Hi everyone,
This is my first post here, but I have been a viewer of these forums for a long time. I've found a lot of great advice here that has helped me over the years but now I have a more specific question I would like to ask the community.
So I recently purchased DayZ and would like to start getting back into PC gaming. My rig is a little outdated as it was a gaming rig I built back in 2009.
Here's my specs:
EVGA nForce 780i SLI Mobo
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53ghz
2x2gb Kingston PC2-6400 5-5-5-18
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
500gb 7200rpm Maxtor SATA HDD
I don't have a huge budged to buy new parts, So I'm trying to figure out what I should upgrade first. I was thinking possibly upgrading to 8gb ram, which leads to my other question of if I should get 4gb more ddr2 800 or up it to ddr2 1200, or maybe getting another GTX 260 Core 216 and running them in SLI because those are fairly cheap on ebay. Or would it be better to go with a new card all together instead of trying to run 2x or 3x SLI with this older card. I'm currently running everything at stock speeds and I plan to start overclocking again, I just need to get my setup working correctly (It needs a fresh install of windows on it). Any advice on what anyone thinks I should improve would be greatly appreciated
This is my first post here, but I have been a viewer of these forums for a long time. I've found a lot of great advice here that has helped me over the years but now I have a more specific question I would like to ask the community.
So I recently purchased DayZ and would like to start getting back into PC gaming. My rig is a little outdated as it was a gaming rig I built back in 2009.
Here's my specs:
EVGA nForce 780i SLI Mobo
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53ghz
2x2gb Kingston PC2-6400 5-5-5-18
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
500gb 7200rpm Maxtor SATA HDD
I don't have a huge budged to buy new parts, So I'm trying to figure out what I should upgrade first. I was thinking possibly upgrading to 8gb ram, which leads to my other question of if I should get 4gb more ddr2 800 or up it to ddr2 1200, or maybe getting another GTX 260 Core 216 and running them in SLI because those are fairly cheap on ebay. Or would it be better to go with a new card all together instead of trying to run 2x or 3x SLI with this older card. I'm currently running everything at stock speeds and I plan to start overclocking again, I just need to get my setup working correctly (It needs a fresh install of windows on it). Any advice on what anyone thinks I should improve would be greatly appreciated