Hey guys, I accidentally posted this in the Ten Forward section so I'm reposting it here:
I'm having to buy a new PC to play STO and I've narrowed my selections down to a couple of builds and I wanted to get yalls opinion on which I should go with, both systems are relatively close in price with the second one listed being a little more expensive.
First build:
-Core 2 duo, 2.53 Ghz/1066 FSB/3mb cache
-4 GB DDR2 (800 MHz)
-512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
Second Build:
-Core i5-520M (2.4 GHz/3MB cache)
-4 GB DDR3 (1066 MHz)
-512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
They are both similar but one with a bit newer tech, I think I know which one I will go with but I just wanted to get some fresh points of view before I went through with it.
Thanks in advance
Comments
I actually was, these are two Dell systems. I wasn't planning on building the machine myself as admittedly I'm not the best person with computer hardware (I don't trust myself to do it right or not to fry the hardware with a static shock).
If you have any advice though I'd be more than open to hearing it.
I'd go with that second build. The performance difference between a Core 2 and a Core i5 CPU is much larger than the next generation of CPUs. Or Phenom.
Thanks for the help guys, I'll probably go with the i5-520 system. :cool: