1) What will you be doing with this PC?
web, movies, basic office work, Diablo 3, general ms office crap
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$500 and yes I live near a Micro Center tax can be extra
3) Which country do you live in?
Outside Chicago, Il
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
cpu? mbd? vid? mem?
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
hdd, case, dvdrw, acc. psu (antec earthwatts 380)
6) Will you be overclocking?
no
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Dual Samsung 22.5" dvi 1650X1080
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
asap
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
nothing I cant live w/o hdd's are 3gb sata,
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
yes win 7 64bit ultimate
Current system:
AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+
Asus M3A78-EM
4gb Corsair 1066
1x 500gb Seagate
1x 250gb Seagate
9600 GT 1gb
Antec Earthwatts 380
Basically my stuff is getting long in the tooth. I don't have a ton of cash laying around right now (for some reason I went and bought a Mastiff....didn't really figure in the ancillary cost of food for that damn beast!)
So what would be the best use of $500 to upgrade me? I have been agonizing a build for the last 4 days trying to read and figure it all out.
As far as games I play AOE, GTA, I am looking forward to D3 and perhaps the new Star Wars mmo. Anything else, I encode/convert vid and audio files frequently, watch movies.
I do need the ability to run my dual monitor set up...I can't live without pRon on 2 screens.
Help a guy out!
PS: in my research the mbd I have only supports more than 4gb in ddr 800 modules...I cant seem to find 8gb inexpensively.
web, movies, basic office work, Diablo 3, general ms office crap
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$500 and yes I live near a Micro Center tax can be extra
3) Which country do you live in?
Outside Chicago, Il
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
cpu? mbd? vid? mem?
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
hdd, case, dvdrw, acc. psu (antec earthwatts 380)
6) Will you be overclocking?
no
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Dual Samsung 22.5" dvi 1650X1080
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
asap
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
nothing I cant live w/o hdd's are 3gb sata,
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
yes win 7 64bit ultimate
Current system:
AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+
Asus M3A78-EM
4gb Corsair 1066
1x 500gb Seagate
1x 250gb Seagate
9600 GT 1gb
Antec Earthwatts 380
Basically my stuff is getting long in the tooth. I don't have a ton of cash laying around right now (for some reason I went and bought a Mastiff....didn't really figure in the ancillary cost of food for that damn beast!)
So what would be the best use of $500 to upgrade me? I have been agonizing a build for the last 4 days trying to read and figure it all out.
As far as games I play AOE, GTA, I am looking forward to D3 and perhaps the new Star Wars mmo. Anything else, I encode/convert vid and audio files frequently, watch movies.
I do need the ability to run my dual monitor set up...I can't live without pRon on 2 screens.
Help a guy out!
PS: in my research the mbd I have only supports more than 4gb in ddr 800 modules...I cant seem to find 8gb inexpensively.