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Hello! I'm trying to build a comp and wanting to ensure I got the biggest bang for the buck. Short question: Are there any parts worth changing to decrease the value overall but still provide the same performance? Additionally, are there any parts worth spending a tad bit more on for...

AMD: Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514 CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103960 Intel: Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128546 CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504...

Ah, sorry. Mostly gaming (Rift, Skyrim, Black Ops ll, etc.), fraps (video recording), and editing software such as sony vegas/adobe AE

What do you mean "run on your pc now"? I assume you mean the motherboard, which is an RS780: http://support.gateway.com/s//MOTHERBD/Shared/4006272R/4006272Rnv.shtml If I was to upgrade my motherboard, because that's the next best thing to ugprade, I would upgrade my CPU as well.

Alright, here's my question: In my other related (1) post, I asked what to upgrade for my PC. Now, I'm wondering what to do next. Here's my specs: RS780 Motherboard V8 Cooler Master heatsink/cpu cooler 8gigs of RAM GeForce 550x TI video card AMD Phenom ll x4 810 Windows 7 64 bit home prem...

Perfect. Once again, thanks for your help. This should all work easily.

The Noctua NH-L12 looks like it should do the trick. Plus, everyone's mentioning the easy installation -- So that's a bonus for me. The old hard drive is a SATA hard drive. Once again, thanks for the incredibly helpful feedback.

It's a Gateway prebuilt and is normal design. I'm not sure of the exact model, but here is an image of what it is similar to: http://0.tqn.com/d/compreviews/1/G/z/M/GatewaySX-200.jpg (Looks like maybe this is the model number: Gateway's SX2801-11e) Also, I have an old 1TB hard drive, how would...

For the CPU cooler, what would you recommend? I'm not 100% sure what I'm looking for on that one either. : /

For the dedicated hard drive, you don't mean separating into partitions, right? I actually need another physical hard drive to setup for this?

Hello, I'm having difficulties figuring out what the best approach is for improving my gaming. Basically, I'm getting horrible FPS when attempting to Fraps and I'm trying to fix the issue by locating things that need to be upgraded. Here's my system's specs: Windows 7 Home Prem. / 64 Bit AMD...