Hi all,
I have a PC that is getting a little long in the tooth. I kind of want to bump it up a few notches, at the least possible price (prefer to stay <$200). My primary need for performance boost is gaming (I play a lot of strategy like Civ V and RPG like Fallout series). I upgraded the video card to a mid-range Radeon HD 4770, which is probably OK relative to the rest of the system. What do you guys think? What's my best option? I think I need to upgrade the CPU, but that entails a motherboard upgrade. If that's the case, what's the best bang for ~$200-300? Here are the specs:
(OS: Windows 7)
- Dell Dimension 9200 (prebuilt but I am capable of building/adding)
- 2 LGA 775 CPU Sockets
- Dual Intel Core 2 Duo 6700 @ 2.66 currently occupy the sockets
- ATI Radeon HD 4770
- 4GB RAM (not sure of speed)
Thanks for your advice!
I have a PC that is getting a little long in the tooth. I kind of want to bump it up a few notches, at the least possible price (prefer to stay <$200). My primary need for performance boost is gaming (I play a lot of strategy like Civ V and RPG like Fallout series). I upgraded the video card to a mid-range Radeon HD 4770, which is probably OK relative to the rest of the system. What do you guys think? What's my best option? I think I need to upgrade the CPU, but that entails a motherboard upgrade. If that's the case, what's the best bang for ~$200-300? Here are the specs:
(OS: Windows 7)
- Dell Dimension 9200 (prebuilt but I am capable of building/adding)
- 2 LGA 775 CPU Sockets
- Dual Intel Core 2 Duo 6700 @ 2.66 currently occupy the sockets
- ATI Radeon HD 4770
- 4GB RAM (not sure of speed)
Thanks for your advice!