Build a gaming pc advice

Treylmoore83

Looking for some advice on a new project for me, which I am excited to work with. I will be building several new gaming desktop pc's and looking for advice on hardware especially processors of good and bad of AMD vs Intel? I want to run a quad core pc but this will be a project done below $700 and be great to hear a few recommendations from some IT experts on best hardware components to look for on a good budget? So hope to get more feedback.

slinuxuzer

A few tips.

1. video card is always key to gaming, the best GPU's are usually big, so this means large form factor case.

2. High end processors and GPU'S means lots of power, go with a 760 watt power supply, I've seen many issues from under sized power.

3. 64-bit OS. you'll def need / want this if you have over 4 gig of memory. Pretty sure it's a requirement to address / read over 4 gig of memory in all cases.

4. Memory speed. Make sure your CPU, motherboard, and memory modules all support the same max memory / bus speed so you get the most out of all components. Make sure you don't mix memory module density, for instance using one 2 gig module and one 4 gig to make 6. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. This causes asymmetric performance and is less than ideal.

5. SSD drive - don't even consider mechanical. The performance difference is huge.

6. Make sure when your loading the machine you use the absolute correct drivers for each component / and for the exact OS.

7. My personal preference would be to use a HP or dell base and retrofit it with the components I wanted, I think brand X hardware or building something from scratch leaves room for compatibility issues. Be ultra **** about checking compatibility of all components before you spend money.

8. I doubt you will go with a dual socket / actual server system, but if you do keep in mind that only half the memory slots are available if you populate only one socket.