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PC Specs Good or Not

bluemoon69

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Posted September 6, 2013 at 9:26PM

Hi all and thanks in advance. Which is the better spec please. For playing the top games and also intensive graphics programs. And what Windows.....7 or 8 and 32 or 64 bit.

1st one- **CPU : VERY FAST AMD QUAD CORE FX-4130 3.8 - 3.9 GHZ CPU PSU : 500W RAM : 8GB 1333Mhz DDR3 RAM HARD DRIVE : 1TB HARD DRIVE SATA GRAPHICS CARD : 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5450 HDMI, VGA, DVI LAN : Gigabit LAN Controller 10/1000 Audio : Realtek High Definition Audio USB PORTS : 6 X USB 2.0 OPTICAL DRIVE : DVD RW +/-**

2nd- **CPU : VERY FAST AMD X4 640 QUAD CORE AMD 3.0 GHZ CPU RAM : 8GB 1600GHZ DDR3 RAM HARD DRIVE : 1000GB SATA GRAPHICS CARD : 2GB ATI RADEON HD 6670 HDMI, DVI, VGA PSU : 500W OPTICAL DRIVE : DVD-RW USB : 2.0**

PLEASE NOTE YOU NEED TO INSTALL YOUR OWN WINDOWS

Many many thanks Clive.

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Mr Mistoffelees

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Posted September 7, 2013 at 10:08AM

Neither graphics card is really up to the job of running demanding games, although the 6670 is much better than the 5450. My own preference would be for Windows 7 and, as both have 8GB of ram, you will need the 64 bit version. 32 bit Windows cannot utilise more than around 3.2 GB.

I would suggest you go with the second PC with, if possible, a further graphics card upgrade.

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chub_tor

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Posted September 7, 2013 at 11:01AM

This is a duplicate post also being answered in the Tech Helproom

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nickf

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Posted September 7, 2013 at 11:49AM

Niether . Both pretty rubbish . Whats your budget ?

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bluemoon69

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Posted September 7, 2013 at 3:01PM

budget is 400. sorry for duplicate post.

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