New Computer!

[froggyboy604]

Upgrading to a solid state drive for the drive which you install Windows onto will make loading Windows a lot faster, but solid state hard drives cost a few hundred of dollars for 60GB-120+ GB of space.

Like, Snobothehobo, said upgrading your video card will make your gaming and video entensive software run a lot faster. Mid-end Nvidia, and ATI cards are pretty good.

 

[Nebulous]

According to the specs:

Enjoy superior graphic performance and rich visual effects and
incredible realism on today’s popular games and applications with
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9200 Graphics.

I dont know anything about graphics though. 😛

 

[Deleted member 1609]

I believe that the 9200 is integrated. You might want to upgrade the graphics before upgrading the memory. Since you're using Windows 7, it definitely helps to have good graphics.

 

[InFiNiTy™]

I have a Windows 7 Intel i7 with 500 GB of Ram.

 

[Gimgak]

I really need to upgrade soon, bought a mid range laptop 2 1/2 years ago and while its fine for normal usage gaming past 2005 and/or video editing is a bit too much 😛. I've been meaning to build a PC for a while... Eh hardware prices aren't going to go up and things aren't advancing as quickly as before lol, at least when it comes to games.

 

[Sshadow]

I believe that the 9200 is integrated. You might want to upgrade the graphics before upgrading the memory. Since you're using Windows 7, it definitely helps to have good graphics.

Agreed but make sure you research the upgrade. If you do it right you can activate the SLI feature which will use the new graphics card you buy in tandem with your on board video. That way you will have even more video graphics power than just the video card upgrade 🙂

I have a Windows 7 Intel i7 with 500 GB of Ram.

I am almost positive you mean 500GB of disk space hehe 🙂

 

[Deleted member 1609]

I believe that the 9200 is integrated. You might want to upgrade the graphics before upgrading the memory. Since you're using Windows 7, it definitely helps to have good graphics.

Agreed but make sure you research the upgrade. If you do it right you can activate the SLI feature which will use the new graphics card you buy in tandem with your on board video. That way you will have even more video graphics power than just the video card upgrade 🙂

Unless he bought a computer specifically for gaming (which I doubt due to the graphics that were included), I doubt it has an SLI capable motherboard.

For Radeon, 4600 or 5600 seems affordable but good. I'm not sure about GeForce.

I really need to upgrade soon, bought a mid range laptop 2 1/2 years ago and while its fine for normal usage gaming past 2005 and/or video editing is a bit too much 😛. I've been meaning to build a PC for a while... Eh hardware prices aren't going to go up and things aren't advancing as quickly as before lol, at least when it comes to games.

Now is definitely a great time to buy a computer since the technology isn't advancing as quickly. A decent computer purchased three or four years ago could still perform very reasonably today with minimal upgrades. Back in 2004 or 2005, your brand new, top of the line computer would be outdated in two weeks.

 

[iGame]

Awesome to here mate.

 

[Gimgak]

Now is definitely a great time to buy a computer since the technology isn't advancing as quickly. A decent computer purchased three or four years ago could still perform very reasonably today with minimal upgrades. Back in 2004 or 2005, your brand new, top of the line computer would be outdated in two weeks.

Yeah thank god for the dated xbox 360. Seems like a big reason games aren't as demanding, they're severely limited by the fact most want to go cross-platform. Bad when PC games are ported over sloppily but good for my wallet 😛.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

We'll probably see a huge hardware rush again when the new consoles are released.

 

[JayJACKEL!]

I had the same with my old spec.

I got my new one because my old one literally fried (like a grill!) because I was watching a blue ray film 😛

 

[Gimgak]

We'll probably see a huge hardware rush again when the new consoles are released.

Yeah lol, eh theres enough i missed this gen on the PC, I could play Skyrim when it comes out modded on the PC for as long as I want

 

[Deleted member 1609]

I just got a new PC.

2.8GHz Intel Core i5 (3.1 TurboBoost)
6 GB DDR3 (1066 I'm assuming)
1.5TB SDD 7200 RPM (hopefully will get an SSD eventually)
1 GB Radeon 6770

 

[Zenrer]

I just got a new PC.

2.8GHz Intel Core i5 (3.1 TurboBoost)
6 GB DDR3 (1066 I'm assuming)
1.5TB SDD 7200 RPM (hopefully will get an SSD eventually)
1 GB Radeon 6770

EDIT: Misread that 😉

In other news, did you get the new Sandy Bridge CPU?

 

[Deleted member 1609]

I don't believe it's that. I'm going to be using this until about 2017. 😉

 

[Zenrer]

I don't believe it's that. I'm going to be using this until about 2017. 😉

Heh, at least your not stuck with a refurbished MacBook that is about 10 years old 😉

 

[Deleted member 1609]

Now that I look at it, it is Sandy Bridge. :O

 

[Zenrer]

Now that I look at it, it is Sandy Bridge. :O

Runs smoothly I assume?

 

[Deleted member 1609]

It runs like a hand over a baby's bottom.

 

[Zenrer]

It runs like a hand over a baby's bottom.

I'm sure you know the feeling 😉