I am doing a complete overhaul on my current self-built pc. I am planning on getting a new motherboard, processor, RAM, video card, optical drive, and power supply. Basically all I am wishing to carry over are my 2 current hard drives, which are both old PATA, but are Barracudas and are still fully operational.
Been doing a ton of research about components over the last 2 weeks and being outta the PC building game for a while has left me learning a lot about all the new technologies, but I believe I have come to a pretty firm decision on all the components except for the motherboard, I am having the hardest time choosing one, all the review websites offer such varying opinions, was hoping someone here could perhaps shed some light for me. I use my PC primarily for gaming, genres incl. mostly MMORPG's and the occasional FPS or RTS. The components I have decided on thus far are:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550
Video Card: eVGA Nvidia 8800GTS 320mb
Memory: 2 - 1GB A-Data DDR2 800
Power Supply: Rosewill RP550V2-D-SLi Ready
I am unsure if SLi is something I am entirely interested in or is even worth the money. Upgradeability is an important aspect for me as I usually only do a rebuild like this every 3 years or so. I'm not much for intense overclocking, but a nice stable board will do me fine. Something in the price range of around 100-150 dollars is what I'm looking for. Also if anyone has some other recommendations for me on moderate gaming builds they have done recently feel free to input anything you think I may find useful, as I said, I have paid much attention to the components market for the last 2 years so it has changed quite drastically for me. I am not completely opposed to switching to an AMD build as that is what I am using currently, but from what I've read Intel C2Duos are the best on the market at the moment.
Been doing a ton of research about components over the last 2 weeks and being outta the PC building game for a while has left me learning a lot about all the new technologies, but I believe I have come to a pretty firm decision on all the components except for the motherboard, I am having the hardest time choosing one, all the review websites offer such varying opinions, was hoping someone here could perhaps shed some light for me. I use my PC primarily for gaming, genres incl. mostly MMORPG's and the occasional FPS or RTS. The components I have decided on thus far are:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550
Video Card: eVGA Nvidia 8800GTS 320mb
Memory: 2 - 1GB A-Data DDR2 800
Power Supply: Rosewill RP550V2-D-SLi Ready
I am unsure if SLi is something I am entirely interested in or is even worth the money. Upgradeability is an important aspect for me as I usually only do a rebuild like this every 3 years or so. I'm not much for intense overclocking, but a nice stable board will do me fine. Something in the price range of around 100-150 dollars is what I'm looking for. Also if anyone has some other recommendations for me on moderate gaming builds they have done recently feel free to input anything you think I may find useful, as I said, I have paid much attention to the components market for the last 2 years so it has changed quite drastically for me. I am not completely opposed to switching to an AMD build as that is what I am using currently, but from what I've read Intel C2Duos are the best on the market at the moment.
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