Building a computer
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YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £116.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £101.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £58.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £52.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £877.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).
Do you think that the parts will be cheaper if i buy them now or cheaper if i wait a while?
Well that build above is a bit cheaper with some of the offers on
Graphics card is on offer today only!
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £101.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £63.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95
1 x Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £21.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £825.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).
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Do you think that the parts will be cheaper if i buy them now or cheaper if i wait a while?
I'd get it now tbh. They'll be 5, 10 quids in or out anyway. Nothing on the Horizon that would affect prices, not even IvyBridge I recon, at least not immediately. Take advantage of offers.
I'd get the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB instead of the WD Caviar Blue. And the Gelid Tranquillo, or Hyper 212 evo. The Nero is all right.
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I'm back again with more questions xD When looking around at different peoples specs they always say what type of core they have e.g. quad core or dual core. What does this mean and where does it specify about what type i would have if i were to buy this checkout.
Thanks again :L
Thanks again :L
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Quad core and dual core are references to how many CPU cores the CPU has on it's die.
Back in the olden days CPUs like the Pentium 4 and the AMD Athlon 64 (and earlier) were a single CPU core on the CPU die. However, to get more performance on a CPU die Intel and AMD started effectively putting two CPUs on a single CPU die and linking them together. This is a dual core.
As you can imagine, soon they had a CPU die with four physical CPU cores on it - which we call a quad core.
This was successful as it provided a relatively cheap way to increase parallel CPU performance and as software becomes increasingly multithreaded then the performance increases scale better with multiple cores.
For reference, the Intel desktop i5 and i7 ranges are made up of quad core CPUs (including the i5 2500K and the upcoming ivy bridge i5 3570K).
Back in the olden days CPUs like the Pentium 4 and the AMD Athlon 64 (and earlier) were a single CPU core on the CPU die. However, to get more performance on a CPU die Intel and AMD started effectively putting two CPUs on a single CPU die and linking them together. This is a dual core.
As you can imagine, soon they had a CPU die with four physical CPU cores on it - which we call a quad core.
This was successful as it provided a relatively cheap way to increase parallel CPU performance and as software becomes increasingly multithreaded then the performance increases scale better with multiple cores.
For reference, the Intel desktop i5 and i7 ranges are made up of quad core CPUs (including the i5 2500K and the upcoming ivy bridge i5 3570K).
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quad means four, dual means two - so a dual core means a CPU die with two separate CPU cores on it. Quad core means a CPU die two four separate CPU cores on it.
You would usually refer to the whole CPU die (CPU cores, cache, memory controller etc.) as the "processor" though I guess if you wanted to home in on a sub-system on the CPU die then the individual CPU cores are each a processor.
You would usually refer to the whole CPU die (CPU cores, cache, memory controller etc.) as the "processor" though I guess if you wanted to home in on a sub-system on the CPU die then the individual CPU cores are each a processor.
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Yes, connecting a 1080p TV to a modern PC via the HDMI connection will work.
For best results set the TV to 1:1 pixel mapping mode, depending on the TV make this may be called something else, like "Just Scan", "dot by dot" or "PC mode". And turn picture features like noise reduction and edge enhancer off - as they will make the PC image look poor.
Most graphics card (including the HD 7850) have a native HDMI port - so setting it up should be pretty simple. Though you may need to turn off overscan using the catalyst control panel if the image doesn't fit the screen or runs over it.
As I said, TVs will work with a PC - however they are not usually ideal monitors. This is because the pixels are much bigger than on a PC monitor, so if you are sitting relatively close the image may not look too sharp. Also, TVs (due to the image processing they do) tend to have much greater input lag than PC monitors - though the extent of this issue varies widely between TV models.
For best results set the TV to 1:1 pixel mapping mode, depending on the TV make this may be called something else, like "Just Scan", "dot by dot" or "PC mode". And turn picture features like noise reduction and edge enhancer off - as they will make the PC image look poor.
Most graphics card (including the HD 7850) have a native HDMI port - so setting it up should be pretty simple. Though you may need to turn off overscan using the catalyst control panel if the image doesn't fit the screen or runs over it.
As I said, TVs will work with a PC - however they are not usually ideal monitors. This is because the pixels are much bigger than on a PC monitor, so if you are sitting relatively close the image may not look too sharp. Also, TVs (due to the image processing they do) tend to have much greater input lag than PC monitors - though the extent of this issue varies widely between TV models.
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It's not gonna be to the point where it's unusable though. You'll be all right, but it might come to a point later where a proper monitor would come in handy.
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Ah yes, that is effectively a 1080p TN panel 21.5in monitor with a TV tuner and speakers slapped on.
It should really be as good as a similar spec 21.5in TN panel monitor, though perhaps with a bit more input lag.
It should really be as good as a similar spec 21.5in TN panel monitor, though perhaps with a bit more input lag.
So this TV would work OK? Or would it have a lot of lag?
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Yes, it should be ok.
Most likely the lag will still be pretty low.
Most likely the lag will still be pretty low.