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Title: New pc parts
Post by: Rainbow on April 15, 2010, 11:37:52 AM

So my pc is rather slow and when I saw my results on can you run it (GTA IV) I just became sad.. (scored lower then 0.5 of passing..)

Had the idea to upgrade my PC for a while, so finally made the step to do it. But now, what to buy?
I made a little list with a friend(pic on the bottom), just with motherboard, Graphics card, processor and that kind of stuff. Budget is ~500 euro's.
Need a little advice here if these things are what I need and if I could run IV on it and other games and if I havent forgotten any critical things  :euro:

Also, is windows 7 better for gaming then XP? cause I heard 7 has some problems, dunno if its true though. (have XP service pack 3 atm, but the disc for 7 is on the other end of my desk..)

PIC: (http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4001/parts.png) (http://img100.imageshack.us/i/parts.png/)

Little note: I already have 3GB of DDR 2 ram, so thats why I only order 2GB.

Title: Re: New pc parts
Post by: Mythic on April 15, 2010, 12:58:06 PM

You've heard wrong, there's no problems gaming with W7.

PC Hardware Buyer's Guide - April 2010 (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/buyers-guide/2010/04/13/pc-hardware-buyer-s-guide-april-2010/1)

Title: Re: New pc parts
Post by: Cookie on April 15, 2010, 01:27:15 PM

Download CPU-Z

Run it

Take screen shots of you computer specs and post here

Might be some stuff worth saving

Title: Re: New pc parts
Post by: DayMan on April 15, 2010, 01:44:06 PM

E7xxx
sucks. Old backing. Quite an interesting set of
~ AMD Phenom X4 955,
~ Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P,
~ KINGSTON DDR3 4GB 1333mhz,
~ Powercolor Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5,
~ OCZ ModXStream 700w.


This equipment can be a little outside the budget, but it's worth it pay more.
If I forgot some parts, write.

Title: Re: New pc parts
Post by: Rainbow on April 16, 2010, 07:14:46 AM

For Cookie:

(http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1338/specs.png) (http://img180.imageshack.us/i/specs.png/)
 
:hmm:

Title: Re: New pc parts
Post by: Labiloute on April 16, 2010, 09:12:13 AM

90nm :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Title: Re: New pc parts
Post by: Cookie on April 16, 2010, 10:28:23 AM

Quote from: DayMan on April 15, 2010, 01:44:06 PM

E7xxx
sucks. Old backing. Quite an interesting set of
~ AMD Phenom X4 955,
~ Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P,
~ KINGSTON DDR3 4GB 1333mhz,
~ Powercolor Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5,
~ OCZ ModXStream 700w.


This equipment can be a little outside the budget, but it's worth it pay more.
If I forgot some parts, write.

Instead of a 955 CPU and if you dont mind spending abit more you could go for a 965 Black Edition
OR for nearly the same price you could get an i5 750 which is even better.

For GPU i would recommend going for a ATI 5xxx series.

For RAM you could get a DDR3 4GB 1600MHz for abit more.

Title: Re: New pc parts
Post by: Rainbow on April 17, 2010, 12:32:34 AM

Thanks for the help,.. still dont get whats funny about 90 nm  :(

@ cookie: Are those things better then on my little list? I guess so  :P Ill see what that will cost me

Title: Re: New pc parts
Post by: Cookie on April 17, 2010, 02:39:44 AM

Quote from: Rainbow on April 17, 2010, 12:32:34 AM

Thanks for the help,.. still dont get whats funny about 90 nm  :(

@ cookie: Are those things better then on my little list? I guess so  :P Ill see what that will cost me

They are just improvements off Dayman's list.
Still, have a look around at parts and pricing and post them here  ;)