As my name suggests, i am most definitely not a computer person. i do on the other hand play video games. some online friends of mine who i talk to via Ventrilo helped me out with discovering what what computer has, and what my computer should use (because its... "out of date". Its basically just been having problems with downloading or installing files, and its been running slow for awhile. also seems to have a problem with the CD Drive -it opens and closes on its on, at random times)
Anyway, what i came to ask was my friends helped me pick out a Processor and a Video Card
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600 Brisbane 2.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 89W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
Video Card : GIGABYTE GV-N95TOC-1GI GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Integrated w/ native HDMI port, overclocked at 650MHz
my Mother Board is this : ASUS A8N5X the 'specs' can be found here
I can remember a friend asking "If the wattage was enough for the Mother Board." and was instructed to ask Tom's Hardware.
So, are those two items worth purchasing? Or will they not work with my Mother Board, which given my finances, we've decided not to upgrade, but to add to. I think it was.
If its helpful or not, here is what i'm currently using
Processor
Video Card
Thanks to PCWizard
Anyway, what i came to ask was my friends helped me pick out a Processor and a Video Card
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600 Brisbane 2.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 89W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
Video Card : GIGABYTE GV-N95TOC-1GI GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Integrated w/ native HDMI port, overclocked at 650MHz
my Mother Board is this : ASUS A8N5X the 'specs' can be found here
I can remember a friend asking "If the wattage was enough for the Mother Board." and was instructed to ask Tom's Hardware.
So, are those two items worth purchasing? Or will they not work with my Mother Board, which given my finances, we've decided not to upgrade, but to add to. I think it was.
If its helpful or not, here is what i'm currently using
Processor
Video Card
Thanks to PCWizard