- Jul 28, 2011
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So Christmas is approaching, which gives me an excuse to blow a lot of money on my computer. Obviously, since I'm an aspiring game designer and full-time gamer, this isn't necessarily a bad thing for me. What I'm looking on replacing is the mobo, one set of my two memory sticks, a new cooling system a new case and (hopefully) a new graphics card.
My current memory is four gigs of Corsair, just the basic DDR3 model and currently I'm using a friend's pair of Mushkin four gig DDR3's. I'm hoping to get a pair of four gigs (giving me eight gigs), and I think that will be the Ripjaws. Is this a good idea? I know it's compatible, but I haven't heard much about the memory.
The motherboard I have is the basic $99 ASUS AMD board. I'm just looking for something that's smaller (micro case!) and has a faster bridge speed, while still allowing me to have two sets of memory.
The case I'm looking at is (like I said) a micro case. I was looking at a Lian Li, but I know next to nothing about cases.
Cooling systems I know literally nothing about, all I know is my computer needs a new one. Any recommendations would be great.
And for graphics... I have a MSi Twin Frozr II GTX 560. I'm considering just buying a new one and crossfiring considering the newest nVidia MSi Twin Frozr III has a slower clock speed than the Twin Frozr II... but again, open to suggestions.
Thanks in advance!
My current memory is four gigs of Corsair, just the basic DDR3 model and currently I'm using a friend's pair of Mushkin four gig DDR3's. I'm hoping to get a pair of four gigs (giving me eight gigs), and I think that will be the Ripjaws. Is this a good idea? I know it's compatible, but I haven't heard much about the memory.
The motherboard I have is the basic $99 ASUS AMD board. I'm just looking for something that's smaller (micro case!) and has a faster bridge speed, while still allowing me to have two sets of memory.
The case I'm looking at is (like I said) a micro case. I was looking at a Lian Li, but I know next to nothing about cases.
Cooling systems I know literally nothing about, all I know is my computer needs a new one. Any recommendations would be great.
And for graphics... I have a MSi Twin Frozr II GTX 560. I'm considering just buying a new one and crossfiring considering the newest nVidia MSi Twin Frozr III has a slower clock speed than the Twin Frozr II... but again, open to suggestions.
Thanks in advance!
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