- Aug 17, 2009
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Hello, my computer is soon to reach its 28th dog year in age and with some great titles coming out for the PC, I need to upgrade my current setup. What I primarily need is a graphics card, but as I understand that needs a new power supplies, and then a new cpu to support it, and then a new motherboard to hold that cpu. Snowball effect = bad.
Anyways, I would like you guys to pick my parts for me
So in order for that, here are a few facts to keep in mind.
- My monitor is a 19" 1280x1024
- I wish to play most games at pretty good decent settings, no maxing out crysis here.
- I have Windows XP and do not plan on buying Vista or Windows 7
- I only really game on my computer, no multitasking whatsoever at all
- I do not plan to overclock anything as to not void my warranties
- I am wanting items in the bang for your buck category, no spending dubious amounts of money for only a few frames.
- I do not favor either company in all areas of the components, whatever company is the best overall compared to its competition
- I do not really mind noise
- I do not plan to Crossfire/SLI
- I do not plan to use the new Eyefinity, I only have one monitor
- I can't really state a budget, because I want to keep the cost as low as possible and it depends on the items suggested.
When I look at Tom's Hardware's best gpu/cpu for the money, the components that I had in mind were for resolutions greater than my own, so I think I am tending to over exagerate my needs. So please help me .
In case if it is of concern, my current setup is:
GPU: Intergrated ATI Radeon XPRESS 200
CPU: AMD Sempron 3400+
Motherboard: Socket 939
PSU: 250W
Thank so you much guys, remember I am looking for products in the value category, that is the most important thing.
Anyways, I would like you guys to pick my parts for me
So in order for that, here are a few facts to keep in mind.
- My monitor is a 19" 1280x1024
- I wish to play most games at pretty good decent settings, no maxing out crysis here.
- I have Windows XP and do not plan on buying Vista or Windows 7
- I only really game on my computer, no multitasking whatsoever at all
- I do not plan to overclock anything as to not void my warranties
- I am wanting items in the bang for your buck category, no spending dubious amounts of money for only a few frames.
- I do not favor either company in all areas of the components, whatever company is the best overall compared to its competition
- I do not really mind noise
- I do not plan to Crossfire/SLI
- I do not plan to use the new Eyefinity, I only have one monitor
- I can't really state a budget, because I want to keep the cost as low as possible and it depends on the items suggested.
When I look at Tom's Hardware's best gpu/cpu for the money, the components that I had in mind were for resolutions greater than my own, so I think I am tending to over exagerate my needs. So please help me .
In case if it is of concern, my current setup is:
GPU: Intergrated ATI Radeon XPRESS 200
CPU: AMD Sempron 3400+
Motherboard: Socket 939
PSU: 250W
Thank so you much guys, remember I am looking for products in the value category, that is the most important thing.
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