Recent content by zleighty

Thanks. Yeah I went ahead and changed the MB to the B75 and kept the 8GB kit

Had a feeling you would post as I was writing mine. Thanks for all the help. Will be ordering in the next few minutes.

Ok. I did find this XFX 6950 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150548 for $199.99 so I think I am going to go with that then drop the 8Gb of ram down to 4Gb. That puts me just under my budget. Plus I could pick up another 4Gb set in a few months if I feel I need it.

Thanks Danny. Unfortunately the 6950/8GB combo has a $10 MIR to make it $225. That pushed me above my budget. Would dropping back down to 4GB and the GTX 560 ti make that big of a difference in performance?

@Danny - Its possible. Just need to get final authorization from the SO. @vict0r - I was thinking about the i3 but I really need to stay under $500 total. I would be willing to downgrade the GPU if the upgrade to the i3 is worth it. Thanks for the quick responses.

Hey all. I am looking at updating my old system and need some advice. Here are the Q/As. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Mainly Gaming (BF3, Diablo3, Minecraft, ME3 and others) and general web/e-mail. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and...