Posted: 11/1/2009 7:27:34 AM EDT
| So it’s been a few years (decade) since I built a computer and decided it’s time to try it again. What are some good resources for getting caught back up to today’s goodies? |
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My box is this:
AMD 5000 6 gig DDR2 ram MSI K9N SLI v2 mobo EVGA NVidia GForce 8800 GTS (320 mb ram) video card 320 gig HD. Windows 7 Ultimate Signature edition Basically, it is a 2 year old rig. I play TF2, CS: source, and L4D. I max out the graphics on all of them. Sure, those games dont place a demand on the video card like "Crysis", would, but it still eats them for bfast. As much as I would like a new machine, I can't justifty it. I would go for the following: Intel i5 processor (The i7 just doesn't have enough power to justify the 5x higher price.) One good Ati graphics card. (NVidia seems to be slouching lately. I prefer NVidia becaue of their Linux support, but, once again, bang for the buck means Ati wins). 6 gig of DDR3 ram. (A few 6 gig packs of ram are available from tigerdirect/compusa...) A good power supply. Min 430 watts. (There is a 430 watt one, but I'd get THIS one...) SATA HD and SATA DVD burner. |
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i just built this box last month.
AMD Phenom II x3 720 (three cores with a possible unlockable fourth) Gigabyte MA770t-UD3P Mobo 8 GB ddr3 1600 RAM 1TB Western Digital HDD Radeon 5850HD GPU windows 7. its awesome. fast as all getout. stock processor speed is 2.8GHz, i've overclocked to 3.5GHz |