Quick question about buying a PC

[Nincompoop]

Im no expert but 4 core doesnt help in gaming & never will. The amount of excess code required to be written to use a second processor nevermind a third & fourth is prohibitive.

4 Cores really for performing multiple tasks like decoding a film watching TV playing a game & browsing the web at the same time From what I read the 3 core basically functions as a high end dual core with the abilities of a fourth core. Because obviously for gaming you actually want a single core superfast chip

Thx for the reply.

Wouldn't the i7 be superior in that case? Being able to boost the other cores 'n' stuff? I'm still considering i7...

 

[MrTub]

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Kay. It will probably get more expensive for me, since I'm located in the Faroe Islands.

After browsing a bit on main components, how would these look?

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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, roughly 250 USD

Sapphire Radeon HD5770, roughly 233 USD

RAM I don't know really. Advice on which manufactures and how much RAM is ideal for the AMD Phenom would be appreciated.

And of course a motherboard that works best with this setting.

Im no expert but 4 core doesnt help in gaming & never will. The amount of excess code required to be written to use a second processor nevermind a third & fourth is prohibitive.

That isn't really true.. there is about 2% of all games that support quad and it's increasing all the time.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/cpu-scaling-in-games-with-quad-core-processors/