- Mar 30, 2013
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Hey guys! This is my first time ever building a rig (and also my first time posting on the forum) so I've spent the last couple of days going through what seems like a TON of info, and I've found it quite overwhelming. I thought I could do some research and choose the right parts but I seem to be in over my head. So, I'm asking you guys if you could help me out with some suggestions and maybe some explanations for your choices so I can learn a bit about building rigs.
Approximate Purchase Date: First-Second week of April.
Budget Range: I'm looking for two options - something in the $600 range and another for $1000 (anything in between is welcome)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Mostly gaming. Other uses would be surfing the web, watching movies, doing some light work (word/excel). Nothing major other than the gaming (no video/photo/music editing)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: This is my current rig. It's really outdated so I doubt I can re-use any of it.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33 Ghz
Mother: MSI 631TM-P21
Memory: Kingston 2048 mb DDR2 @ 400 Mhz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Power supply: Blaze Pentium P4 Model P650W-6. Peak output 650W.
HDD: WD Sata II 160 gb
Do you need to buy OS: I'm currently using Win 7 Pro 32bits. From what I've read, I'd need to change to a 64bit setup if I want to use more than 4 GB ram. If anyone could explain this, and also explain if there's any downside on using a 64 bit OS I'd appreciate it.
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Maybe (Would need to learn more about it)
SLI or Crossfire: Yes / No / Maybe (I'm sorry but I don't know what this means)
Your Monitor Resolution: I'm currently set up at 1680x1050, but I don't know much about this, so I can't really tell if I should be aiming at another resolution.
Additional Comments: The games I'm looking at are Skyrimg, Diablo 3, Dragon Age (whenever they release the DA III) and the like.
Why Are You Upgrading: I thinks it's high time I upgraded it. Can't run any new games, and I think it's even too little ram to run Win 7 (I'm actually having a hard time loading multiple tabs at the same time)
Thanks in advance for all your help!
Approximate Purchase Date: First-Second week of April.
Budget Range: I'm looking for two options - something in the $600 range and another for $1000 (anything in between is welcome)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Mostly gaming. Other uses would be surfing the web, watching movies, doing some light work (word/excel). Nothing major other than the gaming (no video/photo/music editing)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: This is my current rig. It's really outdated so I doubt I can re-use any of it.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33 Ghz
Mother: MSI 631TM-P21
Memory: Kingston 2048 mb DDR2 @ 400 Mhz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Power supply: Blaze Pentium P4 Model P650W-6. Peak output 650W.
HDD: WD Sata II 160 gb
Do you need to buy OS: I'm currently using Win 7 Pro 32bits. From what I've read, I'd need to change to a 64bit setup if I want to use more than 4 GB ram. If anyone could explain this, and also explain if there's any downside on using a 64 bit OS I'd appreciate it.
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Maybe (Would need to learn more about it)
SLI or Crossfire: Yes / No / Maybe (I'm sorry but I don't know what this means)
Your Monitor Resolution: I'm currently set up at 1680x1050, but I don't know much about this, so I can't really tell if I should be aiming at another resolution.
Additional Comments: The games I'm looking at are Skyrimg, Diablo 3, Dragon Age (whenever they release the DA III) and the like.
Why Are You Upgrading: I thinks it's high time I upgraded it. Can't run any new games, and I think it's even too little ram to run Win 7 (I'm actually having a hard time loading multiple tabs at the same time)
Thanks in advance for all your help!
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