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Review: CyberPowerPC Liquid Cooled SLC8600A Desktop Gaming PC

Posted on June 24, 2017

If you’re shopping for a gaming PC you’re probably looking for the fastest CPU, the most capable video card and the most RAM and hard drive storage you can get for your money.

Unfortunately, unless you have some pretty deep pockets you’re probably not going to find a machine in your price range that comes with the very best in each of those categories.

The good news is there are a few gaming desktops to choose right now that come pretty close to perfection in terms of performance, yet are still well within a serious gamer’s budget.

I recently had the opportunity to check out a CyberPowerPC Liquid Cooled SLC8600A Desktop Gaming PC, and I believe it definitely falls into that category.

The specs on this machine are impressive, to say the least: [Read more…]

Q&A: Which is better for gaming, a more powerful CPU or a discrete video card?

Posted on August 26, 2016

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Question from Eric P.: My dad is going to help me build a gaming PC. He’s already built one before so he knows what he’s doing, but we’re both confused about something.

The money I’ve saved is just enough to buy one of the following:

1 – An Intel Core i5 CPU (#ad) and a discrete video card

2 – A Core i7 CPU (#ad) with no video card

Basically, if I go with the i7 I’ll have to use the motherboard’s integrated video.

My question is which CPU should I buy for the best gaming performance given the fact that if I go with the i5 I’ll be able to add a stand-alone video card?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]