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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307604-30-dell-dimension-4600-upgrade#t2067206

I just had a question after thinking about it a bit more and seeing some parts I thought I might as well wait for a bit and get a decent tower, for the price its great but after seeing a better GPU I thought I might as well take it up a notch. And save a bit more, my estimated budget would be around $700 to $800.

I found this one and thought if you recommend a better case with power supply that can handle it, also I thought about it and think spending a little bit more on a i5 processor will be worth it, since the computer will be used for gaming more than anything else. And won't really need to upgrade any sooner with a i5 than i3.

The case I was looking at was this one, the reviews on it are great and I really would love to see this as my main pc. Really love the look of it and the future upgrades to would be possible if I ever needed to.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119240

Also saw this bundle but don't know about the GPU for what I have seen its kinda the same as the R6870 Hawk.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.770956

So I would love to hear on your thoughts and I got time so no rush. For what I have hear though and correct me I am wrong but is the ivy bridge specs that I found kinda showed that the most improvement would be to the built in graphics on the i5, but not much in performance. According to what I understood on the article but to be honest I won't really be using the built in graphics just the HAWk.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Benchmarks-Intel-Ivy-Bridge-CPU-sandy-bridge,14144.html

Thanks again for your time and input.
 
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First link to what he had posted first for my lower budget pc.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307604-30-dell-dimension-4600-upgrade#t2067206

Second link to the Case that I would want.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119240&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=gc3trzxqeld1

This is the bundle I was looking at but don't know about it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.770956&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=1mkdinps2ushj

Here is the link for the ivy bridge specs.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.770956&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=1mkdinps2ushj

Thanks again for looking.
 
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Good i would of thought it was better to have a normal size one, by the way do you recommend getting a motherboard that support 2 gpus, cause I never looked it up, is two gpu literally 2x better than just one or is just a small performance boost.
 
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Well 2 @ x16 will do a better job than 1GPU, but it will increase the price. The good thing is, it does not have to be done all at once, but it is a great option to have.
 
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That's true well I will stick with one then, and hopefully upgrade later on. So what do you recommend on getting like parts and stuff? For that type of GPU.
 
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Okay the things I have are a keyboard, mouse, monitor display low resolution but have a 1080p hd tv that will be used when gaming. The things I have made my mind up are on the R6870 Hawk and the case from above.
 
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Also forgot but i got a dvd drive so dont need that anymore, just need mobo, power supply, ram, hdd thinking of 500gb, and thinking of geting i5 i believe the 2400 one and I think that is all.
 
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