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Have to say, Im very glad I found this site and wish i had long ago when i built my first one.
My first computer i created was about 2-3 years ago. I didnt know a whole lot but I knew how to put together a pc and installing windows ect. Mainly the basics. The computer worked well for a year or two but it just got slower and slower and couldnt play much with the newer games out. I think I had went for the too cheap side of customizing a pc. So i decided its time to build a new one.
My old pc had a Asus delux (sorry cant remember the model, not SLI), an athlon xp 2500+, 2x256 dual channel XMS ram, Radeon 9600 XT 128mb Sapphire video card, and just a normal 80gig western digital hdd.
Now, however, it seems in the past few years technology has changed drastically and I have been stuck reading alot about the Dual core and SLI features and the big change in the video card industry.
The SLI feature, from what I understood, seemed like a good idea but for me seems too expensive for its effectiveness. It seemed to me id be better off with one card.
The dual core is still confusing me though, Im AMD all the way but I cant decide on dual core or normal. I mostly like to game but i like the idea of how it wont slow pc down if you have programs running on the background and virus scanning. But however, I could only afford most likely a 3800.
Basically I was thinking to the lines of this sort of setup.
2gb of ram, either OCZ or Corsair.
Asus motherboard, im not sure if I should use SLI even tho I wont have 2 video cards.
Either a dual core or normal athlon 64, dual core sounds good but i heard it slows gaming down a little and 3800 might be somewhat slow.
And it seems the Nvidia cards seem to favor alot, even tho I used a radeon (altho i hated my card it would do VPU recovery errors alot), the 7800GT or GTX(?). with a 256mb.
My budget is around 1000, preferbly under 1000 but I dont want to go too cheap like my last pc because it didnt last long. I was hoping this new build would last me more years than my last one. My last one lasted about 2-3 and it was a 600 dollar build. Cant even play UT2004 on it anymore.
Well anyway, I have been out of the loop for the past few years so I could use as much help as possible. It would be appriciated alot, and Ill be checking on this topic alot buying a new gaming pc means alot to me.
BTW: I can make a linked list of what I have looked at sofar and thought about if you want me to. There pretty much all at NewEgg as I bought all my stuff there last time too.
My first computer i created was about 2-3 years ago. I didnt know a whole lot but I knew how to put together a pc and installing windows ect. Mainly the basics. The computer worked well for a year or two but it just got slower and slower and couldnt play much with the newer games out. I think I had went for the too cheap side of customizing a pc. So i decided its time to build a new one.
My old pc had a Asus delux (sorry cant remember the model, not SLI), an athlon xp 2500+, 2x256 dual channel XMS ram, Radeon 9600 XT 128mb Sapphire video card, and just a normal 80gig western digital hdd.
Now, however, it seems in the past few years technology has changed drastically and I have been stuck reading alot about the Dual core and SLI features and the big change in the video card industry.
The SLI feature, from what I understood, seemed like a good idea but for me seems too expensive for its effectiveness. It seemed to me id be better off with one card.
The dual core is still confusing me though, Im AMD all the way but I cant decide on dual core or normal. I mostly like to game but i like the idea of how it wont slow pc down if you have programs running on the background and virus scanning. But however, I could only afford most likely a 3800.
Basically I was thinking to the lines of this sort of setup.
2gb of ram, either OCZ or Corsair.
Asus motherboard, im not sure if I should use SLI even tho I wont have 2 video cards.
Either a dual core or normal athlon 64, dual core sounds good but i heard it slows gaming down a little and 3800 might be somewhat slow.
And it seems the Nvidia cards seem to favor alot, even tho I used a radeon (altho i hated my card it would do VPU recovery errors alot), the 7800GT or GTX(?). with a 256mb.
My budget is around 1000, preferbly under 1000 but I dont want to go too cheap like my last pc because it didnt last long. I was hoping this new build would last me more years than my last one. My last one lasted about 2-3 and it was a 600 dollar build. Cant even play UT2004 on it anymore.
Well anyway, I have been out of the loop for the past few years so I could use as much help as possible. It would be appriciated alot, and Ill be checking on this topic alot buying a new gaming pc means alot to me.
BTW: I can make a linked list of what I have looked at sofar and thought about if you want me to. There pretty much all at NewEgg as I bought all my stuff there last time too.
ok, itll be about 5 minutes, im on dial up so its a bit slow 
