Recent content by MyCookedGoose

Yeah I noticed that.. gonna try to contact Gateway about the microcode bit and see if they have any information.

Cool, definitely not a bad price either! Sorry for the late response, went on a brief holiday. Is this one compatible with the motherboard and case or do I still need to purchase one?

Okay, let's all calm down a little bit. Words of life!:D Anyway, I knew I wasn't crazy. 5570 is able to play 99% of the games I want it to, and for many of them at even medium and high settings! (payday 1&2, HaloCE/Online, Quake, Skyrim, nfsw, etc) and when it comes to PC I really don't waver to...

Except I don't want or need the latest hardware for what I will use this pc for. Like a dull pair of scissors, I only need to sharpen them to cut some paper, I don't need to go out and buy a more expensive saw, it would be overkill.

I said I had $100 I could drop this minute, not $100 in total that I'd spend

Hi! I'm looking to upgrade my gateway (sx2800) processor, (Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz). (Mother Board is an Acer WG43M). I was wondering what I'd have to go through to upgrade the processor to something like an i3 and if it'd even be worth it. (Reason I'm saying i3 is because it's very...