Hey guys. Ive always been an avid PC gamer just never had the funds to build my own PC, ive always took whatever I had (at the time the PC's my parents bought me) and upgraded them via ram, psu, or video card.
But now that im older and on my own and looking forward to playing SWTOR (been playing it on my old gaming rig I had for WoW) I noticed im horribly lagging, and horribly slow, and everything is choppy.
Here is the sad part, I dont know exactly what I need to build a rig myself. As stated before ive just upgraded what I had into something better that worked.
I know I need a case, motherboard, videocard, PSU, Ram, and such. But im not sure whatelse. Also here are the specs of my older HP that I upgraded if you guys think I could salvage anything for the new rig that would be awesome. Anywhere to save a buck would be great. (its not impressive so dont laugh haha)
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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/24/2011, 00:19:23
Machine name: AARON-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.111025-1505)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: KJ377AA-ABA m8400f
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3326MB RAM
Page File: 4111MB used, 2541MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GT 240
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0CA3&SUBSYS_12463842&REV_A2
Display Memory: 2385 MB
Dedicated Memory: 978 MB
Shared Memory: 1407 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Just grabbed those two from my DxDiag, I know My PSU is powerful enough to keep (750w) and I have 8gigs of ram, If anyone could help that would be awesome. Im computer savy, but not enough to build my own rig.
Sorry if this was long. Thanks.
But now that im older and on my own and looking forward to playing SWTOR (been playing it on my old gaming rig I had for WoW) I noticed im horribly lagging, and horribly slow, and everything is choppy.
Here is the sad part, I dont know exactly what I need to build a rig myself. As stated before ive just upgraded what I had into something better that worked.
I know I need a case, motherboard, videocard, PSU, Ram, and such. But im not sure whatelse. Also here are the specs of my older HP that I upgraded if you guys think I could salvage anything for the new rig that would be awesome. Anywhere to save a buck would be great. (its not impressive so dont laugh haha)
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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/24/2011, 00:19:23
Machine name: AARON-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.111025-1505)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: KJ377AA-ABA m8400f
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3326MB RAM
Page File: 4111MB used, 2541MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GT 240
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0CA3&SUBSYS_12463842&REV_A2
Display Memory: 2385 MB
Dedicated Memory: 978 MB
Shared Memory: 1407 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Just grabbed those two from my DxDiag, I know My PSU is powerful enough to keep (750w) and I have 8gigs of ram, If anyone could help that would be awesome. Im computer savy, but not enough to build my own rig.
Sorry if this was long. Thanks.