The computer I'm currently using I bought and put together about 2 years ago and finally decided it was time for a slight upgrade. I went to Newegg to take a look around and figured it be easy peasy, but then I was running into things I'd never heard of before. I'll admit I'm not up on what exactly is the best deal for the best money, or what version of X is better than Y, I just wanted something that would beat my old computer. I made a wishlist of the core things I'd be needing to upgrade and a friend mentioned this site for tips and info when I stumbled on the forums.
Keep in mind I'm not looking for a jesus computer, I mainly play WoW, CoD4, and a couple random games that aren't exactly graphicaly demanding. But, I've bought a couple games through the past year that haven't really played as well as I had hoped which left me putting them off until an upgrade (The Club, Kane & Lynch, and hopefully Crysis)..
The Newegg wishlist is;
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=10025128&WishListTitle=pewpew
If that doesn't work, the below is what I'm looking at:
Rosewill TU-155-P Black 0.8mm SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
BIOSTAR A770 A2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI N9600GT 512M OC GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
I have a 750W power supply that I bought recently due to an unfortunate power surge that fried my old one, and a CD/DVD drive that I'll be taking from my current PC.
I'm basically needing someone more knowledgable than myself (won't be hard to find :d) saying if this is good to go or not And if it isn't (or is too), would there be something different you would buy for not a whole lot of a difference price wise. I'm not wanting or needing a super computer, just something where I can dabble around in a few newer games without any major hiccups.
and sorry if this was written longer than needed, I get carried away sometimes
Keep in mind I'm not looking for a jesus computer, I mainly play WoW, CoD4, and a couple random games that aren't exactly graphicaly demanding. But, I've bought a couple games through the past year that haven't really played as well as I had hoped which left me putting them off until an upgrade (The Club, Kane & Lynch, and hopefully Crysis)..
The Newegg wishlist is;
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=10025128&WishListTitle=pewpew
If that doesn't work, the below is what I'm looking at:
Rosewill TU-155-P Black 0.8mm SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
BIOSTAR A770 A2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI N9600GT 512M OC GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
I have a 750W power supply that I bought recently due to an unfortunate power surge that fried my old one, and a CD/DVD drive that I'll be taking from my current PC.
I'm basically needing someone more knowledgable than myself (won't be hard to find :d) saying if this is good to go or not And if it isn't (or is too), would there be something different you would buy for not a whole lot of a difference price wise. I'm not wanting or needing a super computer, just something where I can dabble around in a few newer games without any major hiccups.
and sorry if this was written longer than needed, I get carried away sometimes