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Help - Need PC upgrade suggestions
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Posted December 18, 2012 at 7:55AM
I had help building a computer, but that was a few years ago. I believe my computer is a little out-dated and need some advice on what parts I should upgrade (to what preferably).
Don't want to get too crazy. I am mostly just looking to run the MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, smoothly and with full graphics.
Here are my computer's current specs.:
Processor: AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core - 2.8ghz, Memory: 3gb, Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT x 2 (SLI) - 256 mb each, Power Supply: 800w
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Posted December 18, 2012 at 4:43PM
The most important thing to consider is budget as it is very difficult to make suggestions until we know how much cash you have to spend.
Your CPU is an AM2+ and you have an ancient GPU x 2 much better to have one decent graphics card less to cause problems. Make and type of RAM? Motherboard?
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Posted December 18, 2012 at 11:29PM
Thank you for your response. Here's the additional information you requested:
Motherboard: ASUS Motherboard M3N72-D
Ram: 3 x Kingston HyperX 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory Model KHX8500D2/1G
I'm looking at a budget of about $400
Thank you very much for your time and assistance.
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Posted December 19, 2012 at 7:31AM
Thanks, I did mean to ask what operating system you are using and whether it is 32 or 64 bit?
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Posted December 19, 2012 at 7:52AM
I am currently running Windows 7 64 bit :)
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Posted December 19, 2012 at 7:54AM
oh it's Windows 7 Professional (64 bit), if that matters
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Posted December 19, 2012 at 9:19AM
Will post later when I have had a look at possible upgrades.
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Posted December 19, 2012 at 10:51AM
Third one down. I have not done the next bit for a while.LOL.
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Posted December 19, 2012 at 10:54AM
Ignore last post. I posted in the wrong place.
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Posted December 19, 2012 at 1:08PM
I am assuming you are in the states with the dollar budget but of course many other countries have the dollar.
Anyway hope these suggestions have given you a rough idea on components and prices.
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Posted December 19, 2012 at 4:35PM
Or I'd ditch the am2 stuff and go am3+, at least it leaves you with an upgrade path of sorts plus gives you ddr3 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813135314 ECS A960M-M2 (mobo)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814134131ECS NGTX560TI-1GPI-F1 (GPU)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104277Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (RAM)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103727AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 (CPU)
Total $374:96
