Hey guys, I'm trying to build a relatively capable gaming system for under $700. From all the reading I've been doing AMD has yet to come up with a viable processor to compete with i5 (i7 probably wouldn't fit in my price range) so after nearly 15 years of AMD systems I am leaning towards Intel for this build. As far as video I still have yet to upgrade my older ATI Radeon 4870 but I can pull it from my current system and put it in the new build if a decent video card is out of the question at this price point (it shouldn't be, right?) I'm just looking for some options here. If anybody knows of some good barebones deals that would require the least amount of upgrading I would love to see them here but I wouldn't mind doing a homebuild either.
For comparison purposes my old system is based around an AMD Phenom II X2 550 and the aforementioned Radeon 4870. I'm sure it will be easy to blow this puppy away for $600-700.
Oh and one more thing, I do alot of multi-tasking so I would like to purchase a quad-core processor as opposed to dual-core...Also I am remembering the whole Modern Warfare 2 fiasco from a year or so ago - I was unable to get decent framerates in that game with this system because it hated anything less than 3 cores.
Thanks in advance!!
Mike
For comparison purposes my old system is based around an AMD Phenom II X2 550 and the aforementioned Radeon 4870. I'm sure it will be easy to blow this puppy away for $600-700.
Oh and one more thing, I do alot of multi-tasking so I would like to purchase a quad-core processor as opposed to dual-core...Also I am remembering the whole Modern Warfare 2 fiasco from a year or so ago - I was unable to get decent framerates in that game with this system because it hated anything less than 3 cores.
Thanks in advance!!
Mike