- Mar 11, 2010
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Hi Everyone, I have been tasked with picking out some parts for a couple of computer upgrades that will probably happen in the next month or two. The first one is for an adult & the other is for a teenager.
The teenager machine would need to be as cheap as possible, but still allow for playing of games (like Battlefield, Mass Effect, etc) & watching of videos. I was looking at an APU, but from what I've read, its better to go with an AMD 750K & pairing it with either a 7770 or 7850 video card? Or would it be better to pair one of these two cards with an 6300?
The adult machine would also need to be cheap, but not as cheap as the teenager machine. The overall idea of this machine would be able to last for a while & be able to handle most things thrown at it (play games, watch videos, video editing, etc). I was thinking of either Maybe a 6300 or an 8320 or possibly an I5 (depending on the cost difference at the time of purchase).
However as I look, I see the 8120 is on sale at Newegg for $120 for the next few days.
Another idea I had was to possibly sell them my I7 2600K CPU & MB & use that to fund an Upgrade to an I7 4770K, but I'm not sure if it's even worth the hassle to do this even if the cost was only a couple of hundred to upgrade.
Any feedback would be most appreciated !
The teenager machine would need to be as cheap as possible, but still allow for playing of games (like Battlefield, Mass Effect, etc) & watching of videos. I was looking at an APU, but from what I've read, its better to go with an AMD 750K & pairing it with either a 7770 or 7850 video card? Or would it be better to pair one of these two cards with an 6300?
The adult machine would also need to be cheap, but not as cheap as the teenager machine. The overall idea of this machine would be able to last for a while & be able to handle most things thrown at it (play games, watch videos, video editing, etc). I was thinking of either Maybe a 6300 or an 8320 or possibly an I5 (depending on the cost difference at the time of purchase).
However as I look, I see the 8120 is on sale at Newegg for $120 for the next few days.
Another idea I had was to possibly sell them my I7 2600K CPU & MB & use that to fund an Upgrade to an I7 4770K, but I'm not sure if it's even worth the hassle to do this even if the cost was only a couple of hundred to upgrade.
Any feedback would be most appreciated !