got 1rst gameing comp

[cjroofer]

hand me down from friends that pitched in,
win 7 32bit- thx mom
780 i ftw mobo
e8500 cpu
9800gtx+
4g ddr2
raptor hd
650w psu
duel orb cpu cooler

since it was free and i love to read alot on this site, need opioins on uprades,already working on evga650ti wich will be only thing i afford atm so after it thinking a 775 mobo that goes up to ddr3 seen a msi 60$ish +ram prob get all for 100$ish, ive seen alot of chat on overclocking but iam to chicken atm to touch but if someone can point to a thread for this cpu only that shows babysteps for a dummie meaning me i would like to get up to 3.6 just to be safe and a sissy , friend wants me to get q6600 but its 100$+ i can spend if you think ddr3 is good choice, main reason for asking me friends play GW2 WVW( thx again mom) i can play with everything cranked down, gpu will be huge just wondering what else i can do, thank you

 

[rolli59]

Go with the GPU upgrade and leave the rest as is, motherboard upgrade or CPU might just as well be platform upgrade.

 

[cjroofer]

Go with the GPU upgrade and leave the rest as is, motherboard upgrade or CPU might just as well be platform upgrade.

true friends have i5 intels there saying something new is supposed to released next year so hopeing that cpu will be next for me, doubt it will be a freebee hand me down, but this comp verycool for me 650ti should be here by friday, cant wait should be enough of upgrade, heck this 9800 gets me in game so 650 should get me to low- med settings

 

[rolli59]

Agreed the GPU should help. Here is an interesting article supporting leaving the rest as is until platform change http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-wolfdale-yorkfield-comparison,3487.html

 

[cjroofer]

Agreed the GPU should help. Here is an interesting article supporting leaving the rest as is until platform change http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-wolfdale-yorkfield-comparison,3487.html

tyvm ill be reading this till bed time, been trying to locate manual for the780iftw the guy bought it but he never did any OC,ing they where out of 780i so got ftw, seems to be a great platform to learn OC skills, but ill wait till i can get newer as not to blow up, now i was just GW2 i download app to show cpu/ram cpu was at 80%-100% ram 65%-80% when in battle its got the nvidia sli ready ram seams great the cpu looks like it could use a boost but not sure ive got the skills atm to OC anything, ill do alot more reading thx again for article