building a gaming pc

[samadept]

So I have the Intel dual core E2160 which is an old CPU released back in the q3 2008, it's a budget CPU, silent and doesn't require much power, but my question is: can I get it to work with the GTX 750 or 660, or 590Ti, my motherboard is the Intel G41MT-S2PT which has a 16x slot and does run at 16x, got it for 85$ few months ago, RAM is 4gb ddr3 1333mhz, maybe overclocking the CPU to 2.4 and then I'll be able to run some new titles? whatcha think

 

[lucas_7_94]

Well, you can pick a 750, but there is no way to play smoothly new titles with that specs.

I would save some bucks, and build a entire system.

 

[The Corrector]

It will work fine with ALL of those cards you mentioned, but I recommend the 750 TI which is a newer card and consumes very little power. Your processor won't bottleckneck that card much as it is kinda a low end card like your processor is.. Overclocking the processor would be a decent idea as it would increase it's performance fairly well.

 

[filippi]

New titles? No.
+2010 great bargain games @Steam? A lot of them.
Go GTX750 + E2160@2.4GHz-3GHz.
5 bucks Half-Life Anthology... omg.

Ref. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/278128-29-noob-seeking-small-e2160