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If you want to purchase a newcustom gaming computer you will have a lot of options to choose from, almostevery custom PC website offers multiple upgrades but little or no explanation.In this first part of the Custom Gaming PC buying guide you will learn aboutmotherboards, processors, CPU cooling and memory. Next part will give aninsight on videocards, cases, cooling, power supplies and more. When you pick computer with acheaper processor it will most likely come with low budget motherboard,expensive processors are paired with advanced motherboards. It is done for thewhole purpose of the balance between CPU and MB - you don’t need SLI orCrossFire with cheap AMD CPU so why spending your money on it? All motherboardsdiffer by the CPU socket type they support, memory configuration and extrafeatures like number of USB ports, integrated GPU (video), SLI or CrossFiresupport.  AMD Motherboards: AMD 740G -basic board usually MicroATX with standard limited number of features - PhenomII support, 4-8 USB ports, single PCI-e, 100Mbps Ethernet, 2-4 memory slots(4-8Gb RAM), basic sound system with 5ch support. Good for basic computer,onboard video (ATI Radeon 2100) is low level and usually deactivated fordiscrete videocard. AMD 760G -practically same as 740G but with better CPU support, Gigabyte Ethernet, 6-8USB ports, Integrated video - ATI HD 3000, may have HDMI port, 8ch soundsystem. AMD 770 -most popular board due to the low price and any features possible included. Noonboard video but CrossFIre support available, all AMD CPU supported, 4 memoryslots - up to 16Gb RAM, 8-12 USB ports along with FireWire. HD sound withOptical and/or Coax SPDIF. Full size board with DDR3 support. AMD 785G - latestin integrated GPU boards, ATI Radeon 4200 chipset onboard, all possiblefeatures included - eSATA, up to 16Gb RAM, CrossFire available, 6-8 USB ports,DDR3 support, HD sound SPDIF and HDMI output. AMD 790X - almostsame as AMD 770 but with DDR3 and CrossFire as standard features, plus USB 3.0and SATA-III available. Most advanced motherboard with most features and bestspeed in gaming and heavy load applications. Intel Motherboards: Intel G41 -very basic board usually MicroATX with limited number of features - Core 2Duo/Quad support, 4-8 USB ports, single PCI-e, 100Mbps Ethernet, 2 memory slots(4-8Gb RAM), basic sound system with 5ch support. Good for basic computer,integrated Intel video GPU is useless and usually deactivated for discretevideocard. Intel P43/45 - verygood designed board with many modern features, up to 16Gb RAM with DDR3possible, single PCI-e, full LGA775 CPU support, 6-10 USB, Gigabyte Ethernet,fast northbridge and effective overclocking. Intel H55 -great board for LGA1156 processors with lots of features available. Onboardvideo through Intel Core i3/i5 CPU with HDCP support, Intel i3/i5 CPUssupported, 4 memory slots - up to 16Gb RAM, 8-12 USB ports along with FireWire.HD sound with Optical and/or Coax SPDIF, DDR3 and HDMI onboard. Intel P55 - it isan analog of H55 without video ports but full i5/i7 LGA1156 support, CrossFIreavailable, fullsize board, DDR3, eSATA, optical SPDIF. Intel X58 - mostadvanced Intel board with all possible features as well as SLI and CrossFiresupport, 3 channel DDR3 memory, lots of SATA and USB ports, LGA1366 Intel i7CPU support with future additions to LGA1366 line projected - very goodinvestment in the future of technology. Intel® Core™ i7 processors deliveran incredible breakthrough in PC performance. They are the best desktopprocessors on the planet. You'll multitask applications faster and unleashincredible digital media creation. And you'll experience maximum performancefor everything you do, thanks to the combination of Intel® Turbo Boosttechnology² and Intel® Hyper-Threading technology (Intel® HT technology), whichmaximizes performance to match your workload. Works with X58 boards with allfeatures possible SLI/CrossFire and triple channel RAM. Core i5 Quad Core can match i7performance with similar clock speeds and basically same feature set, but willbe a cheaper option because they employ P55 motherboards instead of expensiveP55. You loose 3 channel RAM for regular dual channel, limited CrossFire (16x +4x PCI-e vs X58 dual 16x speed), and almost non existent SLI support. Otherwisesame features so in most cases it will be on par with i7/X58 combo, but willloose in heavy multithreaded applications with lots of RAM usage and in heavygaming with multiple videocards used. Still a very good option considering afew hundred dollars saved and less heat from the CPU which is great foroverclocks. Core i3 and i5 Dual Core with Video Coreintegrated - require H55 motherboards which are not expensive and have nicefeatures and options but mostly no CrossFire or SLI support and only dualchannel RAM. Processor itself is much faster than previous generation dualcores but looses greatly to most quad cores in multithreaded applications andgaming. With it’s low price they are great for media centers (with Intelintegrated GPU core and HDCP support) and budget gaming machines. Also i3 andi5 have very low heat generated and can be overclocked at extreme levels withproper cooling - they don’t look so bad at all then. AMDAM3 processors used in ourcomputers is highly effective and cost efficient. You can choose from thevariety of dual, triple and quad core processors for any budget level and youcan be sure that you will get adequate performance. AMD has got much betterwith AM3 CPUs when it comes to features support and heat generation, as well asstandard instructions and optimization. High end AMD Quad Core processors canbe as effective or even better than i3 and i5 processors for a smaller price.Plus you always have a choice of much cheaper motherboards that bring the totalprice down significantly. DDR3 memory standard is highly developed on AM3boards, CrossFire is a standard feature on 790X and many 770 motherboards, althoughall of them are lacking SLI support but that is offset by great videocards ATIhas recently released. And since ATI is owned by AMD you can be sure of thegreat level of integration achieved through so called platforms like Spider orFusion. It is a really great combination of price and performance. CPUCooler: With some amount of luck andstrong determination it is possible to overclock all of the processors to someextent. Most of the time you can overclock CPU at about 10-30% rate (CentaurusComputers gives guaranteed overclock on every PC). That also depends heavily onwhat CPU Cooler have you selected: with stock one do not expect miracles, butwith any upgraded cooler you will see major increase in MHz. Better coolers canbetter dissipate heat generated from increased load after overclock. Basically,if you want a better processor, you can upgrade it, or you can select bettercooler and we will overclock your CPU to the higher level PLUS you will seelower temperatures and hear less noise. EXAMPLE: Intel i7 920 with Xigmatek DarkKnight works on 3.6Ghz easily vs stock 2.66Ghz - load temperature under 60C.And most important -temperature levels. Stock cooler will do the job but it will be pretty hot andcan be noisy. Aftermarket coolers can drop temperatures down significantly andare generally almost silent. Heat is a processor’s enemy because it shortensit’s lifespan and greatly influences reliability levels. What about water cooling? Are you ready to check yoursystem for leaks every month? Do think you can drain and fill it up again andclean every year? Most people would say no, but then there are closed circuitwater coolers like Corsair Hydro that make things easier for everybody.Basically you don’t have to refill it at any point and since it is closedcircuit it should have no leaks unless it’s damaged. And Corsair Hydro doesreally good job in cooling - usually within or above temperature levelsachieved by most expensive air coolers. That comes at a price though, so wewould not recommend it to everyone, but it is available as and option. RAM Amount depends on what are youplanning to do with your computer. Most popular memory today is DDR3, today ithas perfect combination of price and performance. Most popular size - 4Gb (or4096Mb). Basically Windows XP uses about 256Mb for itself, while Windows 7 cantake about 1Gb and even more. So you can play with 2Gb memory on Windows XP butyou will need at least 4Gb for Windows 7 to feel really comfortable withgaming. DDR - Double Data Rate , then number 2or 3 stands for generation. DDR2 800 means that memory works at 800MHz and it’ssecond gen, that is double 400MHz (DDR2= 400x2). When you select DDR3-1600 thatmeans that memory works at 1600Mhz and it’s 3rd gen, also it helps a lot whileover clocking, since this memory can take more load. This is a great upgradefor those who need more speed. DDR3 memory with higher frequency willgive you an advantage in games and some applications, but only if you have agood processor and video card. Just keep in mind that every computer should bewell balanced. For a computer with ATI 5770 and 4Gb RAM it is better to make anupgrade to ATI 5850 than getting 8Gb RAM upgrade - that is if you plan to rungames on it. But a general rule of thumb says that more RAM is better, andthough 4Gb is enough for most users 6Gb like with i7 and X58 boards standardbecomes more and more popular - it works in triple channel and greatlyincreases data bandwidth.32bitlimitation - with Windows 32bit editions you will see a limitation on your memorysize if you have 3Gb or more. For example, if you install 4Gb memory on 32bitmachine you will probably see only 3Gb or up to 3.5Gb. Windows 64bit does nothave that limitation. BUT Windows64bit can give you some troubles with old drivers and applications that are notoptimized for 64bit processing. Our advice is to choose Windows 64bit if youhave all new hardware and do not plan to add anything that is not compatiblewith it, or Windows 32bit if you have old peripherals to add or old softwarethat needs only 32bit Windows. We will continue this hardware guide in the next edition – you willlearn about modern videocards, power supply requirements, hard drives and DVDs,cases and cooling! Centaurus Computers