I'm thinking of rebuilding my current gaming pc and am wondering if the new system parts are worth it or is there something better for the price/performance or the old wait approach. I currently play cod4, rts games, want to play crisis and of course all of the upcoming games. I currently use a 22in monitor that i will not be upgrading. Budget is roughly $1300 US. I want to be able to overclock (easily) and need this pc to last a while. As always, thanks for your help and input.
New stuff:
Case - COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution RC-830-KKN3-GP
MB - EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i
GPU - EVGA 512-P3-N845-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) KO 512MB
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz or should i get the 8500
Mem - OCZ Reaper HPC 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 I know ddr3 isn't quite up to speed yet, but this upgrade has got to last a while.
HDD - Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3250310NS 250GB 7200 RPM
DVD - LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Cooler - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
PS - OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W (already have)
My current setup is:
MB - Asus P5B Deluxe
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (stock)
GPU - XFX PV-T71J-YPE7 GeForce 7950GT ExTreme (570 MHz)
Mem - Corsair TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB DDR2-675
OS - XP
New stuff:
Case - COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution RC-830-KKN3-GP
MB - EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i
GPU - EVGA 512-P3-N845-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) KO 512MB
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz or should i get the 8500
Mem - OCZ Reaper HPC 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 I know ddr3 isn't quite up to speed yet, but this upgrade has got to last a while.
HDD - Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3250310NS 250GB 7200 RPM
DVD - LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Cooler - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
PS - OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W (already have)
My current setup is:
MB - Asus P5B Deluxe
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (stock)
GPU - XFX PV-T71J-YPE7 GeForce 7950GT ExTreme (570 MHz)
Mem - Corsair TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB DDR2-675
OS - XP