Hello! I was wondering if I could get some advice on making a decent, upgradeable gaming PC (sorry, I’m sure you get these threads all the time). By Christmas/New Years I would like to buy a new computer with the $2000 (Canadian) I’ll have saved.
From my current computer, I can salvage the case, the soundcard (Audigy 2), DVD Player, CD Writer, and my Monitor. Later on I’ll eventually get a DVD Writer and save a port, yet probably not for awhile.
So here’s what I think I need to upgrade, and suggestions of other options available, or parts I missed would be greatly appreciated.
- Power Supply upgrade (400W, or higher?)
-120GB Hard Drive (do these come in 10,000 RPM?)
- ATI Radeon 9800 256MB (willing to go 128MB if price breaks limits)
- 1GB DDR2 RAM
- New Motherboard (I need a lot of help!)
----- Needs to support P4 2.8 - 3.4 GHz Processor (Will price change drastically between
----- a 1MB and 2MB cache? Lol…I have no idea what I’m talking about!)
----- Needs to support DDR2 RAM ~500-600 MHz (can anyone vouch this is a good
----- choice?)
----- RAID (I’m extremely confused on what this is exactly, yet I heard it’s “essential” for
----- gaming PC’s)
- And anything else you would recommend to increase performance.
Any help is appreciated, especially on how safe overclocking is (I don’t have any idea on how to do it, yet that’s all I hear when it comes to increasing performance)
PS – Yes it’s okay if you assume I’m a little retarded…I just need a lot of help! Oh yeah I guess you can assume the prices may drop in 4 months when I’ll actually buying this stuff
From my current computer, I can salvage the case, the soundcard (Audigy 2), DVD Player, CD Writer, and my Monitor. Later on I’ll eventually get a DVD Writer and save a port, yet probably not for awhile.
So here’s what I think I need to upgrade, and suggestions of other options available, or parts I missed would be greatly appreciated.
- Power Supply upgrade (400W, or higher?)
-120GB Hard Drive (do these come in 10,000 RPM?)
- ATI Radeon 9800 256MB (willing to go 128MB if price breaks limits)
- 1GB DDR2 RAM
- New Motherboard (I need a lot of help!)
----- Needs to support P4 2.8 - 3.4 GHz Processor (Will price change drastically between
----- a 1MB and 2MB cache? Lol…I have no idea what I’m talking about!)
----- Needs to support DDR2 RAM ~500-600 MHz (can anyone vouch this is a good
----- choice?)
----- RAID (I’m extremely confused on what this is exactly, yet I heard it’s “essential” for
----- gaming PC’s)
- And anything else you would recommend to increase performance.
Any help is appreciated, especially on how safe overclocking is (I don’t have any idea on how to do it, yet that’s all I hear when it comes to increasing performance)
PS – Yes it’s okay if you assume I’m a little retarded…I just need a lot of help! Oh yeah I guess you can assume the prices may drop in 4 months when I’ll actually buying this stuff