kingofwylietx
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I was thinking of ordering a self-spec'd pc online (I have not decided on vendor yet). While doing a little research, I came up with the following questions.
1. does memory latency really effect performance to a significant degree, for example, 2.5ms CAS latency vs. 8ms......obvious difference, but will it be something noticeable if I'm playing a game, loading a program, or checking out Texas Gun Talk?
2. hard drive: I was thinking of RAID 0, is that noticeably faster than a single drive or RAID 1? Are the solid state hard drives faster? Or, are they just quieter and more energy efficient?
3. Do you think i7 processors are really much faster than a good Core 2 for general use?
4. Where do you go to get higher performance computers built for you? Any good website recommendations, like Alienware or something similar (well-known company that stands behind their product)?
5. I originally planned to spend about $700, but now I'm looking at about $1600 with no monitor. Am I over-thinking this? I no longer have much time to play games, so it's mostly Peggle off Zone.com or some other embarrassing game. The last real game I played was Return to Castle Wolffenstien (sp?).
I have done just enough research to make myself think that I should spend a fair amount more than originally anticipated. I should note that I will be stepping up from an Intel P4 3ghz processor w/1gb of RAM. I am sure that anything I buy will seem faster......
I await the hardware guru's to point the way..........
1. does memory latency really effect performance to a significant degree, for example, 2.5ms CAS latency vs. 8ms......obvious difference, but will it be something noticeable if I'm playing a game, loading a program, or checking out Texas Gun Talk?
2. hard drive: I was thinking of RAID 0, is that noticeably faster than a single drive or RAID 1? Are the solid state hard drives faster? Or, are they just quieter and more energy efficient?
3. Do you think i7 processors are really much faster than a good Core 2 for general use?
4. Where do you go to get higher performance computers built for you? Any good website recommendations, like Alienware or something similar (well-known company that stands behind their product)?
5. I originally planned to spend about $700, but now I'm looking at about $1600 with no monitor. Am I over-thinking this? I no longer have much time to play games, so it's mostly Peggle off Zone.com or some other embarrassing game. The last real game I played was Return to Castle Wolffenstien (sp?).
I have done just enough research to make myself think that I should spend a fair amount more than originally anticipated. I should note that I will be stepping up from an Intel P4 3ghz processor w/1gb of RAM. I am sure that anything I buy will seem faster......
I await the hardware guru's to point the way..........