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I have a computer from back around 2010 that ran Minecraft extremely well, mods and all, and I remember playing Fallout: New Vegas on what was about medium quality with a couple mods. This computer recently stopped working (frozen with red splatter/lines across screen, happening 5 min or so after every reboot. It sits before me, on trial. Do I update it? It's always had a place in my heart, my dad and I put it together. Anyways, it's large in size (or at least not small like a school computer), it seems like it should have potential to be at least the shell of my new rig. Anyone care to help me? I can't fire it up to see what the specs are, but if anything can be said from the pictures I would like to hear it. If it all needs to go, so be it. If i can use the case or whatever, that's fine too. In any case, I am prepared to spend up to 800 dollars.. I know i could find many builds online, but I am wary of all the choices, and want to be set for at least 5 years. Eventually it will be an office rig, since it will always be capable of that, but I simply want it to stay relevant in gaming for the next few years. As of NOW it should be able to run at least a heavily modded fallout or decently modded Skyrim. Vanilla games should all be able to run ultra or at least on the other side of the median, right or wrong? I can assemble a pc, i just don't know where to start. IF there are already tried and true builds with examples of what they can do, I might as well do what works. I have always been involved with computers, but am sadly out of touch. Thanks in advance for any kind of advice.
TL;DR:
I have 800 on a gaming rig, I have an entire setup now, just need to optimize my current tower or purchase an entire new tower. Need a build that will stay relevant in gaming for the next 5 years, and at least be able to run the past 5 years of gaming up to now (skyrim, fallout, battlefield) on high/ultra settings with good fps (30-60) I hope some of you experts can laugh at my naivety and help me on my way. I would prefer amazon links, but you guys know where to get the good stuff.
http://1drv.ms/1xidUvm <-------Pictures of Current Tower
I have a computer from back around 2010 that ran Minecraft extremely well, mods and all, and I remember playing Fallout: New Vegas on what was about medium quality with a couple mods. This computer recently stopped working (frozen with red splatter/lines across screen, happening 5 min or so after every reboot. It sits before me, on trial. Do I update it? It's always had a place in my heart, my dad and I put it together. Anyways, it's large in size (or at least not small like a school computer), it seems like it should have potential to be at least the shell of my new rig. Anyone care to help me? I can't fire it up to see what the specs are, but if anything can be said from the pictures I would like to hear it. If it all needs to go, so be it. If i can use the case or whatever, that's fine too. In any case, I am prepared to spend up to 800 dollars.. I know i could find many builds online, but I am wary of all the choices, and want to be set for at least 5 years. Eventually it will be an office rig, since it will always be capable of that, but I simply want it to stay relevant in gaming for the next few years. As of NOW it should be able to run at least a heavily modded fallout or decently modded Skyrim. Vanilla games should all be able to run ultra or at least on the other side of the median, right or wrong? I can assemble a pc, i just don't know where to start. IF there are already tried and true builds with examples of what they can do, I might as well do what works. I have always been involved with computers, but am sadly out of touch. Thanks in advance for any kind of advice.
TL;DR:
I have 800 on a gaming rig, I have an entire setup now, just need to optimize my current tower or purchase an entire new tower. Need a build that will stay relevant in gaming for the next 5 years, and at least be able to run the past 5 years of gaming up to now (skyrim, fallout, battlefield) on high/ultra settings with good fps (30-60) I hope some of you experts can laugh at my naivety and help me on my way. I would prefer amazon links, but you guys know where to get the good stuff.
http://1drv.ms/1xidUvm <-------Pictures of Current Tower
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