Im trying to build a gaming pc, but no matter how many videos i check from LinusTech or Jayztwocents etc… i can’t seem to keep up or understand correctly. So here are things i can’t understand.
– How can i easily check and compare processors and how good they are? Is a I7 8750H 2.20GHz 8th generation and thus automatically worse than a 9th or 10th generation? Do i have to look at the GHz’s?
– In what way does a laptop differ from a pc? I know a 3070 for a laptop isn’t as strong as a 3070 for pc, but is the same thing true for processors? And how do i know how big that difference is, without looking up reviews and comparisons?
– What exactly does the amount of cores change in a laptop? If i want to use my laptop to stream, do i look at the cores, the ram or am i automatically good with a 9th gen and up?
I actually have a lot more questions, but if i can get these answered, id already be happy.
Thanks in advance
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>How can i easily check and compare processors and how good they are? Is a I7 8750H 2.20GHz 8th generation and thus automatically worse than a 9th or 10th generation? Do i have to look at the GHz’s?
For CPU performance you want to be looking primarily at clock speed, number of cores, and cache size. Bigger number good there. New gen better. Power consumption is a running cost, so smaller number good, and a higher number generally needs better cooling, another expense.
>In what way does a laptop differ from a pc? I know a 3070 for a laptop isn’t as strong as a 3070 for pc, but is the same thing true for processors? And how do i know how big that difference is, without looking up reviews and comparisons?
Laptops have trash cooling due to their form factor. The better it looks, the lighter it is, the worse its performance will probably be. The clock speed is how you tell the difference there, laptops are underclocked.
>What exactly does the amount of cores change in a laptop? If i want to use my laptop to stream, do i look at the cores, the ram or am i automatically good with a 9th gen and up?
This question is thicc
If you’re streaming games as a primary use case, a laptop is probably a bad choice. Can’t upgrade graphics card, and the heat generation will degrade your hardware and eventually cause the computer to break under heavy usage. Heat degrades chips, and often computers run slow because the processor has to work around areas of the chip that don’t function.
The number of cores is (half) the number of hardware threads. Multithreaded software (most games) takes advantage of more cores, and performes better. Rich bois love those AMD Threadrippers, but I’m not the type of person to tell you to buy a $3k CPU.
More RAM is always better, buy as much as your budget allows, at the clock rate your mobo requires; [pcpartpicker](pcpartpicker.com) is your friend here. Highly recommend 32gb+ of ram for gaming on windows, less than that youll probably lag.
9th gen i5+ in intel land is probably sufficient for streaming games imo. AMD Ryzen 5+ too. If you don’t tolerate any lag, you really want this gen i9 or ryzen 9.
Good luck 🙂
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