blikbladae
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- Oct 2, 2008
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System is a prebuilt from the bay, gotten at the end of 2008:
ASrock p43Twins1600
Raidmax KATANA Case
4 gigs crucial 800 mhz ddr2
ati radeon 4850 512 (unknown if EVGA, Galaxy, ect)
320 gb 7200 sata
powersupply is a decent 550 reliable installed after removal of stock raidmax garbage.
(bought off slickdeal in early 2009 after I couldn't get an xbox 360 controller powered ; 0 )
I'm a total PC noob and building or hardware, and I need to either upgrade this cpu or build a new one for under 600 bucks preferable, but I can go a little over. I just want to be competitive at running battlefield 3, diablo 3, guildwars 2, and games to come in the next 2-3 years... whatever is rational. So GAMING
I'm guessing you guys are going to recommend I can the system. So does that mean I can keep some of the components and just buy a new motherboard/cpu and gpu? I was also thinking of buying a S.S.D to accompany the aging disc drive (and install O.S and programs for a faster load time.)
I'm an avid slickdealer and there's some current deals on 2x NVIDEA gpus, a gaming case, and some hard-drives.
In case nobody can read those links they are
disc drive ---
http://slickdeals.net/f/4064848-SAM...09-99-shipped-Newegg?token=AAgBBQAAAAAEPD4GUA
solid state ---
http://slickdeals.net/f/4063470-120...25-130-Free-shipping?token=AA0BBQAAAAAGOj4A7g
gtx 480 fermi ---
http://slickdeals.net/f/4061938-EVG...d-210-Shipped-Newegg?token=AAYBBQAAAAAFOz368g
570 ---
http://slickdeals.net/f/4062118-Gal...Rebate-Free-Shipping?token=ABABBQAAAAAEPD37pg
I'm supposing buying this type of gear wouldn't befit my aging rig, and that I'm better off buying a new motherboard/ cpu combination. In the case that you recommend I upgrade, what should I get? S.S.D, ddr 3, new gpu? I know my processor is the bottleneck and cannot really be upgraded...
Anyhoo I appreciate any thoughts or opinions, and wish you all the best. I hope this hasn't been to much of a face-palm, or W.O.T. I look forward to learning from you all as I look to build a gaming cpu. Thanks
ASrock p43Twins1600
Raidmax KATANA Case
4 gigs crucial 800 mhz ddr2
ati radeon 4850 512 (unknown if EVGA, Galaxy, ect)
320 gb 7200 sata
powersupply is a decent 550 reliable installed after removal of stock raidmax garbage.
(bought off slickdeal in early 2009 after I couldn't get an xbox 360 controller powered ; 0 )
I'm a total PC noob and building or hardware, and I need to either upgrade this cpu or build a new one for under 600 bucks preferable, but I can go a little over. I just want to be competitive at running battlefield 3, diablo 3, guildwars 2, and games to come in the next 2-3 years... whatever is rational. So GAMING
I'm guessing you guys are going to recommend I can the system. So does that mean I can keep some of the components and just buy a new motherboard/cpu and gpu? I was also thinking of buying a S.S.D to accompany the aging disc drive (and install O.S and programs for a faster load time.)
I'm an avid slickdealer and there's some current deals on 2x NVIDEA gpus, a gaming case, and some hard-drives.
In case nobody can read those links they are
disc drive ---
http://slickdeals.net/f/4064848-SAM...09-99-shipped-Newegg?token=AAgBBQAAAAAEPD4GUA
solid state ---
http://slickdeals.net/f/4063470-120...25-130-Free-shipping?token=AA0BBQAAAAAGOj4A7g
gtx 480 fermi ---
http://slickdeals.net/f/4061938-EVG...d-210-Shipped-Newegg?token=AAYBBQAAAAAFOz368g
570 ---
http://slickdeals.net/f/4062118-Gal...Rebate-Free-Shipping?token=ABABBQAAAAAEPD37pg
I'm supposing buying this type of gear wouldn't befit my aging rig, and that I'm better off buying a new motherboard/ cpu combination. In the case that you recommend I upgrade, what should I get? S.S.D, ddr 3, new gpu? I know my processor is the bottleneck and cannot really be upgraded...
Anyhoo I appreciate any thoughts or opinions, and wish you all the best. I hope this hasn't been to much of a face-palm, or W.O.T. I look forward to learning from you all as I look to build a gaming cpu. Thanks