Best Gaming Performance Upgrade. I'm a bit of a cheapskate. I don't have money to throw around. So, I bought a Dell 531. Since I had a monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard...I just got a refurb tower. Works very well and I am quite pleased. Yes, it is limited...

will give me better game performance. (Lets even pretend for a moment my rich uncle just gives me some DDR2 and an appropriate motherboard....) More game performance, an e6600? A Kentsfield (remember... fastest...) processor, or an 8800GTX in my current...

either 1080 or 1050 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Just want the best gaming pc that he can get for the money, can windows 7 be installed fresh from the student upgrade? . I'm building a pc for a friend, and need help choosing components that fit into his budget....

now, but will be a less upgradeable platform for the future. The other path you can take will get you less performance now, but offers better upgradeability so you can have better performance later on. If you want the best gaming performance now, get an Intel...

that new system and how often should you upgrade? I have been thinking for a while on what is the best system building strategy with regards to getting the best "play-ability" in games for the least amount of money over a long period of time. Here is a comparison...

Building a Crysis PC, Part 1. If you were going to build a new gaming rig to run Crysis at its very best, what would that system look like? Tom’s Games will attempt to answer that question by experimenting in the lab, and we need your help. Send us your suggestions...

knowledge on systems and components. Glad to be a part of a great community! :D Introductions aside, I've decided to build a new mid-level gaming rig after attempting to play Left4Dead and Oblivion on my 5 year old system. Not the best idea.. I got a nice...

b hitting the streets soon and that video card prices have been ralatively constant over the last few months definitly go for the gf2, the best way to increase gaming performance is by upgrading your 3d accelerator, and this piece will last yoiu longer before...

anyone else's ideas, but especially mine. This is an open project, and I am all-ears. Let's get started. Gaming. Definitely the most important part of this build. I am looking to build a gaming PC, but again not a cutting-edge super beast that makes Diablo...

CPU would bottleneck too much. ... That is assuming this upgrade is for better gaming performance. If not, then upgrade the CPU. Do you just game? Any chance of getting both? Athlon II quads and Phenom II triples are in the low $100s right now, any chance...