- Jun 10, 2012
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In the past I've had trouble with getting parts that fit together properly, so am hoping I will have better luck asking here from builders who are more knowledgeable.
Currently running a 2.9 ghz dual core with GeForce GTX 560 Ti which are starting to show their age, and I'm looking to upgrade them as well as probably the psu and a new HDD. Top of the line is not important, mainly I'd like something with decent performance that's stable and will likely not need to be replaced for a long while.
The most resource intensive games I play are X3 series and some 2D building games with complex lighting/massive object counts like Darkout, Starbound, Terraria, etc (which don't need insane power but still tend to slow down some on my current rig).
If it matters I'm using Win 7 with a pending Win 10 update.
The parts absolutely needing upgraded are:
Graphics
Processor
Motherboard
Optionally may need upgrades for:
Memory (I have two 4gb DDR3 sticks; it's okay but if can get some better ones for cheap that would be nice)
Power Supply (not sure what my current psu is, but I believe it has just enough power to run what I have)
Tower (my current tower is a bit small, and has some trouble fitting the newer video cards)
Additionally I was considering getting a faster hard drive, either an SSD or hybrid. Truthfully this is just to help with save/load times in Distant Worlds and X3 (and other games with increasingly large save files) so it doesn't need to be extravagant but this is a part I'm willing to spend extra on if it's going to be a good long-term investment.
If I can get all (or most of) of the above under 400$ that would be amazing, but I may be able to go a bit over if there's a good compromise.
Thanks in advance.
Currently running a 2.9 ghz dual core with GeForce GTX 560 Ti which are starting to show their age, and I'm looking to upgrade them as well as probably the psu and a new HDD. Top of the line is not important, mainly I'd like something with decent performance that's stable and will likely not need to be replaced for a long while.
The most resource intensive games I play are X3 series and some 2D building games with complex lighting/massive object counts like Darkout, Starbound, Terraria, etc (which don't need insane power but still tend to slow down some on my current rig).
If it matters I'm using Win 7 with a pending Win 10 update.
The parts absolutely needing upgraded are:
Graphics
Processor
Motherboard
Optionally may need upgrades for:
Memory (I have two 4gb DDR3 sticks; it's okay but if can get some better ones for cheap that would be nice)
Power Supply (not sure what my current psu is, but I believe it has just enough power to run what I have)
Tower (my current tower is a bit small, and has some trouble fitting the newer video cards)
Additionally I was considering getting a faster hard drive, either an SSD or hybrid. Truthfully this is just to help with save/load times in Distant Worlds and X3 (and other games with increasingly large save files) so it doesn't need to be extravagant but this is a part I'm willing to spend extra on if it's going to be a good long-term investment.
If I can get all (or most of) of the above under 400$ that would be amazing, but I may be able to go a bit over if there's a good compromise.
Thanks in advance.
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