Hello all,
First time posting here, and hoping I could get some clarity back to my options of upgrading my current computer. I've read way to much and am getting mixed up on what I could possibly do with my system. In a nutshell, while this sounds like a terrible comparable choice, I'm trying to decide to upgrade my computer or shell out for an X-Box 360.
I'm also interested in upgrading to Windows 7 64-bit. I'm pretty sure my system can do that, but not positive.
So my price range is $300.00 because of that, although you can convince me to go $400.00.
I play games on this computer: WoW, Crysis (all low settings ), Half-Life 2, Torchlight.
And I want to be able to play some future games: Civilization 5, Diablo 3, CoD:MW2 or Black Ops, X-COM (the upcoming FPS one) on some more decent settings.
I won't be overclocking anything (unless it's an incredibly easy minor tweak without needing a bigger cooling unit).
I can buy online, I'm in the St. Louis, MO area.
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5N-E SLI 1.XX
Bus Clock: 333 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS P5N-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 0901 02/01/2008
Processor: 2.33 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo E6550
Memory: 2x - 1G DDR2 PC6400 (PQI brand), & 1x - 2G DDR2 PC6400 (PNY brand)
Video Card: EVGA Geforce 8400 GS 512MB PCI-E
Power Supply - Turbolink - Switching PS - Mo. # ATX-CW 420W - 12V
Box: Raidmax Sagitta II
Hard Drive: 250Gb SATA II 7200rpm
Sound: Onboard sound
OS: Windows XP Home SP3
Wireless Card: Zonet 802.11G 54MBP PCI Wireless
Added:
Monitor: 22" LG LCD
My initial thought is buy the upgrade copy of Win7 64-bit and the new Nvidia 460GTX 1G, but I'm pretty sure that's the wrong move...maybe not.
Thank you for taking a look at this!
First time posting here, and hoping I could get some clarity back to my options of upgrading my current computer. I've read way to much and am getting mixed up on what I could possibly do with my system. In a nutshell, while this sounds like a terrible comparable choice, I'm trying to decide to upgrade my computer or shell out for an X-Box 360.
I'm also interested in upgrading to Windows 7 64-bit. I'm pretty sure my system can do that, but not positive.
So my price range is $300.00 because of that, although you can convince me to go $400.00.
I play games on this computer: WoW, Crysis (all low settings ), Half-Life 2, Torchlight.
And I want to be able to play some future games: Civilization 5, Diablo 3, CoD:MW2 or Black Ops, X-COM (the upcoming FPS one) on some more decent settings.
I won't be overclocking anything (unless it's an incredibly easy minor tweak without needing a bigger cooling unit).
I can buy online, I'm in the St. Louis, MO area.
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5N-E SLI 1.XX
Bus Clock: 333 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS P5N-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 0901 02/01/2008
Processor: 2.33 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo E6550
Memory: 2x - 1G DDR2 PC6400 (PQI brand), & 1x - 2G DDR2 PC6400 (PNY brand)
Video Card: EVGA Geforce 8400 GS 512MB PCI-E
Power Supply - Turbolink - Switching PS - Mo. # ATX-CW 420W - 12V
Box: Raidmax Sagitta II
Hard Drive: 250Gb SATA II 7200rpm
Sound: Onboard sound
OS: Windows XP Home SP3
Wireless Card: Zonet 802.11G 54MBP PCI Wireless
Added:
Monitor: 22" LG LCD
My initial thought is buy the upgrade copy of Win7 64-bit and the new Nvidia 460GTX 1G, but I'm pretty sure that's the wrong move...maybe not.
Thank you for taking a look at this!