Ok well im going to have around $700 in a week or two. and i have the upgrade itch. i want to play witcher 2, world in conflict maybe crysis 2 luv it on xbox .i watch a lot of movies, download torrents,surf the net.it is also my htpc my monitor is my vizio 42in 240hz 1080p lcd native resolution.my 9600gt does great for 720p movies but stutters badly on 1080p. i would like to possibly use the 3d tech if it ever matures. im thinking about the asrock extreme 4 Mobo, 8gb ram more if you all recomend it was thinking i5 2500k or i3 2100 but i luv to tinker with OC stuff. and maybe a gtx 460 1gb or a 560 ti.Not against ati just don't know as much about them. and i would like to keep this system for say 4yrs apx. Thank you for any help.
B. White
P.S. any rumors of a i2500k price drop .fingers crossed
my old build About 3 yrs old now.
e2160 oc slightly
nice Zalman 9500 something model no led but a great cooler would like to reuse if its still a good one.
coolermaster 460w PSU probably will need new one
2 sticks 512mb ram ddr
evga 9600gt
windows 7
1 sata 1gb 7200rpm drive +200gb ide that has OS on it going to put win7 on 1gb drive would love to get a SSD at some point.
B. White
P.S. any rumors of a i2500k price drop .fingers crossed
my old build About 3 yrs old now.
e2160 oc slightly
nice Zalman 9500 something model no led but a great cooler would like to reuse if its still a good one.
coolermaster 460w PSU probably will need new one
2 sticks 512mb ram ddr
evga 9600gt
windows 7
1 sata 1gb 7200rpm drive +200gb ide that has OS on it going to put win7 on 1gb drive would love to get a SSD at some point.