Upgrade my PC

RJC · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:15

Indeed a nice spec

stulid · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:17

thats on the money.

Clishem · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:18

Ok thanks a lot.

Seems a nice site, will be sticking around for a while.
Wheres the trolls at btw?

stulid · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:21

Clishem said:
Wheres the trolls at btw?

Wiryrocketeer has been banned thank god.

RJC · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:21

Clishem said:
Ok thanks a lot.

Seems a nice site, will be sticking around for a while.

We can be a helpful bunch now and then

Jony27 · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:23

errmm how about that guy who keeps creating threads about Razer's "leet"? competition thingy? lol

Clishem · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:24

Jony27 said:
errmm how about that guy who keeps creating threads about Razer's "leet"? competition thingy? lol

Ahh, I've seen that thread. Some people just can't help theirselves :rolleyes:

Cookeh · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:26

Jony27 said:
errmm how about that guy who keeps creating threads about Razer's "leet"? competition thingy? lol

WAIT!
Can trolls come in the form of people that don't read posts and therefore put silly comments?

On-topic:
That build you've specced looks great.

Jony27 · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:26

hahahah

some of them lol

Clishem · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:28

Jony27 said:
hahahah
some of them lol

Who knows, maybe I'm one of them.

Or not.. :eek:

Cookeh · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:30

Clishem said:
Who knows, maybe I'm one of them.

Or not..

Haha!

So are you all sorted with your spec?

Clishem · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:38

Cookeh said:
Haha!

So are you all sorted with your spec?

Just one quick question, I would need to get the 64bit OS right? As the 32bit only supports upto 3GB of RAM (If I have learned correctly)
Also I love XP it's been my choice of OS since it came out, I have no idea why but games like COD4 and such run better on XP than any other OS, would it be better to use Windows 7 on this build?

Other than that, I am very happy and thanks a lot for the suggestions

Cookeh · 26 Oct 2010 at 19:55

Correct.
32bit can only use a max of 3.5ish GB of RAM.

XP can only use 3GB (from what I've heard - I've never used it :eek:

), so Windows 7 is the best bet!

Clishem · 26 Oct 2010 at 20:09

Cookeh said:
Correct.
32bit can only use a max of 3.5ish GB of RAM.

XP can only use 3GB (from what I've heard - I've never used it ), so Windows 7 is the best bet!

Ok cool.
What are these SSD drives people have been talking about, apparently they're great? :confused:

stulid · 26 Oct 2010 at 20:11

Clishem said:
apparently they're great?

best things ever.

Clishem · 26 Oct 2010 at 20:17

They seem really dear haha.

BTW would I not need a CPU cooler?

RJC · 26 Oct 2010 at 20:23

SSD are excellent, upgraded a few months ago.

The CPU comes with a cooler. If you want to overclocknyou can get a after market one.

pastymuncher · 26 Oct 2010 at 20:23

If the main use of the pc is gaming then these builds are pointless and no more than a sidestep. The performance gains are simply not worth it. The socket that i3/i5 is based around is going to be killed off in a couple of months as well which means that the next time you want to upgrade you will need to replace everything again.

Best bang for buck would be a new graphics card provided your psu is powerful enough.

Clishem · 26 Oct 2010 at 20:42

pastymuncher said:
If the main use of the pc is gaming then these builds are pointless and no more than a sidestep. The performance gains are simply not worth it. The socket that i3/i5 is based around is going to be killed off in a couple of months as well which means that the next time you want to upgrade you will need to replace everything again.

Best bang for buck would be a new graphics card provided your psu is powerful enough.

Interesting post.
I have no idea how to look into my PSU on my current build, could I use software to determine the power o0r would I have to manually look?

Cookeh · 26 Oct 2010 at 20:47

Clishem said:
Interesting post.
I have no idea how to look into my PSU on my current build, could I use software to determine the power o0r would I have to manually look?

Manually look - I've never heard of software that can tell you

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if it existed xD