Budget around how much?
the x38, x48, x58 are high end chipsets
the p45, 35s are mainstream chipsets.
these 2 are good for a gaming computer
They are all intel chipsets, that means uses intel CPU, and
supports using two ATI graphics card simultaneously. Nvidia
graphics card can be used on, but only 1.
Motherboard is just like something that connects all your parts
together. High end mobos have better designed heatsink for heat
dissipitation on the northbridege, south bridge, and better power
phase around the CPU
The intel chipsets are for crossfire, means using 2 ATI grpahics
card at one go
The Nvidia chipsets(eg, 780i, 790i, etc) are for SLI, means using 2
NVIDIA graphics card at one go
Which type of ram that can be used depends on the motherboard. Most
support ddr2 now. The Newest core i7 supports DDR3
Gaming systems generally need good power supplies as the graphics
card are very demanding for power.
Graphics card are 'invented' by ATI and nvidia. They are made by
manufacturers like gigabyte, msi, xpervision....etc
for eg, a geforce 9800gt can be made by msi. and can be made by
gigabyte. There will be a bit of differnece here and there because
some tend to have an factory overclocked version
For now the most bang of the buck should be the Radeon
HD 4890, though quite expensive if i remember correctly
Powersupply should be around 600 watts and above if you are
running a good graphics card, maybe a couple of harddisk
etc....fans
Also a normal 450 w can be sold for $35. While a good one can be
sold for $80++
The more expensive one is 'true power', it means sth like
it can produce 450w, and go higher. THe $35 ones normmally
produces 250 watts and peaks at 450w
Rams are cheap nowadays, if you are just buying a normal
computer, a value ram will do.
Value rams are actually cheap rams that simply gives u the extra
memory you want. More expensive memories are made to squeeze out
every extra speed. These extra speed are called the timing. It is
defined as how fast infos are past from one section of the ram to
the other. There is also the frequency, the speed of the ram.
A value ram could be 800mhz, with a timing of 6-6-6-18. A good ram,
also 800mhz, can have a timing of 4-4-4-12
Ram also can be run in dual channel, which is faster. THe core i7's
mainboard, which is x58, supports triple channel
I also duno where to start to explain
Just post ur qn. Tell me your budget maybe i can help u config a
system
so chim and long ==
