• Potential Upgrades? - help a brother out
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Well I have had this computer for a bit, and I was wondering if I could get some suggestions on what, if anything, to update? I'm lost when it comes to hardware. :saddowns: Heres my specs: [code]Operating System Version: Windows 7 (32 bit) Video Card: Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll Driver Version: 8.17.12.5896 DirectX Driver Version: 8.17.12.5896 Driver Date: 9 July 2010 Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel Monitor Refresh Rate: 74 Hz DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT VendorID: 0x10de DeviceID: 0x640 Number of Monitors: 1 Number of Logical Video Cards: 1 No SLI or Crossfire Detected Primary Display Resolution: 1440 x 900 Desktop Resolution: 1440 x 900 Primary Display Size: 20.00" x 12.52" (23.58" diag) 50.8cm x 31.8cm (59.9cm diag) Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x Primary VRAM: 1024 MB Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x Sound card: Audio device: Speakers (High Definition Audio Memory: RAM: 2047 Mb [/code] Any suggestions?
use speccy [url]http://www.piriform.com/speccy[/url] and post PSU and case
[QUOTE=Jaehead;26723444]use speccy [url]http://www.piriform.com/speccy[/url] and post PSU and case[/QUOTE] PSU? And I'm not sure what kind of case it is. Yeah, I know I don't know how to do this too well.
ok then. Is it a prebuilt? also you should post your budget. [editline]wefe[/editline] PSU is a power supply, by the way.
[QUOTE=Jaehead;26723600]ok then. Is it a prebuilt? also you should post your budget. [editline]wefe[/editline] PSU is a power supply, by the way.[/QUOTE] Budget is still in the air, so no real numbers there but: cheaper is better. This thing was prebuilt, so there. And I can't seem to find any names for the PSU. :saddowns:
still, give an estimated budget to work off of. also location
In the old CA, and money wise... anywhere less than 200? (completely bizarre estimate)
oh, with that I suggest that you save up some more, somewhere in the range of at least $600 and buy a completely new tower
$200 will get you nothing. [editline]17th December 2010[/editline] [i]Nothing[/i]
If the CPU is somewhat decent and his tower not extremely bad, it might be a good idea to get a 5770/4870 and a nice 500W PSU. My friend has got a GTX 460 and a OCZ ModXstream into this case: [img]http://www.gadgetfolder.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/acer_aspire_asm3202-243x300.jpg[/img] And it is running fine, though he can't overclock the card because it's running pretty hot. PSU: [url]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016&cm_re=ocz_modxstream-_-17-341-016-_-Product[/url] GPU: [url]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127512&cm_re=GTX_460-_-14-127-512-_-Product[/url] But post your total specs first, so download Speccy and take a screenshot.
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