So I am making my second computer build, first true gaming build. I am coming from a 3 year Dell Inspiron Laptop, so this system is gonna be quite the upgrade.
So here are the pieces I got going at the moment:
Antec 900 Case
Corsair 750w PSU
Asus P5N 780i SLI board or Crossfire of same type
Corsair 2x2gb 800 ram
Sony/NEC Dvd-RW/CD-RW
Windows Vista 64bit
Now this is where the questions arise. I am trying to decide whether to go with a Q6600 or E8500. From what I understand most games dont use the quad processors yet. So maybe go with duo, then upgrade down the road?
Second question. I am gonna go with a single GPU for now, but would like to have the option to go Crossfire/SLI down the road. So I am on the fence on whether to go with a HD4870 1gb or 9800 gx2/GTX260.
The GX2 still seems to do well in all benchmarks and the price has dropped so much.
Third and final question. Trying to decide whether to go with a 22" or 24" monitor. I am mainly playing WoW atm, but am looking to get into some other games, so I was thinking that the increased resolution to 1920x1200 would be nice on a 24". Newegg has a Acer 24" 2 ms monitor for $329. Not sure how quality Acer is though.
Anyways that is it. Any input would be nice
So here are the pieces I got going at the moment:
Antec 900 Case
Corsair 750w PSU
Asus P5N 780i SLI board or Crossfire of same type
Corsair 2x2gb 800 ram
Sony/NEC Dvd-RW/CD-RW
Windows Vista 64bit
Now this is where the questions arise. I am trying to decide whether to go with a Q6600 or E8500. From what I understand most games dont use the quad processors yet. So maybe go with duo, then upgrade down the road?
Second question. I am gonna go with a single GPU for now, but would like to have the option to go Crossfire/SLI down the road. So I am on the fence on whether to go with a HD4870 1gb or 9800 gx2/GTX260.
The GX2 still seems to do well in all benchmarks and the price has dropped so much.
Third and final question. Trying to decide whether to go with a 22" or 24" monitor. I am mainly playing WoW atm, but am looking to get into some other games, so I was thinking that the increased resolution to 1920x1200 would be nice on a 24". Newegg has a Acer 24" 2 ms monitor for $329. Not sure how quality Acer is though.
Anyways that is it. Any input would be nice