Started ordering new computer parts

MegamanEXE · 03-08-2007, 08:55 PM

I was sitting in study hall today, and decided that 3 years makes my computer too old. I cant run any of the new good games, and I have upgraded all that can be upgraded. So, I hopped on new egg and started making purchases. So far, I have ordered a Core 2 Duo 1.8, which can be overclocked to well over 3, and I bought an MSI P6N.

1 Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E4300 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115013
Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy $169.00

1 MSI P6N SLI-FI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813130082
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $109.99

This is going to be a budget machine, so I am reusing a lot of things, like my monitors, kb/mouse, and hd and optical drives. I need help picking out a decently priced, decent performance PCI-E gfx card, and some memory. So please help me out.

MegamanEXE · 03-08-2007, 09:06 PM

I have been out of the game so long that I really need help picking stuff out.

03-09-2007, 01:59 AM

msg me on aim.

SacredTbag · 03-11-2007, 07:12 AM

a single 7900gs can still hold it's own with most modern games.

gpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056

ram 1gb: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145566

ram 2gb: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231098

MegamanEXE · 03-12-2007, 08:28 AM

I bought 2 gigs of WINTEC DDR2 with heat spreaders on em, they got good reveiws as cheap overclocker's memory on newegg. I also bought blood's evga 7900gt superclocked.

03-13-2007, 02:02 AM

which was shipped earlier today ^_^ ty dude, enjoy.

<3

MegamanEXE · 03-13-2007, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by blood

which was shipped earlier today ^_^ ty dude, enjoy.

<3

^_^ I was going to ask you about it last night on AIM, but I havent hooked my shit back up from the LAN party over the weekend. I am posting from my school laptop in study hall right now lol

MegamanEXE · 03-13-2007, 09:27 AM

Oh I almost forgot to mention, the mobo and proccy arrived yesterday, and I went ahead and put the processor on the motherboard. When did they stop putting pins on CPU's?

03-13-2007, 04:38 PM

since that socket that you have.

SacredTbag · 03-14-2007, 03:27 AM

you have to be EXTREMELY careful with the 775 boards. it's much harder to fix the pins on the board than it is to fix pins on a cpu.

and it's good you got a 7900gt instead of a gs. you'll be much happier with it :) i've got 2 and i can play all my games (except oblivion) completely maxed out with no probs.