• Enough for an Upgrade?
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Hi, I got $200 for Christmas and I was wondering if this would be enough to upgrade my computer to primarily run source games and Starcraft 2. Here are my specs. [quote][B]Operating System[/B] MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit [B]CPU[/B] AMD Sempron LE-1300 Sparta 65nm Technology [B]RAM[/B] 2.0GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 200MHz (6-6-6-18) [B]Graphics[/B] ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series (Gigabyte)[/quote]Oh, and if you could provide links to any hardware that would be :krad2:, tia.
Sorry but you can't, even though those games aren't very hard to run. There is nothing I can find on Newegg that still uses the AM2 socket (because I would upgrade the CPU).
Time for a new build.
[url]http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=54877&vpn=HDZ940XCJ4DGI&manufacture=AMD[/url] and since it's oem you will need: [url]http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=41337&vpn=RR-B10-212P-GP&manufacture=COOLERMASTER[/url] and [url]http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=26895&vpn=MX-2T&manufacture=Arctic%20Cooling[/url] i know it's a little over 200$, but it's a great cpu and i could find it only oem, since they don't make am2 processors anymore.
[QUOTE=Joker169;27029020][url]http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=54877&vpn=HDZ940XCJ4DGI&manufacture=AMD[/url] and since it's oem you will need: [url]http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=41337&vpn=RR-B10-212P-GP&manufacture=COOLERMASTER[/url] and [url]http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=26895&vpn=MX-2T&manufacture=Arctic%20Cooling[/url] i know it's a little over 200$, but it's a great cpu and i could find it only oem, since they don't make am2 processors anymore.[/QUOTE] Probably gonna need a new PSU.
[QUOTE=Falubii;27029012]Time for a new build.[/QUOTE] This computer isn't even old god damn it.
The computer itself may not be old, but the parts are severely outdated
[QUOTE=FalcoLombardi;27029342]Probably gonna need a new PSU.[/QUOTE] If he has a 300w psu it's enough, and afaik if he bought the computer in the last 5 years he got a 300w psu minimum
I mean, the sempron is a single-core processor [editline]28th December 2010[/editline] no merge
Motherboard if it matters... [quote]PEGATRON CORPORATION NARRA5 (Socket AM2 )[/quote]
Prolly need a new motherboard as the original won't support 125W CPUs
And I thought computer hardware was getting cheaper... ugh.
Okokokokok, if I wanted to start everything from scratch besides my hard drive. How much would that be for a decent computer to run the games I listed?
You could do well with 350 if you're running lower than 1080p. You could reuse your optical drive, too, most likely. It would save you ~$20. [editline]29th December 2010[/editline] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261079[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178238[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.567582[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.573092[/url] ~ 360 shipped - great deal. might want to go with an ATI card though, since the mobo supports Crossfire and you could do that later on. [editline]29th December 2010[/editline] Could get the price down further if you reused RAM until you get some more - there are motherboards that support DDR2 and DDR3, but that's a great motherboard for the price, imo, and would recommend that. [editline]29th December 2010[/editline] NVM, it's hybrid crossfire, I misread.
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