I'm building a gaming PC and could use some input plz ^^

**Y2Ant** · 05-19-2010, 08:35 AM

Hai.

Basically I haven't built/upgraded/tinkered with any PC hardware in ages, and i've had a laptop for like 18 months now, but it's basically shit and won't run any games at all. So I am going to put together a really awesome gaming pc at http://www.thepcogroup.co.uk/ and I realised I have no idea what's actually good in today's marketplace.

I'm sat here looking at an Intel Core i5 750 CPU, and an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 CPU and I really have no idea which one is better, or even if the numbers still mean the MHz they run at.

So yeah if any of you guys could recommend what kinda stuff I should be looking at to be able to run current games pretty well, then I would be forever in your debt.

My only requirements so far is that I want an Intel processor. I'm thinking ATI for a video card, but if they're shit now then I dunno.

05-19-2010, 08:35 AM	#1
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	I'm building a gaming PC and could use some input plz ^^ Hai. Basically I haven't built/upgraded/tinkered with any PC hardware in ages, and i've had a laptop for like 18 months now, but it's basically shit and won't run any games at all. So I am going to put together a really awesome gaming pc at http://www.thepcogroup.co.uk/ and I realised I have no idea what's actually good in today's marketplace. I'm sat here looking at an Intel Core i5 750 CPU, and an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 CPU and I really have no idea which one is better, or even if the numbers still mean the MHz they run at. So yeah if any of you guys could recommend what kinda stuff I should be looking at to be able to run current games pretty well, then I would be forever in your debt. My only requirements so far is that I want an Intel processor. I'm thinking ATI for a video card, but if they're shit now then I dunno.