Recent content by ftambonejr124

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    upgrading power supply suggestion

    thanks but i already picked up the bronze 500 for a total of $22 after tax
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    upgrading power supply suggestion

    i got a 80+ bronze 500 watt evga psu for $22 from a used computer place near me looked up and talked to 2 different computer places and they said was fine on everything
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    upgrading power supply suggestion

    I am now on my PSU upgrade and found 2 that peaked my interest but are on the level of "too good to be true price" anyone use or suggestions if these are good . more interested in the ebay one ,for obvious reasons lol. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UB2T64990...
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    cpu upgrade or gpu

    Okay well not sure what your idea of undemanding games are , because this quadro even in user benchmark ranks better then alot i see people use , and i can play med-high res on skyrim,fallout new vegas, bfbc2, reign of kings, portal 2, x com declassified and left 4 dead 2. With that being said...
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    cpu upgrade or gpu

    Right now i am going up to $100-$125 (if i can get both in that range great) .I am wanting to start with either a new CPU/GPU , was at around $50-60 with my first posts but i have extra cash now that Christmas is over..lol specs are Windows 7 Home x64 Case :Acer Veriton M2630G BIOS: Ver. Acer...
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    cpu upgrade or gpu

    I have been searching forever checking listings on GPU /CPU reading ,comparing on user benchmarks for weeks now. i am at my wits end on all this. I know i have more to get to make this a great gaming pc ,but i am slowly upgrading and I don't want to go the mobo route just yet (i searched my...
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    cpu upgrade or gpu

    yeah i know i just edited the post at the bottom , i swear ebay does nothing but irritate the hell out of me on the lies and misinformation they give,if i wasn't anal on searching i would have just bought this and been none the wiser.
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    cpu upgrade or gpu

    First Merry Christmas everyone , Well seems i missed on getting a GPU relatively inexpensive so waiting since the k620 is actually proving to be pretty good i am thinking going from my g3220 3.0 to this Intel-Core-i5-2400-3.1 I found on ebay for $45 free shipping, Yes no? or should i just give...
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    New gpu suggestions

    Speaking of user benchmark I did that download and tested mine it said my crucial 8gb wasn’t running at full and go in bios and enable something but I didn’t have the option in bios , is there another way to enable xm quotemsg=20511974,0,2202022]try user benchmark. its way more accurate since it...
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    New gpu suggestions

    Was just saying cod as an example , I can play bfbc2 on steam great on my quadro but yes I would like to play dragon sin but know won’t be anytime this year I have been searching ebay for last 2 hours or this damn iPad while I’m at my inlaws comparing video cards on pass mark trying to find...
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    New gpu suggestions

    Okay seems I missed that gpu and I have tried finding it at the price you said and I have also been trying to find the i5 around the price you said can find which I can’t , but I found this card compared to my k620 quadro it’s nearly double but only 1gb...
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    New gpu suggestions

    i do mod age of empires . skyrim and new vegas , whole reason i went back and started building a pc , i am usually a ps4 player, but be it known i didnt build this from ground up i used an acer optiplex from 2016 tower with a good motherboard
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    New gpu suggestions

    okay thanks for all the input , it gave me more insight on where i need to go , i think i will go the 2gb that you suggested route , but before i do why do you think the radeon rx550 wasnt a better choice , im sure we went through all that already but i am having a major brain fart lol
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    New gpu suggestions

    okay so what about if i went to say 75-80 range , does that open up my options, I can go out of my budget if i need to but that was just a "best case" hope lol
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    New gpu suggestions

    okay but how about if i decided (since my son plays) cod ww2