be lagging because of my cpu and gpu etc or would it be the internet connection?

 

johnb35

Administrator

Staff member

• Feb 13, 2011

• #27

Your games are lagging because you have old hardware and an entry level video card, it wasn't made for gaming.

 

SuperDuperMe

New Member

• Feb 13, 2011

• #28

ah right so if i upgrade my system then the internet connection should be ok?

i mean like i said xbox live works fine so with an upgrade if i can still play games online with my pc then id be happy to get some extra funds via sellign my xbox

 

johnb35

Administrator

Staff member

• Feb 13, 2011

• #29

Go here and run a speedtest, this way we can see what speed you are getting.

www.speedtest.net

Then when the test completes, click on the copy forum link box and then come back here and click on paste. Basically you are just copying and pasting.

 

SuperDuperMe

New Member

• Feb 13, 2011

• #30

this was for morecombe (i clicked on it by accident) so dunno if this is of any use

this wa sthe manchester one

 

johnb35

Administrator

Staff member

• Feb 13, 2011

• #31

Looks like you may have some lag possibly when playing online games, which only getting a faster speed from your provider would help.

 

Joe2005

New Member

• Feb 13, 2011

• #32

johnb35 said:

Looks like you may have some lag possibly when playing online games, which only getting a faster speed from your provider would help.

Click to expand...

He's got better d/l and over twice the upload as my old internet, and I was able to play cod4 with great results.

 

SuperDuperMe

New Member

• Feb 13, 2011

• #33

i can play mohaa online no problems and i just had a game of rainbow 6 lockdown ok

only thing with R6 is the servers are practically non existent so i couldnt really make sure

that said i have had a few games of bf2 which were ok-goodish (obviously more games laggy than not)

any one else tried gaming on a three mifi dongle??

 

SuperDuperMe

New Member

• Feb 20, 2011

• #34

ok guys i worked out what is wrong, its not my provider its my pc

basically i dont think its lag i think its FPS slowdown as theres so much going on

i beleive this as i added more bots on battlefield 2 and got similar results as playing on an online game.

iv tried BFvitenam and its much better online although still slow which is the same if i have a large amoutn of bots in a singleplayer match, so yeh i think my computers ability to actuallty play the gameis the problem