Hello there, this is my first post on any forum so thanks for reading
As the title may suggest im planning to build my own gaming pc and my first on at that (first one ive ever bought for myself as well). I have a friend who is experienced in this and between us we have come up with the following specs:
AMD Phenom X4 9950 2.6GHz Black Edition
MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
corsair 4GB (2x2GB) 1066mhz DDR2 ram
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - hard drive - 250 GB x2
Sapphire RADEON HD 4870 512 MB - GDDR5 RAM
Arctic power 700W PSU
XION II Black (Blue LED) Steel Mid Tower Gaming Case
Samsung SyncMaster 2032BW - flat panel display - TFT - 20" (already purchased)
windows vista home premium 64bit
After doing some research i have a few possible changes but am unsure, i was thinkin of upgrading to the hd4870x2, i know i wont need it now at the res i will be playing but i may get a bigger screen later and i want the best i can get really. Also thinking about changing the processor to the intel Q6600 for better overclocking, again not really sure.
My ideal goal is to be able to play crysis with the ultra high mod smoothly but i know this is a big ask, would be happy with just on high settings. There is so much to think about and so many different views im starting to get a bit swamped so i thought i would put this out there and hope someone could help
Thanks!
As the title may suggest im planning to build my own gaming pc and my first on at that (first one ive ever bought for myself as well). I have a friend who is experienced in this and between us we have come up with the following specs:
AMD Phenom X4 9950 2.6GHz Black Edition
MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
corsair 4GB (2x2GB) 1066mhz DDR2 ram
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - hard drive - 250 GB x2
Sapphire RADEON HD 4870 512 MB - GDDR5 RAM
Arctic power 700W PSU
XION II Black (Blue LED) Steel Mid Tower Gaming Case
Samsung SyncMaster 2032BW - flat panel display - TFT - 20" (already purchased)
windows vista home premium 64bit
After doing some research i have a few possible changes but am unsure, i was thinkin of upgrading to the hd4870x2, i know i wont need it now at the res i will be playing but i may get a bigger screen later and i want the best i can get really. Also thinking about changing the processor to the intel Q6600 for better overclocking, again not really sure.
My ideal goal is to be able to play crysis with the ultra high mod smoothly but i know this is a big ask, would be happy with just on high settings. There is so much to think about and so many different views im starting to get a bit swamped so i thought i would put this out there and hope someone could help
Thanks!