| Re: Computer died -- Need advice on building new one! [message #209339 is a reply to message #209333] |
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Scythar
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Registered: February 2003
Location: Finland
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Well you have to choose whether you want Intel or AMD. AMD is gonna make a very nice price drop before christmas, so you might want to wait until then. Intel Core Duo is pretty much the best bang for the buck right now but it might be a bit extreme for you. And when it comes to gaming, it's a tough choice...your current graphics card is somewhat old, you should get a 256Mb one with that budget. Another 512Mb of RAM would be nice too, although if your current one is old and slow, it'll force the new one to the same speeds, so you should think about replacing the memory completely.
I suppose it falls down to how long "in the future" you want your games to run...next generation hardware is pushed out every half a year, and during each cycle, you'll have less new games that play on a certain setup.
There's a hole in the sky through which things can fly.
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