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01-18-2009, 04:35 PM
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Need direction
My system is in my signature, I mainly play Wow and the frame rate kinda sucks. From like 1 to 35 I guess is the highest I have seen. Assuming these are bad, even if they aren't it annoys me and that is enough at this point. My general questions would a new video card (only have agp and pci slots) be worth considering? Would I be better off upgrading the mother board and CPU? Would I be able to use my old stuff or am I looking at a complete case motherboard and all that? Money kinda tight but would like to have a "goal". Thread didn't really fit (in my opinion) in any one of the other forums. Thanks for your help go nuts!
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Antec 900 Case, Cosair TX650 Watt Power Supply, Intel Core 2 duo E8500 Processor (64bit) ASUS P5Q Socket 775 Motherboard 4GB PC2 8500 DDR2 1066 system memory 750 GB Seagate Hard Drive Nvidia GForce GTX 260 |
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01-18-2009, 06:03 PM
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Powerful video cards for AGP are hard to find these days since the debut of PCI-Express. At this point your system is not worth upgrading since the parts aren't really worth the expense. The one upgrade that you might consider to keep your old machine running as well as possible would be to pop for another GB of RAM.
I suggest starting to plan for a new build if you are in need of more gaming power. You'll have to start it fresh since everything has moved on to new platforms.
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01-19-2009, 06:19 PM
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Thank you for your time. Could you give me some suggestions on components with a budget of about $1000? Use being a home system office documents and able to play most current computer games but specifically World of Warcraft
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01-19-2009, 08:15 PM
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Here is our basic starting list for components right now:
Asus P5Q Motherboard Intel E8500 CPU 4GB DDR2-800 Corsair RAM Radeon 4850 Video Card 500GB Western Digital SATA Hard Drive 650w Corsair Power Supply LiteOn DVD Burner Case of your Choice Windows XP/Vista That should all come in the budget and we can certainly tweak the list as necessary. |
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02-08-2009, 01:35 PM
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Questions
Ok I have looked at the stuff and have some questions, actually going forward with this, wish me luck. Is there a place to find the specifications on the parts? I am specifically confused by the motherboard is there only 2 slots on it? So when I put in the video card I only have one expansion slot? Which optical drive? Does the cpu have a heat sink and fan with it? Is there a network card on the motherboard, sound card? Sorry to have so many questions but really don't want any surprises. Thanks for all your input.
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02-08-2009, 02:24 PM
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The P5Q has one PCI-Ex16 slot (for the video card), 2 PCI-Ex1 slots, and 3 legacy PCI slots.
Whatever optical drive you want, the suggestion was for a Lite-On DVD burner, I suggest SATA. Retail boxed CPU's come with a heatsink/fan. Motherboard has onboard sound and networking. |
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02-08-2009, 07:43 PM
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More Questions
Ok have heard X P will not address more than 3 GB of RAM so does Vista handle more than 3GB or am I worrying about a non issue? Would also like a case suggestion and should I get a blue ray DVD burner? Would another optical drive make any sense at all? Thanks for all your help. Next might be assembly questions but might take those to that forum.
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02-08-2009, 08:44 PM
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Nonissue with up to 4gb ram. If you want more than 4gb ram, get a 64 bit OS. Whatever case you like, just get one without a power supply and get a good power supply. If you want Blu-Ray, get Blu-Ray. A second drive would make sense only if the primary is expensive (Blu-Ray) or you do a lot of CD copying on the fly.
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02-09-2009, 06:57 AM
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AGP card double check for compatibility http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102730 need a bigger power supply though, might as well bet a new system
Here is a AMD build... very nice multimedia board as well. I added a blue ray/dvd but you could add your old one back in to eliminate some of the cost but you couldn't play blue ray movies on it then. If your not a big gamer, you could also scale down the video card as this board has nice onboard graphics with a hdmi port. You could add a tv tuner (I would use the PCI X1 interface in the event you buy a video card) and have a nice multi media PC. $884.00 Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186165 CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103472 memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231122 Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371015 Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102770 HD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320 Blue ray dvd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136133 Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119068 XP http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116511 Last edited by jdeb; 02-09-2009 at 07:00 AM. |
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02-15-2009, 06:59 PM
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Last one I hope
Ok what is the difference between AMD and Intel at this point? Is there a significant difference? Or does it boil down to personal preference? Thanks to all who have humored me so far.
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02-16-2009, 12:34 PM
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Well there are fanboys on either side that can argue that all day. But when it comes down to it, its really personal preference. You can build great computers using either platform.
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