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#600 WATTS XTREMEGEAR POWER SUPPLY SLI CROSSFIREX READY DRIVERS#
#600 WATTS XTREMEGEAR POWER SUPPLY SLI CROSSFIREX READY PC#

#600 WATTS XTREMEGEAR POWER SUPPLY SLI CROSSFIREX READY PC#

You're looking at a price difference of maybe £25 between the generic and a quality brand basic PSU since everything in your PC relies on it, it's worth it (I had problems recently with an underpowered PSU). I'd be concerned about a non-name brand PSU.

#600 WATTS XTREMEGEAR POWER SUPPLY SLI CROSSFIREX READY DRIVERS#

I recommend the GTX560 since the price is right, the drivers are stable, and you can overclock it to 560Ti speeds. Given you want to play Valve games and the Sims, I'm inclined to agree with empath that going much higher than your current configuration is overkill. Zie can run Left 4 Dead 2 locked at 60fps and all modern games on high at the very least, at 1080p. Posted by Mister Fabulous at 2:41 PM on October 14, 2011īest answer: The other half has a Phenom II X4 840 and a GTX460. I haven't read through enough benchmarks to see if the Phenom II X4 965 or one of the FX processors is a better value, but keep it in mind. Here's the link to the current graphics card hierarchy chart for reference.Īs for the processor: AMD just came out with their new processors. The equivalent Nvidia card would be the 550Ti 1GB. Even on the high-powered games you'll still get 1680x1050 resolution. A 6770 or 6790 would get you 1920x1080 playable on all of those games. If you are going to go with AMD for a processor, go AMD on the video card, and go bigger. I wouldn't recommend this card to pretty much anyone. Video Card: The GT 520 is not a good card, in fact, it's only a couple of steps higher than the 9400GT you already have. 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz memory is running around $40-50 on Newegg. Memory: RAM is so cheap right now that there's no reason why you shouldn't be running 8GB. There are two changes I definitely would make: No real budget at this point, but under $800 would be nice.Īny upgrades/changes that need to be made? General advice? Thanks! posted by extramundane to Computers & Internet (19 answers total) 6 users marked this as a favoriteīest answer: For the most part everything looks okay. I doubt I will be getting into any of the newer games, so a super high-end video card isn't necessary. I checked out some older threads, but I want to get some thoughts on hardware that's currently out there. Other than that, I will be using this desktop for the usual web browsing, watching movies, playing music, etc. Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive) Power Supply Upgrade: 600 Watts - XtremeGear Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA) Memory: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module (Kingston HyperX)

Motherboard: * GigaByte GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ On/Off Charge, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI I've configured a setup on CyperPowerPC, but I'm not sure if the hardware suits my needs or not (I'm blindly choosing specs, at this point):Ĭase: CoolerMaster Elite 430 Mid-Tower Gaming Case with Side Panel WindowĮxtra Case Fan Upgrade: Default case fansĬPU: AMD Phenom™II X4 965 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport TechnologyĬooling Fan: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)Ĭoolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: Standard Coolant I'd like to run L4D2 at med or high settings at a higher resolution than now (currently I think I can run it without lag at 1280x800, medium).

However, I'm not a huge gamer or anything - just L4D2 and the Sims3, occasionally TF2. I'm thinking about replacing this crappy desktop that I have (Dell 530s, with a NVIDIA 9400GT video card and a pathetic PSU) with a better gaming computer.

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