04-08-2012, 12:39 PM
Adimenti Wrote:I only chose tigerdirect because they are in Canada and would probably ship faster. Not to mention I have no idea what any of the good specs are in terms of processors, ram, cards - anything really. So if a cpu has good reviews from a fairly respectable site, I'm all in.
tomshardware.com prob has best neutral reviews of performance. Goto the charts section and look at the performance of CPU/Videocard for a game you would be playing in a resolution you want to play at.
Intel i5 or i7 (again there are several version/models of these, look up the specific model ##### on tomshardware.com to see just how fast it is)
8mb or more of DDR3 2k-2.6k ram
Solid State hard drive is nice but not required
1-2 empty PCI slots for upgrades
[should not have shot the dolphin]