Recent content by jarred

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    Please critique super budget gaming machine

    My goal is get a system that will be sufficient to play rather modest games currently (Team Fortress 2, HL-2), but that I will plan on upgrading individual components in the next few months. Would something like an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane 2.7GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Windsor...
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    Please critique super budget gaming machine

    Hi all, I'm in the market to build a super budget (around $600) gaming machine to get me started back into PC gaming. I'm looking to build a system that I will be able to upgrade in the future as components become cheaper, but that will still allow me to play games with decent settings (Orange...
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    Upgrading HP pavilion a257c

    Hi, I have an old HP Pavilion a257c that I use solely for gaming and it sorely needs an upgrade. If possible, I'd like to upgrade to a dual core processor, 1-2GB RAM, and a decent graphics card. My problem is that I'm not sure about compability with the current motherboard (I doubt it will...