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| lilshawn:
that's a good board. I used that board in my wifes build. it currently has my old 4 core FX4130 in it and it performs pretty good, even using just the on board video. It would probably clip along pretty good if i plopped a videocard in it, but she mostly plays facebook games on it. :-\ it has 4 ram slots so if you decide to go with the 2x 2gb you can easily pop in another 2 no problem. i would probably stick with standard 1333 memory (what the board is rated for)... you aren't going to benefit from 1600 ram unless you overclock and push up your memory speeds. I generally stick with plain old kingston value ram. it's got a lifetime warranty. never had a problem with it. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-kvr1333d3s8n9k24g i'm not sure what kind of power supply you currently have, but it may be worth your time and money to throw a new 500 watt in there. belive it or not, they do get old. you don't need to go too crazy (about $30 for a run of the mill 500 watt), my 8 core FX8350 is running a 550watt supply and it's good for stock speeds...i'll have to upgrade when i overclock it though, it gets strained pretty hard :cheers: well...the 4 hard drives, half dozen fans and water pump don't help either ;D |
| ark_ader:
I'd go: CPU AMD A8-5500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor £68 MB Asus F2A55-M LE Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard £40 RAM A-Data Premier Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory £44 Video PowerColor Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card £63 Yes it is expensive but you would get good performance. The video card is optional as you could use your existing. |
| wp34:
Are Intel chips still the preference for Mame? I thought I remember reading Mame was optimized for Intel. |
| lilshawn:
the instruction sets in the intel/AMD processors are pretty much the same. there really isn't any advantage either way contrary to popular belief. AMD is a good processor and people who run intel are adamant about how "sucky" AMD is, when really it's not. the performance VS price ratio of AMD is way better than intel. sure, you have to squeak another 1/3 gigahertz to equal an intel but whatever....when you can get 4ghz for 200 bucks... for mame you pretty much want the fastest per core processor you can get a hold of. you will see better performance out of a dual core 3.5ghz than you would with a 4 core 3ghz |
| wp34:
That's good to know. I've been debating making an upgrade but when I price an Intel rig I get scared off by the price. Thanks lilshawn. --- Quote from: lilshawn on December 03, 2013, 11:31:29 pm ---the instruction sets in the intel/AMD processors are pretty much the same. there really isn't any advantage either way contrary to popular belief. AMD is a good processor and people who run intel are adamant about how "sucky" AMD is, when really it's not. the performance VS price ratio of AMD is way better than intel. sure, you have to squeak another 1/3 gigahertz to equal an intel but whatever....when you can get 4ghz for 200 bucks... for mame you pretty much want the fastest per core processor you can get a hold of. you will see better performance out of a dual core 3.5ghz than you would with a 4 core 3ghz --- End quote --- |
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