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Looking for a decently fast computer that can run basic games like minecraft and cs go with decent ping with no lag. Also is it worth overclocking and does it do any harm?
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$10 over budget. Will handle CSGO and MC ezpz. Add an SSD when you can. It'd be more beneficial, if you could manage to spend a little more and get a decent 120-256GB SSD now, instead of an HDD. That way you can install your OS to the SSD, get it out of the way, install MC and CSGO, and still have plenty of storage left. Then, if need be, you can add an HDD in the future for mass storage, or another SSD if you don't need to much capacity.
$10 over budget. Will handle CSGO and MC ezpz. Add an SSD when you can. It'd be more beneficial, if you could manage to spend a little more and get a decent 120-256GB SSD now, instead of an HDD. That way you can install your OS to the SSD, get it out of the way, install MC and CSGO, and still have plenty of storage left. Then, if need be, you can add an HDD in the future for mass storage, or another SSD if you don't need to much capacity.
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Can you show me a good i5 and can you explain the differences with those storages.
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I Know Nothing About PC's But All I Know Is Ask Xiggy
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i5-4460. Well, I mean, I'm assuming you mean an LGA1150 i5? You weren't very specific. i5-4440 will also be fine, it's just an older version of the 4460. 4440 runs a little slower and warmer than the 4460 but not by a huge amount, so either would be fine. I forgot to say, you'll have to ask whoever you buy the motherboard from, to update it to the latest BIOS for you. i3-4150, 4160, and 4170 are Haswell refresh. The i5-4460- is also Haswell refresh. Haswell refresh CPUs aren't compatible with the older H81, B85, H87 and Z87 motherboards unless their BIOS has been updated. The older i3-4130, or i5-i5-4440 will be compatible without a BIOS update. Most places will update BIOS for you, FOC.
HDD vs SSD.
HDD is mechanical storage, it has moving parts. SSD's have no moving parts. SSD's have greatly improved read/write speeds over an HDD. So, an HDD can take up to a minute or longer to boot in to your OS, and sometimes even longer if the HDD is old. Whereas, I boot in to Windows in less than 20 seconds with my OS. On more than one occasion, I've managed to boot in to Windows before I can even sit at my desk and turn my monitor on. SSDs are more expensive than HDDs per GB, but they're much cheaper than they were only a few years back.
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Yxnks wrote Can you show me a good i5 and can you explain the differences with those storages.
i5-4460. Well, I mean, I'm assuming you mean an LGA1150 i5? You weren't very specific. i5-4440 will also be fine, it's just an older version of the 4460. 4440 runs a little slower and warmer than the 4460 but not by a huge amount, so either would be fine. I forgot to say, you'll have to ask whoever you buy the motherboard from, to update it to the latest BIOS for you. i3-4150, 4160, and 4170 are Haswell refresh. The i5-4460- is also Haswell refresh. Haswell refresh CPUs aren't compatible with the older H81, B85, H87 and Z87 motherboards unless their BIOS has been updated. The older i3-4130, or i5-i5-4440 will be compatible without a BIOS update. Most places will update BIOS for you, FOC.
HDD vs SSD.
HDD is mechanical storage, it has moving parts. SSD's have no moving parts. SSD's have greatly improved read/write speeds over an HDD. So, an HDD can take up to a minute or longer to boot in to your OS, and sometimes even longer if the HDD is old. Whereas, I boot in to Windows in less than 20 seconds with my OS. On more than one occasion, I've managed to boot in to Windows before I can even sit at my desk and turn my monitor on. SSDs are more expensive than HDDs per GB, but they're much cheaper than they were only a few years back.
This might help more;
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