- Aug 7, 2013
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THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LONG, BUT JUST HEAR ME OUT. IT IS NOT AN ESSAY!
Hello there! I am gonna get my specs out of the way before anything else:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 Ghz
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4850 1gb
Desktop: Dell Optiplex 745, Mini Tower form factor
PSU: 520 Watt power supply, can't remember brand or model
Chipset: Intel Q965 Express
Now that that is out of the way, I was wondering...I want to get more graphical power out of my desktop, as overclocking is literally blocked off to me (this card freaks when i change clock speeds because I have a messed up copy of GPU Tweak on my desktop and cannot get rid of it). Anyway, since i have a case lying around, i was wondering if i should get a new motherboard that is crossfire ready AND useable with the LGA 775 type CPU socket (and preferably will accept ddr2 ram, but I can buy a different type if needed), then move the other things into this case such as disk drive, harddrives, etc. and after all that, buy another ATI Radeon HD 4850 1gb card and set up a dual bridge crossfire on top of this new motherboard,
OR.....
Should i just use my desktop as is for now and start building a brand new machine into that old case? Either way, i would like to tribute my old desktop, as it was a custom build for a small kindergarten server that did it's job for almost 4 years after a clean install until the harddrive finally gave way to it's own age and nearly collapsed on a system startup. Since then, I got another used desktop and the old one was gutted by my brother, but the case is still in my basement. This desktop was very tough for the time it ran, and I would like to do a gaming overhaul on it and bring it back to life! Please let me know which would be more practical to do to tribute this old machine!
-Eric
Hello there! I am gonna get my specs out of the way before anything else:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 Ghz
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4850 1gb
Desktop: Dell Optiplex 745, Mini Tower form factor
PSU: 520 Watt power supply, can't remember brand or model
Chipset: Intel Q965 Express
Now that that is out of the way, I was wondering...I want to get more graphical power out of my desktop, as overclocking is literally blocked off to me (this card freaks when i change clock speeds because I have a messed up copy of GPU Tweak on my desktop and cannot get rid of it). Anyway, since i have a case lying around, i was wondering if i should get a new motherboard that is crossfire ready AND useable with the LGA 775 type CPU socket (and preferably will accept ddr2 ram, but I can buy a different type if needed), then move the other things into this case such as disk drive, harddrives, etc. and after all that, buy another ATI Radeon HD 4850 1gb card and set up a dual bridge crossfire on top of this new motherboard,
OR.....
Should i just use my desktop as is for now and start building a brand new machine into that old case? Either way, i would like to tribute my old desktop, as it was a custom build for a small kindergarten server that did it's job for almost 4 years after a clean install until the harddrive finally gave way to it's own age and nearly collapsed on a system startup. Since then, I got another used desktop and the old one was gutted by my brother, but the case is still in my basement. This desktop was very tough for the time it ran, and I would like to do a gaming overhaul on it and bring it back to life! Please let me know which would be more practical to do to tribute this old machine!
-Eric
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