Can it hurt?

Vermin · 03-06-2008, 04:05 PM

I don't have much money, so I first want to buy a Radeon HD3870 and later a Core 2 Duo. I have a Celeron D now

. My current CPU will probably bottleneck my video card, but is it dangerous, can it kill my computer? If not, I want my video card first, because the one I have now really sucks, and I can't even play Battlefield 2.

And if I first bought a Core 2 Duo and later a HD3870 (I've got Radeon xpress 200 now), would that Xpress 200/Core 2 duo be a dangerous bottleneck?

And wich of those two should I buy first?

StrangleHold · 03-06-2008, 04:08 PM

Thats true one or the other would be a bottleneck till you get the CPU and Video card both but theres nothing dangerous about it. Before you get your Video Card make sure your P/S is good enough.

Smashkirby · 03-06-2008, 10:42 PM

Also make sure everything else is capable of the new equipment, including the motherboard. I would personally suggest that you buy a new system. Putting powerful equipment into a system like yours will probably end up in a malfunction or unwanted performance. If you can't do that, then good luck.

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Vermin Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 49	Can it hurt? I don't have much money, so I first want to buy a Radeon HD3870 and later a Core 2 Duo. I have a Celeron D now . My current CPU will probably bottleneck my video card, but is it dangerous, can it kill my computer? If not, I want my video card first, because the one I have now really sucks, and I can't even play Battlefield 2. And if I first bought a Core 2 Duo and later a HD3870 (I've got Radeon xpress 200 now), would that Xpress 200/Core 2 duo be a dangerous bottleneck? And wich of those two should I buy first?

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StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,502	Thats true one or the other would be a bottleneck till you get the CPU and Video card both but theres nothing dangerous about it. Before you get your Video Card make sure your P/S is good enough. __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

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Smashkirby Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 75	Also make sure everything else is capable of the new equipment, including the motherboard. I would personally suggest that you buy a new system. Putting powerful equipment into a system like yours will probably end up in a malfunction or unwanted performance. If you can't do that, then good luck. __________________ My Rig: Case: Antec 900 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ Stock Cooler: Stock Intel Cooler HDD: Seagate Barracuda SATA2 250gb 7200RPM Mobo: Gigabyte P35-DS3R PSU: OCZ StealthXStream 600w GPU: EVGA NVidia Geforce 8800GT 512mb RAM: G.Skill 2gb DDR2 800mhz

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