Hi Guys,
needing some help. I've been out of the pc fold for along time. The last pc I built was a socket 754 amd athlon 64 3200+!
So im needing a new PC for my office.
It needs to be fast and play HD video smoothly. Decent on power too as it will be on for long periods of time.
I was looking at the new AMD APU's and they dont seem as fast as intel's for processing.
I was looking at either an Intel i3 2100 or 2105 (sandy bridge).
Do they seem good benchmarks say they are good. But can their intergrated graphics play HD video off youtube or a disk smoothly? I have an ati 5450 and that seems to manage.
I was going to match that up with a H or Z series mobo with some 1600mhz ram. The last system I built was ddr400 with cl2 now its cl10.
If they cant play video smoothly I can get a cheap gfx like the 5450, but if I dont have to then it saves me money as I wont be gaming at work.
Thanks