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My current gaming rig is closing in on two years old. I think it's time for an upgrade!
What I'm looking to do is build upon what I already have, and take the parts I take out of one machine and build a second machine for my mom out of them. So I'll list both sets of specs, and take suggestions at where I should go.
New System:
Reusing:
Antec 900 case
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI 600W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
Buying:
Intel i5 750 CPU - 200 on newegg
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - 100 on newegg
Hyper 212 Plus Cooling Fan - 35 on newegg
1TB Harddrive - figure any of them are good to go
Having problems figuring out which MoBo to go with, which type of RAM works best (figure 4GB is a good idea), and which video card to go with. I'm currently using a Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, and I was thinking about maying going X-Fire with it, but I've read some reviews on the card with people saying it went out on them. I've definetely noticed some slowdown on it after long periods of play time, but not the kind of problems some people were having with it. Trying to figure if it's worth it to get a D11 card instead. Also, if I need a bigger/better power supply.
Rebuilt System:
With this one, I'm just trying to gauge what kind of power supply I should get with it. I'm looking for something cheap, but won't crap out.
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
wiping a 640GB hd that's currently in use with this system, and reinstalling Vista-64
And my mom picked the AZZA Solano Case for herself.
Total, I'm only looking to spend 6-800 on upgrades/replacements, will probably buy from newegg or tigerdirect, and live in the US. Both systems already have monitors, keyboards, mouses, use on-board sound, etc. I might overclock the new system (if i can figure out how properly), and don't know about x-fire'ing. Depends on the video cards.
Thanks for any help!
What I'm looking to do is build upon what I already have, and take the parts I take out of one machine and build a second machine for my mom out of them. So I'll list both sets of specs, and take suggestions at where I should go.
New System:
Reusing:
Antec 900 case
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI 600W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
Buying:
Intel i5 750 CPU - 200 on newegg
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - 100 on newegg
Hyper 212 Plus Cooling Fan - 35 on newegg
1TB Harddrive - figure any of them are good to go
Having problems figuring out which MoBo to go with, which type of RAM works best (figure 4GB is a good idea), and which video card to go with. I'm currently using a Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, and I was thinking about maying going X-Fire with it, but I've read some reviews on the card with people saying it went out on them. I've definetely noticed some slowdown on it after long periods of play time, but not the kind of problems some people were having with it. Trying to figure if it's worth it to get a D11 card instead. Also, if I need a bigger/better power supply.
Rebuilt System:
With this one, I'm just trying to gauge what kind of power supply I should get with it. I'm looking for something cheap, but won't crap out.
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
wiping a 640GB hd that's currently in use with this system, and reinstalling Vista-64
And my mom picked the AZZA Solano Case for herself.
Total, I'm only looking to spend 6-800 on upgrades/replacements, will probably buy from newegg or tigerdirect, and live in the US. Both systems already have monitors, keyboards, mouses, use on-board sound, etc. I might overclock the new system (if i can figure out how properly), and don't know about x-fire'ing. Depends on the video cards.
Thanks for any help!
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