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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 05:07:21 PM

Title: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 05:07:21 PM

After playing a few games on my new video card, I gots the fever

I can see where I'm going to hit a CPU bottleneck in some future games, though, so after the holidays I think I'm gonna upgrade

I want to keep it as cheap as possible, so I plan on stripping out what I can from my current PC and building from there

Here's what I have:

500w PSU
250GB HDD (I can just plop this into a new PC, windows vista and all, right?)
8800gts 640mb
DVD Burner

so, what are your recommendations as to what else I need?

Motherboard & CPU, Case, Ram, cooling fans, etc...

Just getting a list together right now so I can blow it out come January.

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Don Flamenco on October 17, 2008, 05:50:12 PM

I have an E6750 Core 2 Duo that overclocked to 3.0ghz with no extra cooling.  They've come out with better CPUs since then, but the thing is nice and probably pretty cheap by now.

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 17, 2008, 06:12:18 PM

Make sure you pay with snakes.

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 06:13:13 PM

i don't know what that means

is it something political

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: demi on October 17, 2008, 06:15:47 PM

Just get a Q6600

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 06:18:06 PM

i can't find the link to your old pc thread, demi

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: demi on October 17, 2008, 06:21:10 PM

http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=19371.0

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 06:21:43 PM

thanks

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 17, 2008, 06:31:07 PM

What's your current monitor?  Getting a good monitor is important for PC gaming.  Stick to a 20 to 22 incher though, your card isn't really adequate for resolutions beyond 1680x1050.

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 06:37:13 PM

i run mine on my hdtv, so 1366x768 is as high as i will ever go, like i said oblivion and bioshock look pretty sweet on it

i just want to upgrade my cpu, really, and try to get out cheap - i'm fine with the card right now (maybe i will upgrade later on)

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 17, 2008, 06:39:42 PM

If 1360x768 is what you're using, the 8800GTS should be sufficient for at least 2 more years.  You'd see a pretty big jump in performance if you upgraded to a Core 2 Duo or Quad though. 

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 06:40:43 PM

should i just buy one of those barebones kits from tigerdirect (or wherever) that already has the cpu, ram, etc. included?

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 17, 2008, 06:41:39 PM

Sure, it's what I recommended to PD.  Let me know what's your budget and I could recommend something. 

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 06:44:04 PM

I'd want to keep it less than $400, but that might not be possible

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 17, 2008, 06:51:16 PM

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3720328&CatId=2406

This seems OK.  Just add 2x2 gb of ram. 

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 06:57:44 PM

how is this package?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4086974&Sku=P450-9110%20C

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 17, 2008, 06:59:38 PM

That seems fine but do you need a new case?  If not, I'd just spend more on faster ram and a better mobo. 

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Don Flamenco on October 17, 2008, 07:02:11 PM

don't mean to thread jack, but quick question: would it be worth my while to jump from 2gb DDR2 to 3gb or 4gb?   Like I said, I have a 3.0ghz C2D and my GPU is a 8800GTS512, I run at 1440x900, in XP.  

A framerate boost in Warhead would be nice, but an overall speed up in anything would be cool too.  I just ask because I thought I read that it isn't worth going over a certain amount of ram in XP and that it could cause problems.

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 17, 2008, 07:03:19 PM

i guess i could gut out the case i have now, it's a hp stock a1520n

Title: Re: PC Gurus, Help Me Build a New PC
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 17, 2008, 07:05:39 PM

Quote from: Kranz Fafka on October 17, 2008, 07:02:11 PM

don't mean to thread jack, but quick question: would it be worth my while to jump from 2gb DDR2 to 3gb or 4gb?   Like I said, I have a 3.0ghz C2D and my GPU is a 8800GTS512, I run at 1440x900, in XP.  

A framerate boost in Warhead would be nice, but an overall speed up in anything would be cool too.  I just ask because I thought I read that it isn't worth going over a certain amount of ram in XP and that it could cause problems.

No, if you're just using XP.  Both Crysis games have memory leaks anyway.  Even with 4gbs of ram, I have to restart sometimes to make the framerate go back up.