Been out of the pc loop for a while now...very basic questions. Planning on building myself a pc very soon, would just like to know what is the norm right now? Got about 1000 to spend (do not need a monitor)
Heard of the intel core 2 (somthing like that) Is that the intel that everyone is going for lately, and is amd still a better bargain? What would be AMD's competition for the intel core 2?
As for video cards, nvidia im sure of. 8800gts is top dog right about now, or is it best bargain?
Now for a motherboard...im lost. I see some people going for the evgas...but im lost. I do not need one with sli, as i could not or/would need another 8800 vid card. So what companys should i be looking at? Overclocking is not a huge issue. Basically, id like to know what people are typically getting now a days.
Lastly (because the rest I can figure out), hard drives. Whats with these raptors? Are they the best? I currently have a 7200 rpm 120 gig...are those not heard of anymore, or are the raptors a higher speed or somthing?
oh ya, my current montior is a 17 lcd wide (Samsung 1440/900) This would work fine with a higher end nvidia card now a days correct? Currently using a 6800GT
Thanks alot guys, and sorry for the nubish questions, like i said, its been a while.
Heard of the intel core 2 (somthing like that) Is that the intel that everyone is going for lately, and is amd still a better bargain? What would be AMD's competition for the intel core 2?
As for video cards, nvidia im sure of. 8800gts is top dog right about now, or is it best bargain?
Now for a motherboard...im lost. I see some people going for the evgas...but im lost. I do not need one with sli, as i could not or/would need another 8800 vid card. So what companys should i be looking at? Overclocking is not a huge issue. Basically, id like to know what people are typically getting now a days.
Lastly (because the rest I can figure out), hard drives. Whats with these raptors? Are they the best? I currently have a 7200 rpm 120 gig...are those not heard of anymore, or are the raptors a higher speed or somthing?
oh ya, my current montior is a 17 lcd wide (Samsung 1440/900) This would work fine with a higher end nvidia card now a days correct? Currently using a 6800GT
Thanks alot guys, and sorry for the nubish questions, like i said, its been a while.