[Pelvic Thrust]

Does this build look OK?

NOTE:

I want a single core CPU
I want the PSU to be SeaSonic
I have a GPU already

[tratzzz]

Why do you want a single core CPU? Why? I would get a H61 motherboard and a Pentium Gxxx one then. If you need performance ofcourse.

What GPU do you already have?

[michaeldim]

Yeah, what in the world could this machine be for that you require a single core CPU?

[Pelvic Thrust]

The single core is because I'll be mainly using it for old games (1996-2004), which if I understand it right aren't optimized for multi-core CPU's

The GPU I have for it is an ATI 4670

[1solidsnake2]

Pelvic Thrust posted:

The single core is because I'll be mainly using it for old games (1996-2004), which if I understand it right aren't optimized for multi-core CPU's

The GPU I have for it is an ATI 4670

By 'not-optimised' it just means it wont make use of the other cores, it will still play fine.

[Pelvic Thrust]

1solidsnake2 posted:

By 'not-optimised' it just means it wont make use of the other cores, it will still play fine.

Yeah, so I figured a single core would a better value for what I'm aiming to use it for

[1solidsnake2]

Pelvic Thrust posted:

Yeah, so I figured a single core would a better value for what I'm aiming to use it for

Not really, the processors with more cores will have a much more efficient processor architecture (More cache etc), resulting in much better performance.

Besides, if you're only using it for old games, why 4GB's of RAM, and why specifically the SeaSonic PSU brand? Yes SeaSonic is crème de la crème when it comes to PSU's, but there are rebranded SeaSonic PSU's from other brands at a lower price.

[Pelvic Thrust]

1solidsnake2 posted:

Not really, the processors with more cores will have a much more efficient processor architecture (More cache etc), resulting in much better performance.

Besides, if you're only using it for old games, why 4GB's of RAM, and why specifically the SeaSonic PSU brand? Yes SeaSonic is crème de la crème when it comes to PSU's, but there are rebranded SeaSonic PSU's from other brands at a lower price.

Originally I was only going to get 2gb, but since ram is dirt cheap I figured why not?

I was shopping around, surprisingly that SeaSonic was the best wattage-to-price I could find (within my means).

Was looking at an antec 340w, but it was the same price as this SS430w.

Edited:

Using a 32-bit os btw

[Pelvic Thrust]

Above build is now assembled and running great, I'll post pics

[bohb]

1solidsnake2 posted:

By 'not-optimised' it just means it wont make use of the other cores, it will still play fine.

There are a few games that freak out on SMP systems (like UT99) and workarounds are annoying or are dicey at best.

A better solution would have been to install Virtualbox with Windows XP and enable experimental Direct X support to play the older games. The latest version of Vbox has execution caps, so you can sort of throttle the CPU for games that have race conditions on faster hardware.

[Pelvic Thrust]

Sorry my camera is shit